Peterson and his Lotus teammate, Mario Andretti, had dominated the 1978 season in their ground-effects Lotus 79s. Andretti and Peterson had just come from a convincing 1-2 victory at Zandvoort in...

2001年12月16日 · I have always heard that team orders were introduced to allow Peterson to stay behind Andretti, but according to Mario in his new book, it was grossly overated and Peterson actually tried to...

2020年3月31日 · Andretti won six times, Peterson twice, the pair claiming four one-twos. In the context of the super-competitive 1970s, this was true domination. But at Monza, on the day Mario’s title was sealed, Ronnie lost his life in a horrible first-corner pile-up.

Locked in a battle with teammate Ronnie Peterson for the World’s Driving Championship, Mario Andretti in his Lotus and Canadian Gilles Villeneuve in a Ferrari were on the front row for the Italian Grand Prix. Peterson had qualified for the fifth spot in the second team Lotus.

1978年10月2日 · His teammate, 34-year-old Ronnie Peterson of Sweden, died after a horrendous 10-car crash on the opening lap of the race (see box, page 92). "This is no time to think about celebrating,"...

2018年8月30日 · Ronnie Peterson and Mario Andretti in conversation during the 1978 season. Andretti would find out about his friend's death from a tollbooth attendant after the race at Monza.

1978年9月25日 · Ronnie Peterson was on his favourite circuit. Covered with sweat in the unrelenting summer heat and clipping the apexes of the bends ever closer, he had brought his lap times down to 3m 30s, an...

1978年10月2日 · It was precisely that method of beginning the Italian Grand Prix on Sept. 10 that triggered the 10-car crash at the Monza circuit in which Ronnie Peterson was fatally injured. The starting grid...

2019年11月24日 · Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson formed a strong pairing at Lotus in 1978. The car was fantastic, understanding was good and a they became close friends.

2021年3月16日 · Colin Chapman, Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi and Bernie Ecclestone were still there, but they soon left because they believed Ronnie was going to be okay. “Some Swedish friends of Ronnie’s and a few journalists were still waiting outside,” says Varolo.