1973 Swedish Grand Prix

great music intro... thought I clicked  on a Matt Helm flick by accident... all with aerodynamic refrigerators (extra wide in the rear please), white vinyl gogo boots and pointy bras... I'll take that any day over the 10 buck pecker/lips hotdogs and gnatspiss beer they're selling at todays concrete bleacher seats for 300 bux a pop...

This is one of the BEST EVER resumes of a Grand Prix. Great quality images, beautiful cars, drivers insights. And a very exciting race full of racing little dramas. All the story is in these 14 minutes. Fantastic! I love even the supermarket scene... Thank you for sharing! I was expecting to see a crushed Ronnie Peterson, after leading 78 laps to his first win, in front of his home crowd but no, the man says he is very happy to finish 2nd! What a guy!!!

Cevert !!👍

Ashame that the Swedish culture has been completely emasculated and feminized. how long before the old world Viking there regions fall to the same Progressive fate? The West has been feminized... we are doomed as a species

When F1 was truly a tough man sport. The circuits were fast and dangerous the cars were fast and dangerous and the men who drove them knew and accepted ALL of the consequences. unlike today's modern sissified driver with all the electronic controls and aids. The circuits have become Mickey Mouse... the cars are too safe there is no danger of fatality anymore. (Jules Bianchi did not die as a result of the car or the track, but rather a massively incompetent and possibly Criminal decision by officials)

Wow, first race I´ve ever seen! Ronnie were idol of my childhood from that race.

Great footage, and a fantastic ending by Cliff Michelmore 👏🏻 🙂

Jodå. ja va där då.. spännande, synd på pyspunkan för, Ronnie..

Den tiden körde dom bilarna. skickliga förare. synd bilarna va inte så krocksäkra då. saknar den tiden iallafall. Som tiden me alla Escorter å Oplar å Capri,s å Porschar.. Vilka race vi fått vara me om ändå..

So why didn't the innovative idea of presenting a TV programme while doing your weekly shop catch on?

The F1 cars of that era look so cool with their huge rears and small fronts, looks like a road course dragster.

Va där då ! Nära Ronnie Vunnit. Men En pyspunka satte stopp för de. Andra plats blev de i alla fall.. Vilken skillnad mot i dag ! Inte kul å se på i dag, För mycket hjälpmedel ! Hmm...

De va tider de,. Allt manuellt.. Hmm..

Lotus bästa bil på flera år, hängde me länge..

Uh grand PIMP!!

"I have two remedies for the turns and the skids: the steering wheel and the accelerator pedal"

"To keep my sanity I need to go fast; If I stop a bit I start to make mistakes; so I am in a better situation when I accelerate"

Ronnie Peterson
(1944 - 1978)

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Good times

RONNIEEEEEEEEEE....!

So Denny Hulme denies Peterson his first win in home soil and a few months later also denies Reutemann`s first win in home soil.

Safety third.

a month a two days after, I was being born

Ronnie was truly one of the greats.

Pity Paldi?

Incrível coincidência essa, 47 anos exatos dessa corrida hoje. E olha que eu passei aqui só por curiosidade...
Incredible coincidence this, exactly 47 years of this race today, June 17th, and look that I spent here just out of curiosity ..

How come it's in black/white?

Ronnie Peterson has to be the most under-rated F1 driver of all time...would love to have seen what happened in '78 without team orders at Lotus? 🤤

Hulme is a rather underrated champion. Battled Fittipaldi, Stewart, Peterson, Ickx, Brabham, Hill...competition was tough.

the most northern Grand Prix ever run

The 70's, the golden era of F1...🙂

Ronnie Peterson era um excelente piloto e uma excelente pessoa. Dos que me ficaram na memória pela positiva.

My favorite group of racers.

Grandes pilotos, todos caballeros.

I could watch 70s F1 all day long - absolutely THE best period with the best drivers and the most beautiful cars.

Wow what wonderful sportsmanship unlike today.

Ronnie's driving style always remded me of Jochen Rindt. They both clearly thought that every car was just a go kart, and the only difference was the number of horsepower the engine had. The brake pedal only had one use, namely to be combined with full opposite lock on the steering wheel to get the car sideways before a corner. Once the car was sideways, they could then control the speed and direction through the corner with by matching the steering with the accelerator pedal.
I will never forget hearing about Ronnie's death. The evening before, the news was that although he had broken legs and had breathed in a lot of smoke, they thought he would make a full recovery. I was standing in a "Comet" shop surrounded by hundreds of speakers, looking for a stereo for my Ford Cortina when the newscaster announced that he had died. I stood there for ages in disbelief. I read that after the accident the Italian authorities wouldn't let anyone go near him, including Sid Watkins whose role as F1 doctor had only recently been invented by Bernie. It is very possible that if they hadn't messed about for so long and had operated on his legs he would still be with us today. We'll never know.

Out of 22 entrants, still with us in march 2024 are Sir Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jacky Ickx, Howden Ganley, Jackie Oliver, George Follmer, Jean-Pierre Jarier. Lucky guys!!!!

I was 5 then😢