But not before Varolo had spoken to a couple of Swedish journalists.In his autobiography, Life at the Limit, Sid Watkins makes no mention of this secrecy. ... See more of Ronnie Peterson Tribute. We were never able to get to the bottom of who this person was, but it was suspected that the miscreant had impersonated medical staff in order to get into the hospital.

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They had just finished operating on the right femur.

"That morning, Varolo also remembers hearing Svenby talking to Ronnie's father on the phone, in Swedish. At the hospital, Peterson's X-rays showed he had about 27 fractures in his legs and feet. But in 1978, his entire weekend was a nightmare.

"It was only then I heard he was going to be operated on and I wondered why it took so long," says Varolo. "I saw the lungs were clouded over and therefore were full of blood containing the bone marrow and I knew there was no hope. Select cars to compare from your search results or vehicle pagesRonnie Peterson’s death at the 1978 Italian Grand Prix shocked the F1 world – and scandalised the way F1 handled the medical treatment of drivers.It was not an auspicious beginning. Tail out, Ronnie made the 72 oversteer at seemingly impossible angles and always seemed to be able to catch it. He should have been sent to Sweden immediately. La Lotus 72E (saison 1974) de Ronnie Peterson à Donington Ronnie Peterson à Silverstone en 1975 En 1973 , Ronnie Peterson est recruté par la puissante écurie Lotus, championne du monde en titre avec le Brésilien Emerson Fittipaldi .

After discussion with him, Peterson was sent to intensive care so that the surgeons could operate to stabilize the bones.His teammate Mario Andretti clinched the championship at the race.Peterson competed in 123 Grand Prix races during his career, winning ten of them. Next morning he was dead.If Ronnie had been operated on in Sweden he would still be alive today,” says Pierangelo ‘Peter’ Varolo.Varolo was the last person to speak to Ronnie before he died. Die Cast " Lotus 72E - 1973 Ronnie Peterson " Formula 1 Collection 1/43.

In Sweden we would never have made a intervention so complicated on a person so weak from his injuries. People said his magic days were over.Peterson was prepared to accept team orders and run behind the American.

I thought maybe I could help because I speak Swedish and have orthopaedic experience.

He later leamed that this was Steffan Svenby, Peterson's manager.Immediately, he was shown to the operating room. ""I realised it was useless to fight," he says today. This included mandatory deformable structure to be built into the sides of the cars, causing the 72 to be further updated with integrated sidepods, larger bodywork and new wing mounts. During that week we'd take daily X-rays to check the condition of the lungs. on Facebook. Svenby had left at 11.00pm. "It could have been a catastrophe for Italy and the scandal would have meant F1 was finished in Italy. Formula 1 F1 Lotus F1 Drivers F 1 Grand Prix Race Cars Porsche Racing Childhood Memories. A87330. Most people left Monza that night expecting Peterson to spend a stint in hospital before resuming his career next season.

Add to Cart. He’d had enough of struggling with the ageing 72, the new-for-1974 Lotus 76 had been a flop, and at the beginning of 1976, the all-new 77 seemed no better. He drove the He also continued to drive sports cars, particularly for BMW in 1974 and 1975. There are those who still say there has never been a finer sight in all motor racing than to see Ronnie - everybody called him Ronnie - tiptoeing the Lotus 72 through the old 250km/h Woodcote corner at Silverstone. To begin with, however, problems with the handling of the car had to be overcome, due to a lack of 'feel' caused by the anti-dive suspension geometry – which was designed to prevent the nose of the car dipping significantly under braking – and the anti-squat set-up at the rear, which was supposed to stop the car 'squatting down' under acceleration.

As he entered the hospital, Varolo remembers hearing a Swede talking before getting into a Rolls-Royce and driving away. Until he watched the evening news at 8.00pm. He was finished.