Jo bonnier racing driver

Wealthy and scholarly, and fluent in no fewer than six languages, he nevertheless could not resist the urge to race and defied his family to do so. On april 18, 1960, the easter monday goodwood meeting saw two of these newlook brm p48s make their racing debut, one driven for the team by graham hill, the other by dan gurney. His father, gert, was a professor of genetics at the university of stockholm, while many members of his extensive family were in the publishing. Jo bonnier, gentleman driver classic driver magazine. Jo bonnier the nostalgia forum the autosport forums. The impeccable manners of a true gentleman stuck on the fringe of f1, jo sometimes appeared as a reliable substitute driver for the works teams but he usually drove privately entered cars. Fellow racer vic elford saw the ferrari burning furiously, and pulled his. Watch jo bonniers only formula 1 win motor sport magazine. The driver gets points if he finishes in the first six positions of every race 2.

His greatest achievement in f1 was taking victory for brm in the 1959 dutch grand prix. National service and early career he had competed in a rally in 1948 but three years in the swedish navy delayed his racing ambitions. Jo bonnier page 4 the nostalgia forum autosport forums. Elford later said it was the first time in my racing career im glad my car broke. Click on the site to see all races run at that track view career statistics for jo bonnier. Jo bonnier was born in stockholm, to the wealthy bonnier family.

If the championship is more important, the driver gets more points 3. Manage your f1 team to success by building good cars, developing good race strategies, hiring the right drivers and staff and planning for the future. Joakim bonnier 31 january 1930 11 june 1972 was a swedish sportscar racing and formula one driver who raced for various. Brands hatch boac international 500 race in 1958 here. Joakim bonnier was a racing driver from sweden who competed in both sports cars and formula 1 and also was the team owner. He recorded 104 starts in formula one world championship between 1956 and 1971, scoring one victory at 1959 dutch grand prix. He started out as an ice racer in sweden, before driving on dry race tracks. Jo bonnier lemans 1964 ferrari racing, ferrari, sports. Jo bonniers f1 career seemed on the brink of stardom but it was not to be his remaining two years with brm were marked by retirements. He had his swiss racing team, ecurie bonnier, in geneve, switzerland suisse.

Even today, whenever i think of porsche racing, i automatically think. All allison, cliff bianchi, lucien bonnier, jo brabham, jack branson, don brooks, tony cabianca, giulio clark, jim flockhart, ron gendebien, olivier ginther, richie. In the sports car racing, his greatst success was the second place at 1964 le mans 24 hours, together with graham hill in a ferrari 330p. Formula one series results races click on the race to see the complete results for that race.

Unearthed footage shows the swede taking his and brms first grand prix victory. Portraits of auto racing legends the class of 1960 cars. Joakim bonnier jo was my teammate at brm and at porsche in formula 1 and sports cars. Jo bonnier, gentleman driver the maranello concessionaires ferrari of graham hill and jo bonnier in the pits before the start of the world sportscar championship 24 hours of. It is believed that fewer than 200 lightweight examples were assembled, one of which was delivered to alfa romeos swedish office for racing driver jo bonnier. Jo was a visitor at indy once, but i havent found in what year. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. It was the first grand prix victory for the future dualworld champion and the second time a brm driver had won the race after jo bonnier in 1959.

Formula 1 and sports car driver jo bonnier was born on this day in 1930. Racing driver jo schlesser is killed in crash at french grand prix, rouen, france. Ecurie bonnier, ecurie suisse, joakim bonnier racing team and anglosuisse racing team were names used by swedish racing driver joakim bonnier to enter his own cars in formula one, formula two and sports car racing between 1957 and his death in 1972. Driver jo bonniers formula one series races racing.

Le mans aston martin sports car racing auto racing road racing grand prix ferrari racing f12 berlinetta old race cars. Jo bonnier may not have been the fastest f1 driver of his era, but he was certainly one of the richest and his bank balance helped the fledgling mclaren team with its crucial cashflow during the late 1960s by providing a home for some of the teams obsolete grand prix machines. Joakim bonnier racing team 1967 1968 anglo suisse racing team 1966 brabham organization 1966 rob walker racing team 1963 1964 1965 porsche system engineering 1961 1962 owen racing organization 1958 1959 1960 jo bonnier 1957 1958. Notably, during the mid and late 1950s, the bonnier family was the official alfa romeo importer in sweden bonniers bilaktiebolag, sveavagen 100, stockholm.

