Sauber F1 Team's Swedish driver Marcus Ericsson powers through a... News Photo Getty Images


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Bengt Ronnie Peterson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrɔ̌nːɪ ˈpêtːɛˌʂɔn]; 14 February 1944 - 11 September 1978) was a Swedish racing driver.Known by the nickname 'SuperSwede', he was a two-time runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Peterson began his motor racing career in kart racing, traditionally the discipline where the majority of race drivers begin their.


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Swedish F1 Drivers First & Last Races. First Race: 1956 Italian F1 GP: Last Race: 2018 Abu Dhabi F1 GP: First Pole: 1959 Dutch F1 GP: Last Pole: 1978 Austrian F1 GP: First Win: 1959 Dutch F1 GP: Last Win: 1978 Austrian F1 GP: First Podium: 1959 Dutch F1 GP: Last Podium: 1989 Portuguese F1 GP: All F1 Drivers List Swedish. Drivers; 1:


Swedish F1 driver Ronnie Peterson was born OnThisDay in 1944. He would have turn 75 years old

Sweden's most successful Formula One driver was Ronnie Peterson. In a career that spanned 9 seasons he won 10 Grands Prix and came close to winning the championship on multiple occasions. He was an in-demand driver who was signed by teams such as March, Tyrrell and Lotus. Peterson was killed as a result of medical complications following a.


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There have been 11 Formula One drivers from Sweden who have entered a Formula One Grand Prix of whom 10 have started a race. [1] Erik Lundgren was the first Swedish driver to enter a Formula One race when he entered the 1951 German Grand Prix, however he would later withdraw. Bonnier driving for Porsche at the 1962 German Grand Prix.


Famous Swedish F1 Drivers

This category includes all Swedish drivers who have participated in (or attempted to participate in): a Formula One race, or. an FIA World Championship race (not all of which were Formula One races). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Formula One drivers from Sweden.


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1973 Swedish Grand Prix. 1978 Swedish Grand Prix. Most wins (driver) Jody Scheckter. Niki Lauda. Most wins (constructor) ← →. GP Racing Stats is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One.


Retro Brit Swedish Formula 1 Driver Ronnie Peterson and my Memory of his Passing.

Swedish Formula One drivers. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Formula One drivers from Sweden. This category includes all Swedish drivers who have participated in (or attempted to participate in): an FIA World Championship race (not all of which were Formula One races).


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Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson (born 8 September 1956) is a Swedish racing driver who drove in Formula One for both Ferrari and McLaren, among other teams. Since leaving Formula One he has won the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans and raced in a number of categories, including CART, various kinds of Sports car racing and Grand Prix Masters.


Niki Lauda and Mario Andretti, F1 Swedish GP, 1978 print by Motorsport Images Posterlounge

In the 1970s racing drivers did everything later in life than they do nowadays — and, with the tragic exception of dying of cancer at the devastatingly tender age of 29, almost exactly 45 years ago, on October 20, 1978, Gunnar Nilsson was typical of his time. Having driven a few minor races in his native Sweden in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Nilsson made his first serious foray into.


Swedish drivers for the National Day of Sweden 1.... Legends of Racing

Naturally, there are many famous Swedish motorsports racers, but some of the most well-known include Ronnie Peterson, Gunnar Nilsson, and Björn Waldegård. Ronnie Peterson was a Formula One driver who raced for teams like Lotus and March. He won 10 Grand Prix races during his career and was known for his aggressive driving style.


Swedish Formula One driver Marcus Ericsson of Sauber F1 Team steers the new C34 during the

We have looked at the best from Brazil and the best from Finland. Now let us take a look at the very best from Sweden. From truck racers to caravan sponsors..


40 years ago today, the world lost one of the greatest Swedish racing drivers ever. Here he is

Though, eleven Swedish drivers have entered. Erik Lundgren was the first-ever driver from Sweden to enter a Formula One race, in the 1951 German Grand Prix, but he later withdrew.


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Red-flagged races. Grand Prix Drivers' Association. Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. [2]


Best Swedish drivers, with Ronnie Peterson Red Bull

A tale of Swedish F1 drivers. Fascinating in-depth look at Sweden's contribution to the world of Formula 1. The news that Marcus Ericsson will make his Formula 1 debut with Caterham this year end a 23-year drought of Swedish Grand Prix drivers. Until now, the last time a Swede raced in F1 was Stefan Johansson's in a Footwork in Canada, 1991.


Swedish drivers for the National Day of Sweden 1.... Legends of Racing

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Best Swedish drivers, with Ronnie Peterson Red Bull

Alfa Romeo F1 driver Valtteri Bottas will make his Race Of Champions debut in Sweden on January 28-29, 2023. The Finnish driver was set to make his debut in the 2022 iteration of the Race Of Champions but pulled out days before the competition. This season he has again planned to compete alongside compatriot and two-time F1 champion Mika Hakkinen in the ROC Nations Cup on January 28 and the.