Great video man, learned a lot about someone I knew very little about. Such an underrated driver that noone really speaks about. Production quality through the roof for such a small channel too, hope you find the success you deserve!
Ronnie was a superstar in Sweden and really brought life to racing and Formula1 particulary in Sweden, we even had our own GP. Unfortunatley his death also meant the death of swedish F1 racing. The government "banned" it and we never got it back even though we've had swedish F1 drivers after Ronnie. it never reach that high. Ronnie will forever live on as one of the greatest to never win a WDC and the biggest racing driver from sweden, Him and Tony Rickardsson are a one of a kind.
The starter of Monza '78 did a horrendous mistake, not halting the rear placed cars. The lay out of Monza back then was sick. The cars went from the huge starting straight with plenty of room for passing, straight into a chikane with room for max two cars. All cars had built up up top speed from the start and it was a recipe for disaster. Thanks for putting a spotlight on a brilliant driver.
Great video! It should not be forgotten that Patrese was later exonerated from blame for the accident at Monza. For years I and others bought into the version of the unspeakable Hunt that Patrese was to blame. I believe it was Autosprint which later published a photo showing Patrese ahead of Hunt before the accident. It is conceivable that Hunt took umbrage at Patrese’s “ jumping the start” and wanted to “teach him a lesson”. Andretti was heartbroken and later recorded as ashamed once the scapegoating of Patrese by Hunt was revealed as such. It could be that a spare 79 with a strengthened footwell would have reduced Ronnie’s injuries, and certainly a competent starter would have waited until all cars had stopped on the grid. Ronnie could not use Mario’s spare car due to their appreciable height difference. Sadly, Ronnie’s career ended at Monza where he had had much success. I witnessed a number of his races in the ‘70s and can agree that he possessed unique car control - and with a good car on the day was peerless! Ronnie RIP. 🙁
That's a nice video.There is a film Ronnie Peterson The SuperSwede made in 2016 in which we can see all his career,it's in Swedish,but there are people who speak in English(former team mates rivals he raced against,Andretti,Lauda,Fittipaldi,Watson,Stewart etc) and it features some great insights that are not well known.For instance:in 1978 he agreed to be the no 2 driver at Lotus behind Andretti,even though he was much faster,the team put more fuel in his car for qualifying or put race tyres on his car just to be slower than Mario. Still I don't know why you've chosen in the video some Grand Prix like Monza 1973 and 1978,yes he won there 3 times and also had his fatal crash,but there was much more,in 1971 he finished 2nd in the Championship in his first full season in F1.In 1973 he was very unlucky due to car's reliability,9 poles and led so many races until the final laps when something happened to the car,he could have been World Champion that year.Also important that he wasn't great at setup the car,Chapman often asked him about the car's behavior but he didn't know what to say and he often used Fittipaldi or Andretti's setups and put the car on pole.
Gunnar Nilsson (another Swedish racing-driver and friend with Ronnie) once said in an interview that Ronnie could have won lots of more races. But in Lotus he was the second driver behind Mario Andretti. Gunnar Nilsson said that one time he saw Ronnie jump up from his car and throw his helmet in the tarmac in anger. Despite finishing second after Mario. Most drivers would be ecstatic over a double victory for the team. But Ronnie told Gunnar later that he had strict orders to not cross the finish-line before Mario, because if he did? Mario had threaten to quit from Lotus. Ronnie was fast and Mario was definatly not going to be any second driver. Gunnar Nilsson died just 1 month later after Ronnie in cancer.
Another factor was that Mario Andretti was given first dibs on the Lotus 79 whereas Ronnie Peterson was driving the older Lotus 78 for much of the season as he was at Monza and was almost certainly why he qualified further down the grid. His expectation was that he would agree to help Mario win the championship but next season he would be number one or at least on level status and allowed to race if Mario was still around.
Hi, very nice film, thank you. I disagree with your analysis though, Patrese was past Hunt and Hunt panicked and jinked left into Ronnie. He then, disgustingly, tried to blame ()the eventually cleared) Patrese for a death caused by Hunt himself. Horrible man.
I was enjoying this superbly narrated story, but had to give up because of that bloody awful trumpet in the background. I'm off to have some paracetamol.
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Great video man, learned a lot about someone I knew very little about. Such an underrated driver that noone really speaks about.
Production quality through the roof for such a small channel too, hope you find the success you deserve!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ronnie was a superstar in Sweden and really brought life to racing and Formula1 particulary in Sweden, we even had our own GP. Unfortunatley his death also meant the death of swedish F1 racing. The government "banned" it and we never got it back even though we've had swedish F1 drivers after Ronnie. it never reach that high.
