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{{short description|French racing driver (born 1964)}}
{{Infobox F1 driver|
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
name = Éric Bernard |
{{Infobox F1 driver
image = |
| name = Éric Bernard
nationality = {{flagicon|France}} [[France|French]] |
| image =
birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|24|df=y}} |
| nationality = {{flagicon|FRA}} French
birth_place = [[Martigues, France]] |
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|24|df=y}}
Years = {{F1|1989}}–{{F1|1991}}, {{F1|1994}} |
| birth_place = [[Martigues, France]]
Team(s) = [[Larrousse]], [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] |
| Years = {{F1|1989}}–{{F1|1991}}, {{F1|1994}}
Races = 47 (45 starts) |
| Team(s) = [[Larrousse]], [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]
Championships = 0 |
Wins = 0 |
| Races = 47 (45 starts)
Podiums = 1 |
| Championships = 0
Points = 10 |
| Wins = 0
Poles = 0 |
| Podiums = 1
Fastest laps = 0 |
| Points = 10
| Poles = 0
First race = [[1989 French Grand Prix]] |
First win = |
| Fastest laps = 0
| First race = [[1989 French Grand Prix]]
Last win = |
| First win =
Last race = [[1994 European Grand Prix]] |
| Last win =
}}
| Last race = [[1994 European Grand Prix]]
}}


'''Éric Bernard''' (born 24 August 1964) is a retired [[France|French]] [[Formula One]] racing driver, who drove for the [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]], [[Larrousse]] and [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] teams.
'''Éric Bernard''' (born 24 August 1964) is a retired [[France|French]] [[Formula One]] racing driver, who drove in Formula One from 1989 to 1994 for the [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]], [[Larrousse]] and [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] teams. His best finish in Formula One was third place at the [[1994 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] in 1994. After his Formula One career ended, he raced [[sportscars]].


==Early career==
Bernard was born in [[Martigues]], near [[Marseille]]. He started [[karting]] in 1976 and in the seven years that followed, won four French titles. In 1983 he attended racing school at [[Circuit Paul Ricard|Paul Ricard]] and was one of the finalists at the Volant Elf competition. He beat [[Jean Alesi]] and [[Bertrand Gachot]] to the prize, earning himself a fully sponsored drive in [[Formula Renault]] for 1984. He finished sixth in the series, but won the following year, and entering French [[Formula Three]] in 1986. He won the series the following year, finishing in second place for the championship, behind his old rival, Alesi. In 1988 he entered [[International Formula 3000|Formula 3000]].
Bernard was born in [[Martigues]], near [[Marseille]]. He started [[karting]] in 1976 and in the seven years that followed, won four French titles. In 1983 he attended racing school at [[Circuit Paul Ricard|Paul Ricard]] and was one of the finalists at the Volant Elf competition. He beat [[Jean Alesi]] and [[Bertrand Gachot]] to the prize, earning himself a fully sponsored drive in [[Formula Renault]] for 1984. He finished sixth in the series, but won the following year, and entering French [[Formula Three]] in 1986. He won the series the following year, finishing in second place for the championship, behind his old rival, Alesi. In 1988 he entered [[International Formula 3000|Formula 3000]]. He drove the initial part of the season for the [[Ralt|Ralt Team]] before switching to Bromley Motorsport which ran a [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] chassis. His best finish that year was second at the [[Dijon-Prenois]] and placed 9th in the championship with 13 points. For 1989, he drove for the [[DAMS]] team, scoring one win and placing 3rd in the championship with 25 points.


