~ shy personan a Ronnie Peterson: Formula 1 -Super Swede ~
a quiet. ~ Nicknamed Super Swede, Ronnie Peterson rose from karts to F3 to become European F2 Champion in 1972, and came closest to winning the F1 World Championship in 1973 and 1978. ~ By common consent the fastest driver in Formula 1 in that era, Ronnie Peterson was, paradoxically, a quiet, shy person and an all-round nice guy. ~ Behind the wheel of a car though, he came alive, deferring to no one in his mission to be the quickest not even his beautiful companion, Barbro. ~ His fans loved him for it, and everyone admired him, from his F1 peers to team owners and mechanics, many of whom testify to this effect in the following chapters. ~ For that reason, he remains an icon of speed, his prowess recalled whenever an ace from the past is required as a benchmark. ~ As Johnny Tiplets book reveals, Ronnie invariably strove to wring the ultimate performance out of anything he drove. ~ And that, ironically, was probably what cost him the F1 World Championship. ~ Not content with merely winning, he sought to annihilate the opposition and, in the process, subjected cars and tires to stresses greater than they had been designed to accept. ~ If they didnt break, he usually won, but not often enough to gain the title. ~ shy personan a; a quiet; paradoxically; ronnie peterson was; ronnie peterson rose from karts to f3 to become european f2 champion in 1972;came closest to winningf1 world championship in 19731978. ~ by common consentfastest driver in formula 1 in that era; nicknamed super swede;