Ecurie Bonnier, Ecurie Suisse, Joakim Bonnier Racing Team and Anglo-Suisse Racing Team were names used by
Swedish
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racing driver
Joakim Bonnier
Karl Jockum Jonas "Joakim" Bonnier (31 January 1930 – 11 June 1972), commonly known as Jo Bonnier, was a Swedish racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Bonnier won the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix with BRM.
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to enter his own cars in
Formula One
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,
Formula Two
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and
sports car racing
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between 1957 and his death in 1972. Commonly the vehicles were entered for Bonnier himself, but he also provided cars for a number of other drivers during the period.
Formula One

Jo Bonnier began entering cars in
Formula One
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under his own name in 1957, first with a
Maserati
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250F,
without much success, recording only two non-points scoring finishes from his six World Championship entries in 1957 and 1958. However, with strong performances in other races Bonnier attracted the attention of more established teams, and over the next seven years principally drove for the works
BRM and
Porsche
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teams, and Rob Walker's highly organised privateer outfit.
Bonnier returned to entering his own team in 1966, under the name Anglo-Suisse Racing to reflect his residency in
Switzerland
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at the time. His principal mount that year was a
Cooper
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-
Maserati
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T81, painted in Swiss racing red and white. The year started promisingly at the season-opening non-Championship
1966 BRDC International Trophy at the
Silverstone Circuit
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, with Bonnier qualifying the Cooper in sixth place and finishing a strong third,
but the rest of the season brought little joy. A crash in the first lap of the
Belgian Grand Prix
The Belgian Grand Prix (; ; ) is a motor racing event which forms part of the Formula One World Championship.
The first national race of Belgium was held in 1925 at the Spa region's race course, an area of the country that had been associated ...
destroyed his Cooper T81. While the car was repaired Bonnier entered an
Alf Francis built Cooper-
ATS at the
French Grand Prix
The French Grand Prix (), formerly known as the Grand Prix de l'ACF (Automobile Club de France), is an auto race held as part of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One World Championship. It is one of the oldest ...
. After the Cooper-
ATS did not prove to be competitive in practice Bonnier made a deal with the
Brabham
Motor Racing Developments Ltd., commonly known as Brabham ( ), was a British race car, racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team. It was founded in 1960 by the Australian driver Jack Brabham and the British-Australian designer Ron Ta ...
team and drove their spare car for the rest of the weekend. Bonnier's Cooper T81 was repaired in time for the Dutch Grand Prix after having driven a Brabham
BT7 at the
British Grand Prix
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. Anglo-Suisse Racing's first Championship points would come at the season-closing
1966 Mexican Grand Prix, from sixth place.
Bonnier continued to enter the Cooper during , but under the Joakim Bonnier Racing Team banner. The season was marginally more productive than the previous year, with Bonnier scoring Championship points in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
and
the US
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. In Bonnier started the season with the aging Cooper, but this was rapidly replaced by the unique, ex-works
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known a ...
-BRM
M5A for the majority of that year's races. At the final race of the season, the
1968 Mexican Grand Prix,
Honda
commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
offered Bonnier the use of a spare
RA301 when the McLaren's BRM engine failed during practice.
It was with the Honda that Bonnier scored his eponymous team's best World Championship result: fifth.
At the end of 1968 Bonnier himself decided to step back from Formula One competition and concentrate on his sports car commitments. He continued to make occasional appearances, however. In 1969 the new Ecurie Bonnier name appeared alongside
Team Lotus
Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, American Championship Car Racing, Ind ...
's co-entered
Lotus 63
The Lotus 63 was an experimental Formula One car using four-wheel drive, designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe for the 1969 season. Chapman's reasoning behind the car was that the 3 litre engines introduced in 1966 would be better served ...
experimental
four-wheel drive
A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously. It may be full-time or on-demand, and is typically linked via a transfer case pr ...
car at the
1969 British Grand Prix
The 1969 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit on 19 July 1969. It was race 6 of 11 in both the 1969 World Championship of Drivers and the 1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Jackie Ste ...
