Bertil Roos
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 Sweden
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| First start: | 1974 Swedish Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1974 Swedish Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1974 Shadow | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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Bertil Roos (born October 12, 1943 in Gothenburg , † March 31, 2016 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania ) was a Swedish automobile racing driver who competed in Formula 1 , among other things .
Career
Bertil Roos began his career in the Super Vau class and won the American Super Vau title in 1973. He then drove in the Formula 2 European Championship and in the Canadian Formula Atlantic . In 1974 Roos switched to Formula 1. He drove only one Grand Prix, the Swedish Grand Prix in Anderstorp . His Shadow DN3 -Ford-Cosworth was left with a gearbox damage in the second lap.
Bertil Roos ended his active career that same year, moved to the USA and founded what is now a very successful racing driver's school, the Bertil Roos Racing School .
He later returned as a racing driver for a few years and won the CanAm series in the under 2 liter class in 1981 and 1982 .
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8
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Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Roos, Bertil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 2016 |
| Place of death | Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania , United States |