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Torsten Palm (born July 23, 1947 in Kristinehamn) participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix with a rented Hesketh in 1975, the Monaco and Swedish GP. Like Roos, Palm’s sole F1 appearance came on home soil when he hired a Hesketh 308 to contest the 1975 Swedish Grand Prix. After failing to qualify […]

Bertil Roos (born October 12, 1943) participated in a single Formula One Grand Prix, his home race in 1974, from which he retired with transmission failure. Having made a name for himself in both European Formula Two and Formula Atlantic, Roos was invited to contest his home Grand Prix with Shadow in 1974. But the […]

Reine Wisell (born September 30, 1941) participated in 23 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, between 1970 and 1974. He drove for Lotus, BRM and March. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 13 championship points. A contemporary of Peterson, Wisell lived somewhat in the shadow of his more illustrious countryman, even though […]

Bengt Ronnie Peterson (14 February 1944 – 11 September 1978) participated in Formula One between 1970 and 1978. Known by the nickname ‘SuperSwede’, he was a two-time runner-up in the FIA Formula One World Drivers’ Championship. Peterson drove for March, Tyrrell and Lotus. A quiet man off the track, Ronnie Peterson favoured letting his driving […]

Joakim “Jo” Bonnier (31 January 1930 – 11 June 1972) participated in Formula One during 1956 and 1971 for various teams, with Maserati, BRM, Porsche, Cooper, Brabham, Lotus and McLaren. Stockholm-born Joakim Bonnier – better known as Jo – honed his skills ice racing in his homeland before going on to carve out a Formula […]