, and with a conventional
Lotus 49
The Lotus 49 was a Formula One racing car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe for the 1967 F1 season. It was one of the first F1 cars to use a stressed member engine combined with a monocoque to reduce weight, after BRM, with other te ...
B at the next race in
Germany
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. Bonnier retired without scoring points on both occasions. In and Ecurie Bonnier raced with a
McLaren M7C
The McLaren M7A is a Formula One racing car built by McLaren and used in the world championship between 1968 and 1971. After two relatively unsuccessful years of Formula One competition, the M7A was used to score McLaren's first win at the 1968 ...
. Bonnier made tentative steps to act as an entrant for other drivers in 1971, entering young Austrian
Helmut Marko
Helmut Marko (born 27 April 1943) is an Austrian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing, Marko won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in with Martini. He founded RSM Marko in 1989, and ...
for the
1971 German Grand Prix
The 1971 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on 1 August 1971. It was race 7 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The race returned to ...
. However, he quit after running out of petrol on his first practice lap, leaving Bonnier to drive in his stead. Having failed to even qualify at some races, Bonnier decided to quit Formula One for good at the end of 1971.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(
key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap; † indicates shared drive.)
Formula Two
Jo Bonnier first entered
Formula Two
Formula Two (F2) is a type of Open-wheel car, open-wheel formula racing category first codified in 1948. It was replaced in 1985 by Formula 3000, but revived by the FIA from 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship season, 2009 to 2012 FIA Formula Two C ...
cars in 1966, for the Swiss driver
Jo Siffert
Joseph Siffert (; 7 July 1936 – 24 October 1971) was a Swiss racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Siffert won two Formula One Grands Prix across 10 seasons.
Affectionately known as "Seppi" to his family and friends, Siffert ...
who drove a Cooper-BRM
T82 painted in Swiss racing red and white. The first race of the season was scheduled for
Oulton Park
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but although practice was held the race was cancelled because of snow on the track. Siffert was 15th in practice, almost seven seconds behind the fastest man
Jim Clark
James Clark (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British racing driver from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from to . Clark won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with Lotus, and—at the time of his death—held the ...
. At
Goodwood Siffert finished in seventh position, one lap behind race winner
Jack Brabham
Sir John Arthur Brabham (2 April 1926 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Brabham won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in , and , ...
. After a crash in practice Siffert failed to start at
Pau as the team was unable repair the car before the race. At
Reims
Reims ( ; ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 12th most populous city in Fran ...
Bonnier drove the Cooper to ninth position, two laps down on race winner
Jack Brabham
Sir John Arthur Brabham (2 April 1926 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Brabham won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in , and , ...
. Bonnier but didn't fare much better at
Rouen
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as he retired from the race on lap five. Swedish driver Sten Axelsson drove he car at the
Karlskoga Motorstadion
Karlskoga Motorstadion, also known as Gelleråsen Arena, is the oldest permanent motorsport race track in Sweden. The circuit is located north of Karlskoga. The layout is such that the whole track can be seen from all spectator areas.
It is cu ...
and finished in 9th place. At the Keimola Ring in Finland local driver Max Johansson drove the car to a 12th position.
Giancarlo Baghetti
Giancarlo Baghetti (; 25 December 1934 – 27 November 1995) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Baghetti won the 1961 French Grand Prix in a privateer Ferrari 156, and remains the only driver to win a Formula ...
drove the Cooper at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery where he retired on lap seven after an electrical failure. Baghetti was also entered in the Formula two class at the
German Grand Prix
The German Grand Prix () was a motor race that took place most years since 1926, with 75 races having been held. The race has been held at only three venues throughout its history: the Nürburgring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hockenheimring in B ...
but the team did not attend.
