Formula One drivers from Sweden
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Drivers | 11 |
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Grands Prix | 441 |
Entries | 510 |
Starts | 469 |
Best season finish | 2nd (1971, 1978) |
Wins | 12 |
Podiums | 44 |
Pole positions | 15 |
Fastest laps | 10 |
Points | 396 |
First entry | 1951 German Grand Prix |
First win | 1959 Dutch Grand Prix |
Latest win | 1978 Austrian Grand Prix |
Latest entry | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
2024 drivers | None |
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]
Former drivers
1967 Swedish F3 champion Reine Wisell made his debut with Lotus at the 1970 United States Grand Prix. He scored a podium finish in his debut race, but only four more points finishes followed in his career, all in the following year. The subsequent years saw a large drop in form and he eventually retired following his home race of 1974.
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 fiery accident at the 1978 Italian Grand Prix.
Bertil Roos competed in one race – the 1974 Swedish Grand Prix in a Shadow. He retired on lap two through transmission failure.
Torsten Palm entered two Grands Prix in the 1975 season in a privateer Hesketh. He failed to qualify in Monaco and finished 10th in Sweden despite running out of fuel.
Conny Andersson entered five Grands Prix. His only appearance in the 1976 season was with Surtees at the Dutch Grand Prix, retiring after 9 laps. He failed to qualify for any of the events he entered in 1977.
Gunnar Nilsson raced for 2 almost full seasons in Formula One, in 1976–77 – qualifying his Lotus for every Grand Prix he entered. His short career was very up-and-down, with 17 retirements along with 4 podiums, including a win in the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix. He retired from his last seven straight Grands Prix and was beginning to show the signs of the testicular cancer that he would eventually pass away from.
In the two-year break Johansson took from Formula One,
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Reine Wisell in 1970
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Ronnie Peterson in 1978
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Marcus Ericsson in 2015
Timeline
Drivers | Active Years | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Career Points | Poles | Fastest Laps | Championships |
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Erik Lundgren
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1951 | 1 (0 starts) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Joakim Bonnier
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1956–1971 | 109 (104 starts) | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | - |
Reine Wisell | 1970–1974 | 23 (22 starts) | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | - |
Ronnie Peterson | 1970–1978 | 123 | 10 | 26 | 206 | 14 | 9 | - |
Bertil Roos | 1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Torsten Palm | 1975 | 2 (1 start) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Conny Andersson | 1976–1977 | 5 (1 start) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Gunnar Nilsson | 1976–1977 | 32 (31 starts) | 1 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1 | - |
Stefan Johansson | 1980, 1983–1991 | 103 (79 starts) | 0 | 12 | 88 | 0 | 0 | - |
Slim Borgudd | 1981–1982 | 15 (10 starts) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
Marcus Ericsson | 2014–2018 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | - |
See also
References
- ^ "Sweden – Drivers". StatsF1.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Sweden - Grands Prix started". StatsF1.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Jo BONNIER - Grands Prix started". StatsF1.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Jo BONNIER". StatsF1.com (in French). Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Marcus ERICSSON". StatsF1.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.