==Formula One==
In 1989, he was called up to the French [[Larrousse]] team for the [[1989 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]], replacing [[Yannick Dalmas]]. On his debut, he ran as high as 5th place, and was still in 7th when his [[Lamborghini]] V12 engine failed a few laps from the end (Alesi also debuted at the race for [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]], running as high as 2nd before finally finishing 4th). Bernard stood in again at the following [[1989 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]], before returning to his [[International Formula 3000|Formula 3000]] commitments with [[DAMS]].
In mid-1989, Bernard was called up to the French [[Larrousse]] Formula One team for the [[1989 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]], replacing [[Yannick Dalmas]]. On his debut, he ran as high as 5th place, and was still in 7th when his [[Lamborghini]] V12 engine failed a few laps from the end (Alesi also debuted at the race for [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]], running as high as 2nd before finally finishing 4th). Bernard stood in again at the following [[1989 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]], before returning to his Formula 3000 commitments with DAMS.
[[File:Eric Bernard - Ligier JS39B at the 1994 British Grand Prix (31729365813).jpg|thumb|Bernard driving for [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] at the [[1994 British Grand Prix]].]]
Bernard was rewarded with a full-season drive for Larrousse in 1990. He took his first point for 6th place at the [[1990 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix]], and his best result came at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] in the [[1990 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]], where he took 4th place. He elected to stay on at Larrousse for the 1991 season, but the team were in trouble, losing their Lamborghini engines to the quasi-works [[Modena (racing team)|Modena]] team, having their 1990 points stripped by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]], and also losing sponsors. Bernard took 6th place in the [[1991 Mexican Grand Prix|Mexican Grand Prix]], which was the last points finish for Larrousse with [[Lola Cars]], but slipped back down the field, failing to qualify for the first time in his career at the [[1991 Portuguese Grand Prix|Portuguese Grand Prix]] - partially due to a bereavement. Worse was to come, however, when Bernard broke his leg in the first practice session for the [[1991 Japanese Grand Prix|Japanese Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1991/octobe91.html |title=October 1991 Information<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=15 September 2007 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165236/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1991/octobe91.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Bernard fought back to fitness, and for the 1993 season his old sponsors [[Elf Aquitaine|Elf]] managed to get him into a test driver seat for the [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] team. The two-year testing contract paid off, as a team backer was jailed for fraud before the 1994 season, and the reduced budget saw Bernard promoted to a race seat, alongside rookie [[Olivier Panis]]. Sadly for Bernard, Panis largely outpaced him, and the team's [[Renault F1|Renault]] V10 engine was counterweighted by the team using a "B"-spec version of the 1993 [[Ligier JS39|JS39]] chassis - by this time a very unusual practice in Formula One which greatly harmed competitiveness. Bernard took third place in the high-attrition [[1994 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]], but by the [[1994 European Grand Prix|European Grand Prix]] he was dropped in order to accommodate [[Johnny Herbert]]. He was engaged by Herbert's previous team, [[Team Lotus]], to fill the seat at the European GP, but it was to be his last F1 drive, with [[Mika Salo]] taking over later in the season. For 1995, he was linked to a return to Larrousse, but the team folded before the season began.
He was rewarded with a full-season drive for [[Larrousse]] in 1990. He took his first point for 6th place at the [[1990 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix]], and his best result came at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] in the [[1990 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]], where he took 4th place.


==Sportscars==
Bernard elected to stay on at Larrousse for the 1991 season, but the team were in trouble, losing their [[Lamborghini]] engines to the quasi-works [[Modena (racing team)|Modena]] team, having their 1990 points stripped by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] and also losing sponsors. Bernard took 6th place in the [[1991 Mexican Grand Prix|Mexican Grand Prix]], which was the last points finish for [[Larrousse]] with [[Lola Cars]], but slipped back down the field, failing to qualify for the first time in his career at the [[1991 Portuguese Grand Prix|Portuguese Grand Prix]] - partially due to a bereavement. Worse was to come, however, when Bernard broke his leg in the first practice session for the [[1991 Japanese Grand Prix|Japanese Grand Prix]].<ref>[http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1991/octobe91.html October 1991 Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Bernard moved to sportscars, enjoying considerable success in [[Grand tourer|GT]] and [[American Le Mans Series|ALMS]] series.

Bernard fought back to fitness, and for the 1993 season his old sponsors [[Elf Aquitaine|Elf]] managed to get him into a test driver seat for the [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] team. The two-year testing contract paid off, as a team backer was jailed for fraud before the 1994 season, and the reduced budget saw Bernard promoted to a race seat, alongside rookie [[Olivier Panis]]. Sadly for Bernard, Panis largely outpaced him, and the team's [[Renault F1|Renault]] V10 engine was counterweighted by the team using a "B"-spec version of the 1993 [[Ligier JS39|JS39]] chassis - by this time a very unusual practice in Formula One which greatly harmed competitiveness. Bernard took third place in the high-attrition [[1994 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]], but by the [[1994 European Grand Prix|European Grand Prix]] he was dropped in order to accommodate [[Johnny Herbert]]. He was engaged by Herbert's previous team, [[Team Lotus]], to fill the seat at the European GP, but it was to be his last F1 drive, with [[Mika Salo]] taking over later in the season.

