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Ronnie Peterson

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1944 (81 years old)
Örebro, Sweden

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Deceased

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					Italian Grand Prix	10 Sep 78
					Dutch Grand Prix	27 Aug 78
					Austrian Grand Prix	13 Aug 78
					German Grand Prix	30 Jul 78
					British Grand Prix	16 Jul 78
					French Grand Prix	02 Jul 78
					Swedish Grand Prix	17 Jun 78
					Spanish Grand Prix	04 Jun 78
					Belgian Grand Prix	21 May 78
					Monaco Grand Prix	07 May 78
					United States Grand Prix West	02 Apr 78
					South African Grand Prix	04 Mar 78
					Brazilian Grand Prix	29 Jan 78
					Argentine Grand Prix	15 Jan 78
					Italian Grand Prix	12 Sep 76
					United States Grand Prix	04 Oct 70
					Canadian Grand Prix	20 Sep 70
					Italian Grand Prix	06 Sep 70
					German Grand Prix	02 Aug 70
					British Grand Prix	18 Jul 70
					Belgian Grand Prix	07 Jun 70
					Monaco Grand Prix	10 May 70

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Bengt Ronnie Peterson (Swedish pronunciation: ; 14 February 1944 – 11 September 1978) was a Swedish racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1978. Nicknamed "Superswede", Peterson twice finished runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1971 and 1978, and won 10 Grands Prix across nine seasons.

Peterson began his motor racing career in kart racing, traditionally the discipline where the majority of race drivers begin their careers in open-wheel racing. After winning a number of karting titles, including two Swedish titles in 1963 and 1964, he moved on to Formula Three, where he won the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race for the 1969 Grand Prix. Later that year he won the FIA European Formula 3 Championship and moved up into Formula One, racing for the March factory team. In his three-year spell with the team, he took six podiums, most of which were scored during the 1971 Formula One season in which he also finished as runner-up in the Drivers' Championship.

After seeing out his three-year contract at March, Peterson joined Colin Chapman's Team Lotus in the 1973 season, partnering defending champion Emerson Fittipaldi. During his first two seasons with Lotus, Peterson took seven victories, scoring a career-best 52 points in 1973. After a poor 1975 season, Peterson moved back to March and scored his final victory for the team at the 1976 Italian Grand Prix. After spending the 1977 season with Tyrrell, he moved back to Lotus for the 1978 season as number two driver to Mario Andretti. Peterson scored two wins, at the South African and Austrian Grand Prix races, and finished second in the Drivers' Championship standings despite his fatal first-lap accident at Monza during the Italian Grand Prix.




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