Torsten Palm
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 Sweden
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| First start: | 1975 Swedish Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1975 Swedish Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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Torsten Palm (born July 23, 1947 in Kristinehamn ) is a former Swedish racing driver .
Career
After early years in rallying , where he drove a private Volvo , Palm switched to the circuit in 1969 and entered Formula 3 . Together with Ronnie Peterson and Freddy Kottulinsky , he won the Formula 3 European Cup for national teams for Sweden in 1970.
In 1973, Palm rented a factory Surtees to compete in a few races for the Formula 2 European Championship . At the race in Karlskoga he reached third place. The next year he moved to GRD , a British manufacturer of Formula 3 and Formula 2 racing cars, and drove their works cars. In 1975 he also tried his hand at Formula 1 . At his home race in Anderstorp he rode a Hesketh 308 and finished tenth, two laps behind the winner Niki Lauda in a Ferrari 312T .
At the end of the season he retired from racing and managed his compatriot Eje Elgh in the 1970s and 1980s .
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Reuß, Ferdi Kräling: Formula 2. The story from 1964 to 1984 , Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2014, ISBN 978-3-7688-3865-8 , p. 45.
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| SURNAME | Palm, Torsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish racing driver and team manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kristinehamn |