For 1995, he was linked to a return to Larrousse, but the team folded before the season began. Bernard moved to sportscars, enjoying considerable success in [[Grand tourer|GT]] and [[American Le Mans Series|ALMS]] series.
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{{-}}


==Racing record==
==Racing record==
===Career summary===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
!Season
!Series
!Team
!Races
!Wins
!Poles
!F/Laps
!Podiums
!Points
!Position
|-
!1984
|align=left|[[Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup|Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo]]
|align=left|?
|11
|0
|0
|0
|1
|55
|7th
|-
!1985
|align=left|[[Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup|Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo]]
|align=left|[[Elf Aquitaine#Motorsports|Ecurie Elf]]
|12
|6
|4
|8
|9
|140
|style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st'''
|-
!rowspan=2|1986
|align=left|[[French Formula Three Championship|French Formula Three]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|[[Elf Aquitaine#Motorsports|Ecurie Elf]]
|10
|0
|0
|0
|2
|48
|5th
|-
|align=left|[[Italian Formula Three Championship|Italian Formula Three]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
!rowspan=2|1987
|align=left|[[French Formula Three Championship|French Formula Three]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|[[Elf Aquitaine#Motorsports|Ecurie Elf]]
|13
|2
|3
|7
|9
|129
|style="background:#DFDFDF"|'''2nd'''
|-
|align=left|[[1987 Macau Grand Prix|Macau Grand Prix]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|8th
|-
!rowspan=2|1988
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|[[1988 International Formula 3000 Championship|International Formula 3000]]
|align=left|[[Reynard Motorsport|Bromley Motorsport]]
|5
|0
|0
|0
|1
|rowspan=2|13
|rowspan=2|9th
|-
|align=left|[[Ralt|Ralt Racing]]
|4
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
!rowspan=2|1989
|align=left|[[1989 International Formula 3000 Championship|International Formula 3000]]
|align=left|[[DAMS]]
|10
|1
|2
|3
|3
|25
|style="background:#FFDF9F"|'''3rd'''
|-
|align=left|[[1989 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Larrousse|Equipe Larrousse]]
|2
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
!1990
|align=left|[[1990 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Larrousse|Espo Larrousse F1]]
|16
|0
|0
|0
|0
|5
|13th
|-
!1991
|align=left|[[1991 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Larrousse|Larrousse F1]]
|13
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|18th
|-
!rowspan=2|1994
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|[[1994 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] [[Gitanes|Gitanes Blondes]]
|13
|0
|0
|0
|1
|rowspan=2|4
|rowspan=2|18th
|-
|align=left|[[Team Lotus]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
!1995
|align=left|[[1995 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]
|align=left|[[Courage Compétition]]
|10
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|DNF
|-
!rowspan=2|1996
|align=left|[[1996 BPR Global GT Series|BPR Global GT Series]]
|align=left|Ennea/Igol
|10
|0
|0
|0
|3
|155
|8th
|-
|align=left|[[1996 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]
|align=left|Ennea SRL Igol
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|DNF
|-
!rowspan=2|1997
|align=left|[[1997 FIA GT Championship|FIA GT Championship]]
|align=left|[[DAMS|DAMS Panoz]]
|8
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
|align=left|[[1997 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]
|align=left|[[DAMS|Société DAMS]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|DNF
|-
!rowspan=3|1998
|align=left|[[1998 FIA GT Championship|FIA GT Championship]]
|align=left|[[DAMS]]
|8
|0
|0
|0
|2
|15
|11th
|-
|align=left|[[1998 United States Road Racing Championship|United States Road Racing Championship]]
|align=left|[[Panoz]]-[[Visteon]] Racing
|5
|0
|1
|0
|2
|8
|4th
|-
|align=left|[[1998 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]
|align=left|[[Panoz|Panoz Motor Sports]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|DNF
|-
!rowspan=3|1999
|align=left|[[1999 American Le Mans Series|American Le Mans Series]]
|align=left|[[Panoz|Panoz Motor Sports]]
|8
|2
|1
|2
|4
|135
|style="background:#DFDFDF"|'''2nd'''
|-
|align=left|[[1999 SportsRacing World Cup|Sports Racing World Cup]]
|align=left|[[DAMS]]
|5
|3
|1
|2
|3
|60
|9th
|-
|align=left|[[1999 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]
|align=left|Panoz Motor Sports
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|7th
|-
!rowspan=3|2000
|align=left|[[2000 American Le Mans Series|American Le Mans Series]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|[[Motorola]]-[[DAMS]]
|5
|0
|0
|0
|0
|66
|20th
|-
|align=left|[[2000 SportsRacing World Cup|Sports Racing World Cup]]
|3
|0
|0
|0
|0
|3
|37th
|-
|align=left|[[2000 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]
|align=left|DAMS
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|19th
|-
!2001
|align=left|[[2001 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]
|align=left|[[DAMS]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|DNF
|-
!rowspan=2|2002
|align=left|[[2002 American Le Mans Series|American Le Mans Series]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|[[Riley & Scott|Team Cadillac]]
|6
|0
|0
|0
|0
|78
|18th
|-
|align=left|[[2002 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|12th
|-
!colspan="10"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Éric Bernard|url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/eric-bernard|publisher=Driver Database|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}


