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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 […]

New for the 2014 Formula One season will be that every driver will have his own number on his car. This number will stay with the driver through his entire Formula One career (with the exception that the Wordl Champion will be using number 1). I was already confused when I saw Alonso’s F14-T with […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 148 Ålesund is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture. Legend has it that Gangerolf […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 147 The Auditorio de Tenerife “Adán Martín” (formerly named, but still commonly referred to as, Auditorio de Tenerife), was designed by architect Santiago Calatrava Valls. It is located on the Avenue of the Constitution in the Canarian capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), and next to the Atlantic […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 146 Ardnamurchan Point (Scottish Gaelic: Ard na Murchan, meaning ‘the hill of the great sea’) is an isolated peninsula with a lighthouse in Highland, Scotland. Ardnamurchan Point lies at the western end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) north of Corrachadh Mòr, […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 145 The Kampen lighthouse is located on the geestland core of the German island of Sylt, south of Kampen. It is a white conical stone tower with a broad black band. When Sylt belonged to the Danish realm in 1853, king Frederick VII ordered the construction of a lighthouse on […]