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Ronnie Peterson

Full name
Bengt Ronnie Peterson
Date of birth
Feb 14, 1944 (34)
Date of death
Sep 11, 1978
Nationality
Swedish
Place of birth
Örebro

Career stats

9
Seasons active
0/9
Championships
123
Races
10/123
Wins
14/123
Pole positions
26/123
Podiums
Lotus
Last team
1970 Monaco GP
First race
1978 Italian GP
Last race
1973 French GP
First win
1978 Austrian GP
Last win
1971 Monaco GP
First podium
1978 Dutch GP
Last podium
1973 Brazilian GP
First pole
1978 Austrian GP
Last pole
10
Wins
0
Sprint wins
8.13%
Win percentage
3
Wins from pole
4
Most wins in a season
2
Longest win streak
14
Pole positions
26
Podiums
21.14%
Podium percentage
7
Most podiums in a season
0
Longest podium streak
49
DNF
0
DNS
9
Fastest laps
5724
Race laps
0
Races led
0
Laps led
206
Points

Seasons

Year Pos. Points Races Wins Podiums Pole positions Team(s)
1978 2nd 51 14 2 7 3 Lotus
1977 14th 7 17 0 1 0 Tyrrell
1976 11th 10 16 1 1 1 Lotus, March
1975 13th 6 14 0 0 0 Lotus
1974 5th 35 15 3 4 1 Lotus
1973 3rd 52 15 4 7 9 Lotus
1972 9th 12 12 0 1 0 March
1971 2nd 33 11 0 5 0 March
1970 - - 9 0 0 0 March
All races

Finish positions

1
10
2
10
3
6
4
5
5
7
6
4
7
3
8
3
9
7
10
5
11
4
12
2
13
1
14
15
2
16
1
17
18
19
1
20

Starting positions

1
14
2
10
3
7
4
6
5
8
6
6
7
7
8
7
9
8
10
8
11
7
12
4
13
6
14
5
15
4
16
7
17
2
18
3
19
2
20
21
22
23
24
1
25
26
1

Wins

Race Grid
10 1978 Austrian Grand Prix 1st
9 1978 South African Grand Prix 11th
8 1976 Italian Grand Prix 8th
7 1974 Italian Grand Prix 7th
6 1974 French Grand Prix 2nd
5 1974 Monaco Grand Prix 3rd
4 1973 United States Grand Prix 1st
3 1973 Italian Grand Prix 1st
2 1973 Austrian Grand Prix 2nd
1 1973 French Grand Prix 5th

Pole positions

Race Result
14 1978 Austrian Grand Prix 1st
13 1978 British Grand Prix DNF
12 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix DNF
11 1976 Dutch Grand Prix DNF
10 1974 Argentine Grand Prix 13th
9 1973 United States Grand Prix 1st
8 1973 Canadian Grand Prix DNF
7 1973 Italian Grand Prix 1st
6 1973 Dutch Grand Prix 11th
5 1973 British Grand Prix 2nd
4 1973 Swedish Grand Prix 2nd
3 1973 Belgian Grand Prix DNF
2 1973 Spanish Grand Prix DNF
1 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix DNF

Ronnie Peterson is a Swedish Formula 1 driver born on February 14, 1944. The first race Ronnie Peterson drove was the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix. Since then Peterson has driven 123 races in total.

In these 123 races, Peterson won 10 races, finshed on the podium 26 times and scored a total of 206 points. The 1978 Italian Grand Prix was the last race Peterson has entered.

Ronnie ended his career driving for Team Lotus.