Bengt Ronnie Peterson was a Swedish racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1978. Nicknamed "SuperSwede", Peterson was a two-time runner-up ...
It is hard to believe that 22 years have passed since Ronnie Peterson died, following a multi-car pile up at the start of the 1978 Italian Grand Prix.
Ronnie Peterson
Swedish motorsports racing driver
Bengt Ronnie Peterson was a Swedish racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1978. Nicknamed "SuperSwede", Peterson was a two-time runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1971 and 1978. Wikipedia
Born: February 14, 1944, Örebro, Sweden
Died: September 11, 1978 (age 34 years), Milan, Italy
Spouse: Barbro Peterson (m. 1975–1978)
Height: 5′ 10″
Children: Nina Kennedy
Parents: Bengt Peterson and Maj-Britt Peterson
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Sep 11, 2021 · Today in 1978 my childhood hero, SuperSwede Ronnie Peterson, died after a crash at Monza ... Photo.
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He was probably the only Formula 1 driver who died while gardening, and he died of a heart attack. Ronnie, however – I still can't understand it to this day – ...
Sep 11, 2018 · When his career was in the doldrums between 1973 and 1978, Ronnie never lost hope that the good days would come back, that he would win again.
Bengt Ronnie Peterson (born February 14, 1944 in Örebro, Sweden - died September 11, 1978 in Milan, Italy) was a Swedish Formula One driver.
Ronnie Peterson's enduring legacy owes much to his employment of a spectacular sideways style, shunning the smooth approach called for by the evolving ...
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Along with Stirling Moss and Gilles Villeneuve, Ronnie Peterson is widely regarded as one of the fastest drivers never to have won the Formula One World ...