In
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
Ecurie Bonnier entered a car in the
European Formula Two Championship
The European Formula Two Championship was a Formula Two motor racing series that was held between 1967–84. The races were held across Europe, and were contested both by drivers aiming to compete in Formula One in the future as well as curr ...
for the young Austrian
Helmut Marko
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. In the first race of the season at
Hockenheim
Hockenheim () is a town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 20 km south of Mannheim and 10 km west of Walldorf. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain, Upper Rhine valley on the tourist theme routes "Baden Asparagus Route" ( ...
Marko was not classified because he failed to finish the second heat. After skipping
Thruxton Marko finished eight at the
Nürburgring
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and scored one championship point, but then failed to finish at
Jarama
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and the non championship round at
Imola
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. Jo Bonnier drove the car at the season finale
in
Vallelunga
Vallelunga (Italian for ''long valley'') is a valley, or plateau,Tonino Floris, Marco Spada, ''Pedalando nel Lazio''p. 97 Edizioni Mediterranee, 1996 . near Campagnano di Roma, Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in S ...
, where he finished in 12th position.
Complete European Formula Two results
(
key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap; † indicates shared drive.)
Sports car racing

It was with sports cars that Jo Bonnier first became involved in motor racing, entering
Alfa Romeo
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saloons and sports cars in various Scandinavian rally, ice racing and circuit championships during the early 1950s. He stepped up to true racing sports cars with various Maserati two-seaters, including his own
Maserati 150S
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. In common with his single seater career, the majority of Bonnier's sports car entries during the first half of the 1960s were with works or established privateer teams, and it wasn't until the latter years of that decade that he began to enter his own cars once again.
For 1968 Bonnier purchased a
McLaren M6B
The McLaren M6A was a Group 7 (racing), Group 7 Sports prototype, prototype auto racing, race car designed and developed by driver Bruce McLaren, and built by his McLaren (racing), Bruce McLaren Motor Racing team for their entry in the 1967 Can ...
for use in the North American
Can-Am
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, or Can-Am, was an SCCA/ CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974, and again from 1977 to 1987.
The Can-Am rules were deliberately simple and placed few limits on the entries. This led to a wide variet ...
series, and an ex-
John Surtees
John Norman Surtees (11 February 1934 – 10 March 2017) was a British racing driver and motorcycle road racer, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from to , and Formula One from to . Surtees was a seven-time Grand Prix motorcycl ...
Lola T70
The Lola T70 is a sports prototype developed by British manufacturer Lola Cars in 1965, the successor to its Mk6. Lola built the aluminium monocoque chassis, which were typically powered by large American V8s.
The T70 was quite popular in the ...
Mk3 GT for use in European races. Both were finished in the Ecurie Bonnier/Ecurie Suisse Swedish racing yellow, but retained vestiges of the previous year's Anglo-Suisse identity with longitudinal white and red stripes along their centre line. Results with the McLaren were generally disappointing, with Ecurie Suisse's best result being third place against mainly local opposition at the Can-Am series' non-Championship 200 mile race at the
Fuji Speedway
is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Shizuoka, Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the ...
in Japan. The Lola proved more competitive, however, and Bonnier took top ten places at two of the four
World Sportscar Championship
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(WSC) races that he contested in 1968, finished in second in the Players Trophy race at Silverstone, and won both the
Anderstorp
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Scandinavian Raceway, which hosted the Swedish Grand Prix Formula One
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and
Norisring
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200 km races. For 1969 Ecurie Suisse upgraded to the new Lola Mk3B specification car, in keeping with the newly introduced FIA sports car rules. With this car Bonnier finished fifth in the 1969
1000 km Spa
The 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formerly the 1000 Kilometres of Spa-Francorchamps) is an endurance race for sports cars held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
History
The Spa 24 Hours had been introduced in 1924, and other races ...
race, and he took two second-place finishes in the 1969 British RAC Sports Car Championship.
For 1970 Ecurie Suisse took a new route. Rather than just fielding large capacity sports cars such as the McLaren and Lola T70s, the team decided to concentrate on the class. Retaining the Ecurie Suisse yellow livery, but running under the Ecurie Bonnier moniker, the little
Lola T210
The Lola T210, and its evolution, the Lola T212, are Group 6 sports prototype race cars, designed, developed and built by British manufacturer Lola, for the newly created European 2-Litre sports car racing
Sports car racing is a form of mot ...
provided excellent results, with Bonnier taking class wins in the
Salzburgring
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Key facts
Track Length
Bends 15
Straights ...
