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Rear view mirror September 1978 - Motorsport headlines 40 years ago

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Created on September 11, 2018

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Wild Formula 3 and Formula 2 times - Ronnie Peterson

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Ronnie Peterson - his life ends at Monza

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Tecno F3 (1968) - Ronnie Peterson at the Hockenheimring

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Brabham F3 (1968) - the Japanese Tetsu Ikzuzava in battle with the Swede Ronnie Peterson at Tecno in Karlskoga

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Peterson, Quester and Regazzoni on the lap of honor after the 1970 F2 European Championship final at Hockenheim

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March 721 (1972) - with Ford-Cosworth engine - behind Robin Herd, Ronnie Peterson and Max Mosley

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Peterson achieved driving revelations with this March F1

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March 721 (1972) - Ronnie Peterson at STP-March

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Lotus 78 (1978) - Ronnie Peterson at the GP South Africa

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DRM Diepholz 1977 - Peterson parks on a spectator's cool bag after riding off

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Formula Super Vee runner-up -Schwedenhammer Kennerth Persson

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Out of action after test accident - Jochen Mass

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Magnificent end to the season - BMW F2 Junior trio Giacomelli, Surer and Winkelhock

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Podium at the end of the season - BMW F2 Junior Manfred Winkelhock at the finale in Hockenheim

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Alfa Sud Cup Hockenheim 1978 - Bürger cross in front of FOX team colleague Weber

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Tecno F3 (1968) - Ronnie Peterson auf demHockenheimring

Brabham F3 (1968) - der Japaner Tetsu Ikzuzava im Kampf mit dem Schweden Ronnie Peterson auf Tecno in Karlskoga

Peterson, Quester und Regazzoni 1970 nach dem F2-EM-Finale in Hockenheim auf der Ehrenrunde

March 721 (1972) - mit Ford-Cosworth-Motor - dahinter Robin Herd, Ronnie Peterson und Max Mosley

Mit diesem March F1 vollbrachte Peterson fahrerische Offenbarungen

March 721 (1972) - Ronnie Peterson im STP-March

Summary

The death of Ronnie Peterson in Monza naturally overshadowed everything else that would have been important in September. What a tragic loss for international motorsport, what a human tragedy.

This article contains the following chapters

Formula 1: Ronnie Peterson dies in Monza
Formula 1: Mass out of action after test accident
F2 European Championship: Triple victory for Neerpasch's BMW Juniors
DRM Norisring: Ertl makes almost everything clear
World Sportscar Championship: Porsche wins title thanks to private teams
Alfa Sud Cup: Lingmann masterful, Bürger with a special contribution
In a nutshell

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The death of Ronnie Peterson in Monza naturally overshadowed everything else that would have been important in September 1978. What a tragic loss for international motorsport, what a human tragedy. I always found Ronnie to be a friendly, informative person. Our first meeting was in Hockenheim, it must have been in 1968 or 1969, when he and Freddy Kottulinsky won the Formula 3 Nations Cup for Sweden. Ronnie drove a Tecno, Freddy a Lotus. The two of them were pretty rough with the competition, and the spectators in the packed Motodrom went wild with excitement. During the subsequent interview with the two of them for the sports agency "sid" and the "Rheinische Post", Ronnie said that "it's quite normal to drive so hard in Formula 3, otherwise you won't win anything". Around this time, he was already a big name in Formula 3, having had hair-raising duels with similarly young and wild drivers such as Clay Regazzoni, Tim Schenken, Patrick Depailler and his compatriot Reine Wisell. Peterson and Wisell were the kings of Formula 3 at the time, touring Europe as "The Swedish duo that crushes everything" (as the "Internationale Motorsport Chronik" respectfully titled them in 1968).

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Tecno F3 (1968) - Ronnie Peterson auf demHockenheimring

Brabham F3 (1968) - der Japaner Tetsu Ikzuzava im Kampf mit dem Schweden Ronnie Peterson auf Tecno in Karlskoga

Peterson, Quester und Regazzoni 1970 nach dem F2-EM-Finale in Hockenheim auf der Ehrenrunde

March 721 (1972) - mit Ford-Cosworth-Motor - dahinter Robin Herd, Ronnie Peterson und Max Mosley

Mit diesem March F1 vollbrachte Peterson fahrerische Offenbarungen

March 721 (1972) - Ronnie Peterson im STP-March

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