===Complete International Formula 3000 results===
===Complete International Formula 3000 results===
([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.)
([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Year
! Entrant
! Entrant
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! Points
! Points
|-
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1988 International Formula 3000 season|1988]]
|rowspan=2| [[1988 International Formula 3000 Championship|1988]]
! [[Ralt|Team Ralt]]
! nowrap| [[Ralt|Team Ralt]]
! [[Ralt|Ralt RT22]]
! nowrap| [[Ralt|Ralt RT22]]
! [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
! nowrap| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Circuito Permanente de Jerez|JER]]<br /><small>6</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Circuito Permanente de Jerez|JER]]<br />{{small|6}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]<br /><small>10</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]<br />{{small|10}}
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]<br /><small>4</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]<br />{{small|4}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br /><small>11</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br />{{small|11}}
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|MNZ]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|MNZ]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]
|
|
|
|
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!rowspan=2| 13
!rowspan=2| 13
|-
|-
! [[Reynard Motorsport|Bromley Motorsport]]
! nowrap| [[Reynard Motorsport|Bromley Motorsport]]
! [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard 88D]]
! nowrap| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard 88D]]
! [[Cosworth]]
! [[Cosworth]]
|
|
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|
|
|
|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: #ffffff"| [[Brands Hatch|<span style="color:white;">BRH]]<br /><small>DSQ</small>
|style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| [[Brands Hatch|<span style="color:white;">BRH</span>]]<br />{{small|DSQ}}
|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: #ffffff"| [[Birmingham Superprix|<span style="color:white;">BIR]]<br /><small>DSQ</small>
|style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| [[Birmingham Superprix|<span style="color:white;">BIR</span>]]<br />{{small|DSQ}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Zolder|ZOL]]<br /><small>4</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Zolder|ZOL]]<br />{{small|4}}
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[Dijon-Prenois|DIJ]]<br /><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dijon-Prenois|DIJ]]<br />{{small|2}}
|-
|-
| [[1989 International Formula 3000 season|1989]]
| [[1989 International Formula 3000 Championship|1989]]
! [[DAMS]]
! [[DAMS]]
! [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola T89/50]]
! nowrap| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola T89/50]]
! [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]]
! nowrap| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]]
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| ''[[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]''<br><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''[[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]''<br>{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| '''''[[Circuito de Jerez|JER]]'''''<br><small>1</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''[[Circuito de Jerez|JER]]'''''<br>{{small|1}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| ''[[Brands Hatch|BRH]]''<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ''[[Brands Hatch|BRH]]''<br>{{small|4}}
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Birmingham Superprix|BIR]]<br><small>4</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Birmingham Superprix|BIR]]<br>{{small|4}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|SPA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|SPA]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''[[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]'''<br><small>3</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''[[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]'''<br>{{small|3}}
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| '''[[Dijon-Prenois|DIJ]]'''<br><small>2</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Dijon-Prenois|DIJ]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
|
|
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''3rd'''
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''3rd'''
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''25'''
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''25'''
|-
!colspan="17"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportStats>{{cite web|title=Éric Bernard Results|url=https://www.motorsportstats.com/driver/eric-bernard/results|publisher=Motorsport Stats|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref><ref name=MSportMagResults>{{cite web|title=Eric Bernard|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/eric-bernard/|work=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}
|}