, Anderstorp,
Hockenheim
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and
Enna
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rounds of the
European Sportscar Championship (ESC), in addition to second places at
Paul Ricard
Paul Louis Marius Ricard (; July 9, 1909 – November 7, 1997) was a French industrialist and creator of an eponymous pastis brand which merged in 1975 with its competitor Pernod to create Pernod Ricard. Ricard was also an environmentalist and t ...
and Spa. This secured the series title for the, by now veteran, Swede. In 1971 Ecurie Bonnier switched entirely to the smaller capacity cars, fielding an updated, T212-specification Lola for Italian driver
Mario Casoni
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. Bonnier himself drove a similar car entered by
Scuderia Filipinetti
Scuderia Filipinetti (also French name ''Ecurie Filipinetti'') was a Switzerland, Swiss motor racing team that competed in sports car racing and occasionally in Formula One between 1962 and 1973. It was founded by Georges Filipinetti (1907-1973) t ...
.
In 1972 Ecurie Bonnier decided to expand and upgrade their stable, with brand new three litre Lola-
Cosworth
Cosworth is a British automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics for auto racing, automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream Automotiv ...
T280 cars for Bonnier and new team mates
Reine Wisell
Reine Tore Leif Wisell (30 September 1941 – 20 March 2022) was a Swedish racing driver. He participated in 23 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 4 October 1970. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 13 championshi ...
,
Gérard Larrousse
Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse (born 23 May 1940) is a former sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver from France. His greatest success as a driver was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1973 and 1974 24 ...
and
Chris Craft in the WSC, alongside the year old Filipinetti/Bonnier T212s for a number of junior drivers. The team also ran T290 Lolas in the ESC, for
Jorge de Bagration
Jorge de Bagration y de Mukhrani or Giorgi Bagration-Mukhraneli or George Bagration of Mukhrani ( ka, გიორგი (ხორხე) ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი, tr; 22 February 1944 – 16 January 2008) was a S ...
,
Claude Swietlik,
Roland Heiler and others. While the T280s chassis was a proven unit, the
Cosworth DFV
The DFV is an internal combustion engine that was originally produced by Cosworth for Formula One motor racing. The name is an abbreviation of ''Double Four Valve'', the engine being a V8 development of the earlier four-cylinder FVA, which had f ...
engine had been designed with Formula One racing in mind and frequently failed to complete the longer distances required of sports car racing. Sadly for Bonnier and his team, the Swede's long driving career was to come to an end at the wheel of one of his own cars. For the
1972 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 10 and 11 June 1972. It was the 40th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the ninth race of the 1972 World Championship for Makes.
1972 marked ...
race Bonnier was sharing a T280 with Larrousse and
Gijs van Lennep
Gijsbert "Gijs" van Lennep (; born 16 March 1942) is a Dutch racing driver who competed in eight Formula One races. However, his main achievements were in sports car racing. He is a member of the untitled Dutch nobility.
Career
Van Lennep d ...
. Things were going well, with Bonnier's car leading briefly and setting fastest lap before transmission troubles, but in attempting to lap the Ferrari Daytona of
Florian Vetsch Bonnier instead ran into the back of the slower car. The Lola was sent spinning into the trees and Bonnier was killed instantly. Ecurie Bonnier limped on into the 1973 season – with the team's new T292 Lolas sporting sponsorship backing from Portuguese property investment company BIP and piloted by a number of Portuguese drivers, including
Carlos Gaspar and
Jorge Pinhol—but at the end of the season Ecurie Bonnier was wound up for good.
Notes
References
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External links
Vic Elford describes Jo Bonnier's death, at the wheel of his Ecurie Bonnier Lola T280Ecurie Bonnier's summary statistics at ChicaneF1.com
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