Gunnar Nilsson

Former F1 driver
Name = Gunnar Nilsson

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Caption = Nilsson in 1976
Nationality = flagicon|Sweden Swedish
Years = F1|1976 - F1|1977
Team(s) = Lotus
Races = 32 (31 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 1
Podiums = 4
Points = 31
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 1
First race = 1976 South African Grand Prix
First win = 1977 Belgian Grand Prix
Last win =
Last race = 1977 Japanese Grand Prix

Gunnar Nilsson (November 20 1948 in Helsingborg – October 20 1978 in London) was a well known and talented Swedish racing driver. He won the 1975 British Formula Three Championship.

Nilsson entered 32 Formula One Grand Prix races, qualifying for all of them. He won once, at the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix. For 1978, he signed for Arrows, but was never well enough to drive the car. He did compete in three International Race of Champions (IROC) races in 1978. He had two sixth place finishes and a fifth place finish. [cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=nilssgu01|title=IROC results]

He died of testicular cancer. After his death, his mother, Elisabeth Nilsson, created the Gunnar Nilsson's Cancer Foundation [http://www.cancerstiftelsen.com/] .

Gunnar Nilsson is buried in Pålsjö kyrkogård (cemetery) in Helsingborg, Sweden, close to his parents Arvid and Elisabeth Nilsson.

Complete Formula One results

() (Races in "italics" indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

* [http://thespeedblog.com/racers-past-gunnar-nilsson-1948-1978/ Gunnar Nilsson article on The Speed Blog]