Joakim “Jo” Bonnier (31 January 1930 – 11 June 1972) participated in Formula One during 1956 and 1971 for various teams, with Maserati, BRM, Porsche, Cooper, Brabham, Lotus and McLaren.
1957 – Jo Bonnier – Scuderia Centro Sud – Maserati 250f
1959 – Jo Bonnier – Owen Racing Organisation – BRM P25 – Victory at Zandvoort NL
1961 – Jo Bonnier – Porsche System Engineering – Porsche 718
1964 – Jo Bonnier – Rob Walker Racing Team – Brabham BT7
1966 – Jo Bonnier – Cooper T86 – Nürburgring
1969 – Jo Bonnier – Ecurie Bonnier – Lotus 49B
Stockholm-born Joakim Bonnier – better known as Jo – honed his skills ice racing in his homeland before going on to carve out a Formula One career that spanned three decades and more than 100 Grands Prix. His first world championship race – and the first for a Swede – came in 1956 when he took over Luigi Villoresi’s Maserati 250F in Italy. He raced the same model with limited success over the next two seasons before joining BRM at the tail end of 1958. The following year he would seal his place in motor racing history by scoring the British marque’s first Grand Prix victory at Zandvoort, but though he continued entering F1 races all the way through to 1971, it would prove to be the only podium finish of his career. Sadly, the year after his final F1 race he lost his life in a sportscar crash at Le Mans.
1971 – Jo Bonnier
More information at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joakim_Bonnier
All Swedish Formula One drivers:
Jo Bonnier (1956 – 1971)
Ronnie Peterson (1970 – 1978)
Reine Wisell (1970 – 1974)
Bertil Roos (1974)
Torsten Palm (1975)
Gunnar Nilsson (1976 – 1977)
Conny Andersson (1976 – 1977)
Slim Borgudd (1981 – 1982)
Stefan Johansson (1980 – 1991)
Marcus Ericsson (2014 – ….)
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