===Complete Formula One results===
===Complete Formula One results===
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Year
! Entrant
! Entrant
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! [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|Points]]
! [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|Points]]
|-
|-
| [[1989 Formula One season|1989]]
| {{F1|1989}}
! [[Larrousse|Equipe Larrousse]]
! nowrap| [[Larrousse|Equipe Larrousse]]
! [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola LC89|LC89]]
! nowrap| [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola LC89|LC89]]
! [[Lamborghini]] [[Lamborghini V12|V12]]
! nowrap| [[Lamborghini]] [[Lamborghini V12|V12]]
| [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
| [[1989 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
| [[1989 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1989 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
| [[1989 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1989 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1989 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>11</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1989 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|11}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1989 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1989 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1989 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1989 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
| [[1989 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1989 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1989 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
| [[1989 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1989 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
| [[1989 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1989 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
! NC
! NC
! 0
! 0
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1990 Formula One season|1990]]
|rowspan=2| {{F1|1990}}
! rowspan="2" | [[Larrousse|Espo Larrousse F1]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Larrousse|Espo Larrousse F1]]
! [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola LC89|LC89B]]
! nowrap| [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola LC89|LC89B]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Lamborghini]] [[Lamborghini V12|V12]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Lamborghini]] [[Lamborghini V12|V12]]
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1990 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>8</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1990 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|8}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
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! rowspan="2" | 13th
!rowspan=2| 13th
! rowspan="2" | 5
!rowspan=2| 5
|-
|-
! [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola 90|90]]
! nowrap| [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola LC90|LC90]]
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1990 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>13</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1990 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|13}}
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1990 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>6</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1990 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|6}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1990 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>9</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1990 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|9}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1990 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>8</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1990 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|8}}
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1990 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>4</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1990 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|4}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1990 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>6</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1990 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br />{{small|6}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1990 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>9</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1990 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|9}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|-
|-
| [[1991 Formula One season|1991]]
| {{F1|1991}}
! [[Larrousse|Larrousse F1]]
! nowrap| [[Larrousse|Larrousse F1]]
! [[Larrousse]] [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola 91|91]]
! nowrap| [[Larrousse]] [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola LC91|LC91]]
! [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
! nowrap| [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1991 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>9</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1991 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|9}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1991 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small>6</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1991 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />{{small|6}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1991 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1991 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1991 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1991 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1991 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
| [[1991 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1991 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
! 18th
! 18th
! 1
! 1
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1994 Formula One season|1994]]
|rowspan=2| {{F1|1994}}
! [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] [[Gitanes|Gitanes Blondes]]
! nowrap| [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] [[Gitanes|Gitanes Blondes]]
! [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] [[Ligier JS39|JS39B]]
! nowrap| [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] [[Ligier JS39|JS39B]]
! [[Renault F1|Renault]] [[V10 engine|V10]]
! nowrap| [[Renault F1|Renault]] [[V10 engine|V10]]
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1994 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1994 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 Pacific Grand Prix|PAC]]<br /><small>10</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 Pacific Grand Prix|PAC]]<br />{{small|10}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>12</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|12}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1994 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1994 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>8</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|8}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>13</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|13}}
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1994 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1994 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>13</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|13}}
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1994 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>3</small>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1994 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|3}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>10</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br />{{small|10}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>10</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|10}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>7</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|7}}
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br /><small>10</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />{{small|10}}
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! rowspan="2" | 18th
!rowspan=2| 18th
! rowspan="2" | 4
!rowspan=2| 4
|-
|-
! [[Team Lotus]]
! nowrap| [[Team Lotus]]
! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 109|109]]
! nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 109|109]]
! [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] [[V10 engine|V10]]
! nowrap| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] [[V10 engine|V10]]
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1994 European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br /><small>18</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br />{{small|18}}
| [[1994 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1994 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
| [[1994 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1994 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
|-
!colspan="22"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportMagResults/><ref>{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=Grand Prix Who's Who|chapter=Éric Bernard|url=https://archive.org/details/grandprixwhoswho0000smal|year=2000|edition=Third|publisher=Travel Publishing|location=Reading, Berkshire|pages=76–77|access-date=8 August 2023|isbn=978-1-902007-46-5|url-access=registration|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}}
|-
! {{24hLM|1995}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Courage Compétition]]
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Franck Lagorce]]
|align="left" nowrap| [[Courage C41]]
| WSC
| 26
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! {{24hLM|1996}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ennea SRL Igol
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Marc Gounon]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paul Belmondo]]
|align="left" nowrap| [[Ferrari F40|Ferrari F40 GTE]]
| LMGT1
| 40
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! {{24hLM|1997}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[DAMS|Société DAMS]]
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Franck Lagorce]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Christophe Boullion]]
|align="left" nowrap| [[Panoz Esperante GTR-1|Panoz GTR-1]]
| LMGT1
| 149
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! {{24hLM|1998}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Panoz|Panoz Motor Sports]]
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Tinseau]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnny O'Connell]]
|align="left" nowrap| [[Panoz Esperante GTR-1|Panoz GTR-1]]
| LMGT1
| 236
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! {{24hLM|1999}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Panoz|Panoz Motor Sports]]
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Brabham]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Butch Leitzinger]]
|align="left" nowrap| [[Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S]]
| LMP
| 336
| 7th
| 6th
|-
! {{24hLM|2000}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[DAMS]]
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Emmanuel Collard]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Franck Montagny]]
|align="left" nowrap| [[Cadillac Northstar LMP]]
| LMP900
| 300
| 19th
| 9th
|-
! {{24hLM|2001}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[DAMS]]
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Emmanuel Collard]]<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marc Goossens]]
|align="left" nowrap| [[Cadillac Northstar LMP|Cadillac Northstar LMP01]]
| LMP900
| 56
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! {{24hLM|2002}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Riley & Scott|Team Cadillac]]
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Emmanuel Collard]]<br>{{flagicon|FIN}} [[JJ Lehto]]
|align="left" nowrap| [[Cadillac Northstar LMP|Cadillac Northstar LMP02]]
| LMP900
| 334
| 12th
| 10th
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportStats/><ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Bernard|url=https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/track-record/driver/eric-bernard-4544|publisher=[[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]]|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}
|}


