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Ronnie Peterson: A racer with a very big heart
It's perhaps only fitting that Ronnie Peterson, a man who had a very big heart, was born on February 14, Valentine's Day, in 1944. His stunning natural ability to manhandle and drive a car - any car - on the absolute limit was his exciting trademark. The Swedish driver won 10 Grand Prix but figures among those F1's worthy champions - like Stirling Moss or Gilles Villeneuve - who never won the title, his career cut short at the Italian Grand Prix in 1978. Ronnie would have been 75-years-young today. Ronnie Peterson
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