01 Jul Ronnie Peterson
Ronnie Peterson was a Swedish F1 driver who raced in the Formula 1 World Championship between 1970 and 1978. He won 10 Grands Prix and claimed 14 pole positions during his career and in 1971 and 1978 he finished runner-up in the Drivers World Championship. Along with Jo Bonnier and Gunnar Nilsson, he is the only racing driver from Sweden to have won a Formula 1 race. He won each of his 10 Grand Prix victories in a Lotus Ford apart from the 1976 Italian Grand Prix which he won in a March Ford. He was a double winner of the French Grand Prix and the Austrian Grand Prix and a triple winner of the Italian Grand Prix. He tragically died from injuries sustained in a fiery accident at the start of the 1978 Italian Grand Prix which involved James Hunt and Riccardo Patrese.
| Win Number | Grand Prix | Circuit | Date | Round | No. | Team | Chassis | Tyre | Grid | Winning Margin | Race Time | Speed | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1973 French Grand Prix | Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 July 1973 | 8/15 | 2 | Lotus Ford | 72E | Goodyear | 5 | 40.920 | 1:41:36.520 | 185.260 | 313.740 |
| 2 | 1973 Austrian Grand Prix | Österreichring | 19 August 1973 | 12/15 | 2 | Lotus Ford | 72E | Goodyear | 2 | 9.010 | 1:28:48.780 | 215.640 | 319.194 |
| 3 | 1973 Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 9 September 1973 | 13/15 | 2 | Lotus Ford | 72E | Goodyear | 1 | 0.800 | 1:29:17.000 | 213.400 | 317.625 |
| 4 | 1973 United States Grand Prix | Watkins Glen International | 7 October 1973 | 15/15 | 2 | Lotus Ford | 72E | Goodyear | 1 | 0.668 | 1:41:15.799 | 189.998 | 320.665 |
| 5 | 1974 Monaco Grand Prix | Circuit de Monaco | 26 May 1974 | 6/15 | 1 | Lotus Ford | 72E | Goodyear | 3 | 28.800 | 1:58:03.700 | 129.940 | 255.684 |
| 6 | 1974 French Grand Prix | Circuit Dijon-Prenois | 7 July 1974 | 9/15 | 1 | Lotus Ford | 72E | Goodyear | 2 | 20.360 | 1:21:55.020 | 192.720 | 263.120 |
| 7 | 1974 Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 8 September 1974 | 13/15 | 1 | Lotus Ford | 72E | Goodyear | 7 | 0.800 | 1:22:56.600 | 217.400 | 300.560 |
| 8 | 1976 Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 12 September 1976 | 13/16 | 10 | March Ford | 761 | Goodyear | 8 | 2.300 | 1:30:35.600 | 199.700 | 301.600 |
| 9 | 1978 South African Grand Prix | Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit | 4 March 1978 | 3/16 | 6 | Lotus Ford | 78 | Goodyear | 11 | 0.466 | 1:42:15.767 | 187.817 | 320.112 |
| 10 | 1978 Austrian Grand Prix | Österreichring | 13 August 1978 | 12/16 | 6 | Lotus Ford | 79 | Goodyear | 1 | 47.440 | 1:41:21.570 | 189.951 | 320.890 |