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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
{{s-sports}}
| NAME = Bernard, Eric
{{succession box|before=[[Yannick Dalmas]]|title=[[Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup|Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo]]<br>Champion|years=1985|after=[[Érik Comas]]}}
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
{{s-end}}
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = French racing driver

| DATE OF BIRTH = 24 August 1964
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard, Eric}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard, Eric}}
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[[Category:American Le Mans Series drivers]]
[[Category:American Le Mans Series drivers]]
[[Category:Dakar Rally drivers]]
[[Category:DAMS drivers]]
[[Category:Italian Formula Three Championship drivers]]
[[Category:French Formula Three Championship drivers]]
[[Category:David Price Racing drivers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Martigues]]

Latest revision as of 01:26, 13 November 2024

Éric Bernard
Born (1964-08-24) 24 August 1964 (age 60)
Martigues, France
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFrance French
Active years1989–1991, 1994
TeamsLarrousse, Ligier, Lotus
Entries47 (45 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums1
Career points10
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1989 French Grand Prix
Last entry1994 European Grand Prix

Éric Bernard (born 24 August 1964) is a retired French Formula One racing driver, who drove in Formula One from 1989 to 1994 for the Ligier, Larrousse and Lotus teams. His best finish in Formula One was third place at the German Grand Prix in 1994. After his Formula One career ended, he raced sportscars.