Ronnie will forever live on as one of the greatest to never win a WDC and the biggest racing driver from sweden, Him and Tony Rickardsson are a one of a kind.
Keeping Ronnies memory alive.
The starter of Monza '78 did a horrendous mistake, not halting the rear placed cars. The lay out of Monza back then was sick. The cars went from the huge starting straight with plenty of room for passing, straight into a chikane with room for max two cars. All cars had built up up top speed from the start and it was a recipe for disaster. Thanks for putting a spotlight on a brilliant driver.
Great video! It should not be forgotten that Patrese was later exonerated from blame for the accident at Monza. For years I and others bought into the version of the unspeakable Hunt that Patrese was to blame. I believe it was Autosprint which later published a photo showing Patrese ahead of Hunt before the accident. It is conceivable that Hunt took umbrage at Patrese’s “ jumping the start” and wanted to “teach him a lesson”. Andretti was heartbroken and later recorded as ashamed once the scapegoating of Patrese by Hunt was revealed as such.
It could be that a spare 79 with a strengthened footwell would have reduced Ronnie’s injuries, and certainly a competent starter would have waited until all cars had stopped on the grid. Ronnie could not use Mario’s spare car due to their appreciable height difference.
Sadly, Ronnie’s career ended at Monza where he had had much success. I witnessed a number of his races in the ‘70s and can agree that he possessed unique car control - and with a good car on the day was peerless! Ronnie RIP. 🙁
Thank you for this very well presented piece on Ronnie Peterson. I have subscribed! Best wishes, Mark
Thanks for watching
He was my hero, when I was 12-13
Another great topic, done greatly.
Appreciate you sticking around haha. Glad you enjoyed it.
FOI UM GRANDE PILOTO.MUITO RAPIDO. MORREU EM MONZA EM 1978.NAQUELA DECADA MORREU MUITA GENTE BOA.INFELIZMENTE.
That's a nice video.There is a film Ronnie Peterson The SuperSwede made in 2016 in which we can see all his career,it's in Swedish,but there are people who speak in English(former team mates rivals he raced against,Andretti,Lauda,Fittipaldi,Watson,Stewart etc) and it features some great insights that are not well known.For instance:in 1978 he agreed to be the no 2 driver at Lotus behind Andretti,even though he was much faster,the team put more fuel in his car for qualifying or put race tyres on his car just to be slower than Mario.
Still I don't know why you've chosen in the video some Grand Prix like Monza 1973 and 1978,yes he won there 3 times and also had his fatal crash,but there was much more,in 1971 he finished 2nd in the Championship in his first full season in F1.In 1973 he was very unlucky due to car's reliability,9 poles and led so many races until the final laps when something happened to the car,he could have been World Champion that year.Also important that he wasn't great at setup the car,Chapman often asked him about the car's behavior but he didn't know what to say and he often used Fittipaldi or Andretti's setups and put the car on pole.
Thanks for the insight, will definitely look into the movie.
Gunnar Nilsson (another Swedish racing-driver and friend with Ronnie) once said in an interview that Ronnie could have won lots of more races. But in Lotus he was the second driver behind Mario Andretti. Gunnar Nilsson said that one time he saw Ronnie jump up from his car and throw his helmet in the tarmac in anger. Despite finishing second after Mario. Most drivers would be ecstatic over a double victory for the team. But Ronnie told Gunnar later that he had strict orders to not cross the finish-line before Mario, because if he did? Mario had threaten to quit from Lotus.
Ronnie was fast and Mario was definatly not going to be any second driver.
Gunnar Nilsson died just 1 month later after Ronnie in cancer.
Another factor was that Mario Andretti was given first dibs on the Lotus 79 whereas Ronnie Peterson was driving the older Lotus 78 for much of the season as he was at Monza and was almost certainly why he qualified further down the grid. His expectation was that he would agree to help Mario win the championship but next season he would be number one or at least on level status and allowed to race if Mario was still around.
Hi, very nice film, thank you. I disagree with your analysis though, Patrese was past Hunt and Hunt panicked and jinked left into Ronnie. He then, disgustingly, tried to blame ()the eventually cleared) Patrese for a death caused by Hunt himself. Horrible man.
I agree! Just posted above before seeing yours. 👍🙁
I was enjoying this superbly narrated story, but had to give up because of that bloody awful trumpet in the background. I'm off to have some paracetamol.