Joakim jo bonnier was the first great racing driver from sweden. See more ideas about bonnie, sportscar, grand prix. Before his untimely death, he had established a long and distinguished motor racing career which reached its zenith in 1959 when he joined the brm formula one team and won the dutch grand prix for them. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Jo bonnier was involved in an accident on the straight between mulsanne. Jo bonnier was more than an ordinary racing driver finally, in 1969 bonnier decided to switch focus to sports cars racing and competed only in selected f1 events, regularly driving an uncompetitive cars and usually being unable to finish the races. Jo bonnier driver profile grand prix racing online.

Apr 21, 2014 he was killed by a slower drivers error, in a race the swede had led early on. View f1 statistics and a f1 career summary of jo bonnier, including career stats, yearly summary, stats per grands prix and circuits, and more. Together with his close friend, jan runnqvist, he opened galerie bonnier in lausanne, 1961. Pages in category joakim bonnier this category contains only the following page. Various shots cars going past camera in the french grand prix, in pouring rain. Siffert was 15th in practice, almost seven seconds behind the fastest man jim clark. He started his grand prix career in 1956 and sustained a pretty good job as a race driver for three decades, winning the. Jo bonnier lemans 1964 ferrari racing, ferrari, sports car. He was killed by a slower driver s error, in a race the swede had led early on.

In early 1962 jo bonnier told the press that he had been offered a seat in one of mickey thompsons cars for indy, but that he had turned it down because of clashing commitments. Jo bonnier first entered formula two cars in 1966, for the swiss driver jo siffert who drove a cooperbrm t82 painted in swiss racing red and white. What made it even harder to take was that bonnier had been close to retirement after 24 successful years of racing. Joakim jo bonnier vintage racing, le mans, car, driver. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Jo bonnier was one of the driving forces behind the grand prix drivers association. Joakim bonnier 31 january 1930 11 june 1972 was a swedish sportscar racing and formula one driver who raced for various teams.

The first race of the season was scheduled for oulton park but although practice was held the race was cancelled because of snow on the track. The son of a professor of genetics at stockholm university, jo was born in 1930. Making his debut at in 1956 at the italian grand prix with the maserati team, bonnier spent most of 1957 and 1958. Jo bonnier born 31th january 1930 in stockholm is a professional racing driver who competes internationally for sweden. Accidents count as a driver mistake,so the driver loses points when heshe has an accident,collision or spin. A onetime grand prix winner, jo bonnier was the influential president of the grand prix drivers association who campaigned tirelessly to improve circuits. Tragically, joakim bonnier was killed during the 1972 le mans 24hour race. He was killed by a slower drivers error, in a race the swede had led early on. Joakim jo bonnier 31 january 1930 11 june 1972 was a swedish sportscar racing and formula one driver who raced for various teams.

He was a handsome guy from a very welltodo and prominent publishing family in sweden. Joakim bonnier was a swedish sportscar racing and formula one driver who raced for various teams. I have been looking around and find that jo bonnier drove f1 cars entered by. If the driver accepts your offer you will have to pay a compensation to your old. He started his grand prix career in 1956 and sustained a pretty good job as a race driver for three decades, winning the 1959 dutch grand prix and several sportscar races. Jo bonnier began entering cars in formula one under his own. Commonly the vehicles were entered for bonnier himself, but he also provided cars for a number of other drivers during the period. Jun 14, 2011 joakim bonnier jo was my teammate at brm and at porsche in formula 1 and sports cars. Page 4 of 6 jo bonnier posted in the nostalgia forum. Bonnier would go on to be killed in an accident at the le mans circuit in france in june 1972. Apr, 2014 racing driver jo schlesser is killed in crash at french grand prix, rouen, france. Media in category joakim bonnier the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Jo bonnier page 4 the nostalgia forum the autosport.