Early career

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Bernard was born in Martigues, near Marseille. He started karting in 1976 and in the seven years that followed, won four French titles. In 1983 he attended racing school at Paul Ricard and was one of the finalists at the Volant Elf competition. He beat Jean Alesi and Bertrand Gachot to the prize, earning himself a fully sponsored drive in Formula Renault for 1984. He finished sixth in the series, but won the following year, and entering French Formula Three in 1986. He won the series the following year, finishing in second place for the championship, behind his old rival, Alesi. In 1988 he entered Formula 3000. He drove the initial part of the season for the Ralt Team before switching to Bromley Motorsport which ran a Reynard chassis. His best finish that year was second at the Dijon-Prenois and placed 9th in the championship with 13 points. For 1989, he drove for the DAMS team, scoring one win and placing 3rd in the championship with 25 points.

Formula One

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In mid-1989, Bernard was called up to the French Larrousse Formula One team for the French Grand Prix, replacing Yannick Dalmas. On his debut, he ran as high as 5th place, and was still in 7th when his Lamborghini V12 engine failed a few laps from the end (Alesi also debuted at the race for Tyrrell, running as high as 2nd before finally finishing 4th). Bernard stood in again at the following British Grand Prix, before returning to his Formula 3000 commitments with DAMS.

Bernard driving for Ligier at the 1994 British Grand Prix.

Bernard was rewarded with a full-season drive for Larrousse in 1990. He took his first point for 6th place at the Monaco Grand Prix, and his best result came at Silverstone in the British Grand Prix, where he took 4th place. He elected to stay on at Larrousse for the 1991 season, but the team were in trouble, losing their Lamborghini engines to the quasi-works Modena team, having their 1990 points stripped by the FIA, and also losing sponsors. Bernard took 6th place in the Mexican Grand Prix, which was the last points finish for Larrousse with Lola Cars, but slipped back down the field, failing to qualify for the first time in his career at the Portuguese Grand Prix - partially due to a bereavement. Worse was to come, however, when Bernard broke his leg in the first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix.[1]

Bernard fought back to fitness, and for the 1993 season his old sponsors Elf managed to get him into a test driver seat for the Ligier team. The two-year testing contract paid off, as a team backer was jailed for fraud before the 1994 season, and the reduced budget saw Bernard promoted to a race seat, alongside rookie Olivier Panis. Sadly for Bernard, Panis largely outpaced him, and the team's Renault V10 engine was counterweighted by the team using a "B"-spec version of the 1993 JS39 chassis - by this time a very unusual practice in Formula One which greatly harmed competitiveness. Bernard took third place in the high-attrition German Grand Prix, but by the European Grand Prix he was dropped in order to accommodate Johnny Herbert. He was engaged by Herbert's previous team, Team Lotus, to fill the seat at the European GP, but it was to be his last F1 drive, with Mika Salo taking over later in the season. For 1995, he was linked to a return to Larrousse, but the team folded before the season began.

Sportscars

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Bernard moved to sportscars, enjoying considerable success in GT and ALMS series.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1984 Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo ? 11 0 0 0 1 55 7th
1985 Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo Ecurie Elf 12 6 4 8 9 140 1st
1986 French Formula Three Ecurie Elf 10 0 0 0 2 48 5th
Italian Formula Three 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1987 French Formula Three Ecurie Elf 13 2 3 7 9 129 2nd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
1988 International Formula 3000 Bromley Motorsport 5 0 0 0 1 13 9th
Ralt Racing 4 0 0 0 0
1989 International Formula 3000 DAMS 10 1 2 3 3 25 3rd
Formula One Equipe Larrousse 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1990 Formula One Espo Larrousse F1 16 0 0 0 0 5 13th
1991 Formula One Larrousse F1 13 0 0 0 0 1 18th
1994 Formula One Ligier Gitanes Blondes 13 0 0 0 1 4 18th
Team Lotus 1 0 0 0 0
1995 24 Hours of Le Mans Courage Compétition 10 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1996 BPR Global GT Series Ennea/Igol 10 0 0 0 3 155 8th
24 Hours of Le Mans Ennea SRL Igol 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1997 FIA GT Championship DAMS Panoz 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans Société DAMS 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1998 FIA GT Championship DAMS 8 0 0 0 2 15 11th
United States Road Racing Championship Panoz-Visteon Racing 5 0 1 0 2 8 4th
24 Hours of Le Mans Panoz Motor Sports 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1999 American Le Mans Series Panoz Motor Sports 8 2 1 2 4 135 2nd
Sports Racing World Cup DAMS 5 3 1 2 3 60 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans Panoz Motor Sports 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2000 American Le Mans Series Motorola-DAMS 5 0 0 0 0 66 20th
Sports Racing World Cup 3 0 0 0 0 3 37th
24 Hours of Le Mans DAMS 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 19th
2001 24 Hours of Le Mans DAMS 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2002 American Le Mans Series Team Cadillac 6 0 0 0 0 78 18th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
Source:[2]

