# Bernd Mayländer

Bernd Mayländer (born 29 May 1971) is a German racing driver and current Formula One safety car driver.

## Racing career

Bernd started his career in karting sport at the end of the 1980s. In the following years he made his way to the Formula Ford, the Porsche Carrera Cup and the original DTM. In 2000, he won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in a Porsche 911 GT3-R. When the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series was resumed in 2000, he drove for Mercedes-Benz. He raced for Mercedes in DTM from 2001 to 2004, having won one race at Hockenheimring in 2001.

## Safety car driver in Formula One

Mayländer is the safety car driver for all Formula One races. He has driven the Formula One safety car since 2000 with very few exceptions, such as the 2001 Monaco Grand Prix and 2001 Canadian Grand Prix, when he was injured and was replaced by Marcel Fässler and the 2002 United States Grand Prix when he was replaced by Irish racing driver Damien Faulkner.
As of 2018, Mayländer had led over 700 laps in Formula One during his career. Peter Tibbetts serves as his map reader.
During a test prior to the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, Mayländer lost control and crashed the safety car into a barrier at the Parabolica. He and passenger Richard Darker were not injured in the incident.

## Other

In May 2005, he was one of six Mercedes-Benz drivers taking part in a record drive. Three stock E320 CDI cars drove 100,000 miles (160,000 km) in 30 days around the clock, which resulted in an average speed of 139.7 mph (224.8 km/h).

## Racing record
### Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results

| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos. | Pts |
| 1995 | Persson Motorsport | Mercedes C-Class V6 | HOC 1 13 | HOC 2 NC | AVU 1 Ret | AVU 2 18 | NOR 1 16 | NOR 2 7 | DIE 1 9 | DIE 2 10 | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 11 | ALE 1 13 | ALE 2 Ret | HOC 1 9 | HOC 1 8 | | | | | | | 20th | 12 |
| 2001 | Manthey Racing | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 | HOC QR 9 | HOC CR 9 | NÜR QR 11 | NÜR CR 20 | OSC QR | OSC CR | SAC QR | SAC CR | NOR QR | NOR CR | LAU QR 8 | LAU CR 13 | NÜR QR 5 | NÜR CR 7 | A1R QR 9 | A1R CR Ret | ZAN QR Ret | ZAN CR DNS | HOC QR 2 | HOC CR 1 | 11th | 28 |
| 2002 | Manthey Racing | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 | HOC QR | HOC CR | ZOL QR 19 | ZOL CR 16 | DON QR 14 | DON CR 9 | SAC QR 19 | SAC CR 13 | NOR QR 11 | NOR CR 8 | LAU QR 17 | LAU CR Ret | NÜR QR 21† | NÜR CR 14 | A1R QR 16 | A1R CR Ret | ZAN QR 17 | ZAN CR 11 | HOC QR 12 | HOC CR Ret | 19th | 0 |
| 2003 | Persson Motorsport | AMG-Mercedes CLK 2002 | HOC 11 | ADR 10 | NÜR 17 | LAU 16 | NOR Ret | DON 12 | NÜR 14 | A1R 15 | ZAN 16 | HOC 20† | | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 0 |
| 2004 | Team Rosberg | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2003 | HOC 14 | EST 18 | ADR Ret | LAU Ret | NOR 13 | SHA$^1$ DNS | NÜR 15 | OSC 19 | ZAN 15 | BRN 16 | HOC 14 | | | | | | | | | | 20th | 0 |
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† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance. $^1$ - Shanghai was a non-championship round.

### Complete International Touring Car Championship

| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Pos. | Pts |
| 1995 | Persson Motorsport | Mercedes C-Class V6 | MUG 1 12 | MUG 2 10 | HEL 1 9 | HEL 2 9 | DON 1 11 | DON 2 8 | EST 1 12 | EST 2 13 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 8 |
| 1996 | Persson Motorsport | Mercedes C-Class | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 Ret | NÜR 1 16 | NÜR 2 Ret | EST 1 14 | EST 2 Ret | HEL 1 11 | HEL 2 7 | NOR 1 16† | NOR 2 11 | DIE 1 19 | DIE 2 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24th | 15 |
| 1996 | Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes C-Class | | | | | | | | | | | | | SIL 1 14 | SIL 2 Ret | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 9 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 DNS | MUG 1 Ret | MUG 2 Ret | HOC 1 9 | HOC 2 Ret | INT 1 16 | INT 2 7 | SUZ 1 8 | SUZ 2 Ret | 24th | 15 |
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† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 1999 | Champion Racing | Dirk Müller Bob Wollek | Porsche 911 GT3-R | GT | 292 | 19th | 2nd |
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