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Remembering the good times with Ronnie Peterson
Phillip van Osten
11/09/2026 at 12:2211/09/2026 at 13:28 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Formula 1 was left in a state of shock on the morning of September 11 in 1978 when the news broke that Ronnie Peterson had died overnight from complications from the injuries the Lotus driver had sustained the day before in a crash at the start of the Italian GP. A massive pile-up had occurred shortly after the start as the result of a chain reaction which kicked off when Riccardo Patrese collided with James Hunt on the run down to the first chicane. Following a contact with another car, Peterson's Lotus hit the barriers and burst into flames but its driver was quickly pulled out of harm's...
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