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points
1988 Team Ralt Ralt RT22 Judd JER
6 		VAL
10 		PAU
4 		SIL
11 		MNZ
DNQ 		PER 9th 13
Bromley Motorsport Reynard 88D Cosworth BRH
DSQ 		BIR
DSQ 		BUG
Ret 		ZOL
4 		DIJ
2
1989 DAMS Lola T89/50 Mugen Honda SIL
Ret 		VAL
Ret 		PAU
Ret 		JER
1 		PER
Ret 		BRH
4 		BIR
4 		SPA
Ret 		BUG
3 		DIJ
2 		3rd 25
Sources:[3][4]

Complete Formula One results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1989 Equipe Larrousse Lola LC89 Lamborghini V12 BRA SMR MON MEX USA CAN FRA
11 		GBR
Ret 		GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS NC 0
1990 Espo Larrousse F1 Lola LC89B Lamborghini V12 USA
8 		BRA
Ret 		13th 5
Lola LC90 SMR
13 		MON
6 		CAN
9 		MEX
Ret 		FRA
8 		GBR
4 		GER
Ret 		HUN
6 		BEL
9 		ITA
Ret 		POR
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
Ret
1991 Larrousse F1 Larrousse Lola LC91 Cosworth V8 USA
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		MON
9 		CAN
Ret 		MEX
6 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		POR
DNQ 		ESP
Ret 		JPN
DNQ 		AUS 18th 1
1994 Ligier Gitanes Blondes Ligier JS39B Renault V10 BRA
Ret 		PAC
10 		SMR
12 		MON
Ret 		ESP
8 		CAN
13 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
13 		GER
3 		HUN
10 		BEL
10 		ITA
7 		POR
10 		18th 4
Team Lotus Lotus 109 Mugen Honda V10 EUR
18 		JPN AUS
Sources:[4][5]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1995 France Courage Compétition France Henri Pescarolo
France Franck Lagorce 		Courage C41 WSC 26 DNF DNF
1996 Italy Ennea SRL Igol France Jean-Marc Gounon
France Paul Belmondo 		Ferrari F40 GTE LMGT1 40 DNF DNF
1997 France Société DAMS France Franck Lagorce
France Jean-Christophe Boullion 		Panoz GTR-1 LMGT1 149 DNF DNF
1998 United States Panoz Motor Sports France Christophe Tinseau
United States Johnny O'Connell 		Panoz GTR-1 LMGT1 236 DNF DNF
1999 United States Panoz Motor Sports Australia David Brabham
United States Butch Leitzinger 		Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP 336 7th 6th
2000 France DAMS France Emmanuel Collard
France Franck Montagny 		Cadillac Northstar LMP LMP900 300 19th 9th
2001 France DAMS France Emmanuel Collard
Belgium Marc Goossens 		Cadillac Northstar LMP01 LMP900 56 DNF DNF
2002 United States Team Cadillac France Emmanuel Collard
Finland JJ Lehto 		Cadillac Northstar LMP02 LMP900 334 12th 10th
Sources:[3][6]

References

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  1. ^ "October 1991 Information". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2007.
  2. ^ "Éric Bernard". Driver Database. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Éric Bernard Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Eric Bernard". Motor Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. ^ Small, Steve (2000). "Éric Bernard". Grand Prix Who's Who (Third ed.). Reading, Berkshire: Travel Publishing. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-1-902007-46-5. Retrieved 8 August 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ "Eric Bernard". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo
Champion
1985 		Succeeded by
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