{"id":21082,"date":"2020-12-05T04:36:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T04:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jo-bonnier\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T15:04:43","slug":"jo-bonnier","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jo-bonnier\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo Bonnier"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"bonnier_jo\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/bonnier_jo-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"21082\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>It is ironic that someone so committed to promoting safety in this most unsafe of sports should die in what was probably the final season of his long career. A one-time Grand Prix winner, Jo Bonnier was the influential President of the Grand Prix Drivers\u2019 Association who campaigned tirelessly to improve circuits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National service and early career<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He had competed in a rally in 1948 but three years in the Swedish Navy delayed his racing ambitions. Bonnier drove an Alfa Romeo in ice racing and rallies after completing his national service and he turned professional in 1956. That was in a 1500cc Maserati sports car before he made his GP debut when relieving Luigi Villoresi in that year\u2019s Italian GP in a works 250F.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grand Prix winner for BRM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two years in a private Maserati 250F ended with a couple of drives for the thus-far unsuccessful BRM team at the end of 1958. Fourth in the Moroccan GP, he remained with the team for the next two seasons and the combination of the journeyman driver and unsuccessful team turned to gold on one occasion. Bonnier qualified for the 1959 Dutch GP in pole position and beat Jack Brabham to score a first GP victory for driver and marque alike.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnier led for much of the Argentine GP at the start of 1960 but could not repeat his Dutch triumph again. Further success was in other forms of the sport when a works Porsche driver. He won Formula 2 races at the N\u00fcrburgring (that year\u2019s German GP) and Modena as well as the Targa Florio during 1960. That led to the next couple of F1 seasons being spent with Porsche but fifth would be his best result as he was generally unable to match team-mate Dan Gurney. Stirling Moss no less tipped him for the 1961 title but Bonnier&#8217;s long F1 career was on a gradual decline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Formula 1 privateer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Porsche withdrew from F1 at the end of 1962 but Bonnier continued. That was initially with Rob Walker\u2019s private concern (1963 to 1965) before he ran his own team. Tangible results were limited however and much of 1969 was lost when he crashed during practice for the Oulton Park Gold Cup. Bonnier&#8217;s suspension failed at approximately 120mph and he was knocked unconscious when his helmet was ripped off in the violent accident that followed. When he finally retired from F1 in 1971, Bonnier hung his last such car (a McLaren M7C-Ford) on the wall of his house in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports car success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If F1 results were hard to come by, he was increasingly successful in sports cars during the 1960s. He won the 1962 Sebring 12 Hours for Ferrari before adding another Targa Florio victory with Porsche\u2019s RS62 a year later. He shared a Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari with Graham Hill in selected 1964 sports car events \u2013 finishing second at Le Mans and winning both at Reims and in Montlh\u00e9ry\u2019s Paris 1000Kms.<\/p>\n<p>The 1966 N\u00fcrburgring 1000Kms was Bonnier\u2019s last victory in the World Sportscar Championship and the first European success for Chaparral. His Lola T210-Ford won the 1970 2000cc European Sportscar Championship and he represented both Lola and Hewland in Europe alongside his racing career.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnier\u2019s Lola T290-Cosworth led the 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours early in the race. He had dropped to eighth by morning when he collided with a slower Ferrari Daytona approaching Indianapolis Corner. 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