Jo Bonnier

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23 Sep 1958Top drivers for Grand PrixThe NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore on January 10, 1959 promised a world-class field: Moss (2.2-litre Cooper like his…23 Sep 1958Car drivers from overseas to visit NZFrank Perkins of the Auckland International Grand Prix Organisation told Jack Brewer he had engaged five top drivers:…19 Dec 1958Lady Wigram Trophy: drivers from overseasThe Motor Racing Club said it would not announce overseas drivers until after the NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore on January…13 Jan 1959Three overseas drivers for Lady Wigram TrophyJack Brabham (second in the NZ Grand Prix in a 2200cc Cooper Climax), Ron Flockhart (third in the BRM before retiring)…13 Jan 1959Three overseas drivers will compete at WigramOnly three overseas drivers accepted the Motor Racing Club's terms for the fifth Lady Wigram Trophy on January 24,…24 Jan 1959Motor racing: letter and reply on the Maserati driversA correspondent signing as Bad Taste complains that Peter Greenslade unfairly belittled Maserati drivers Schell,…12 May 1959Le Mans eventPreview of the 1959 Le Mans 24 Hours, fourth round of the manufacturers' championship: four works Aston Martins with…20 Oct 1959Talent aplenty in overseas entries for Wigram TrophyOverseas entries for the January 23, 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy had been signed: Reventlow and Daigh in Scarabs, David…26 Nov 1960Works Coopers real threat in N.Z. racesPeter Greenslade reviews the 1960 world championship: works Coopers started in eight of nine races, Brabham won five…20 Jan 1961Fastest Wigram lap goes to ClarkWet qualifying for the seventh Lady Wigram Trophy meeting saw Jim Clark (Team Lotus) set the fastest time, 1:39.6,…21 Jan 1961Rain stops Wigram practice after fast lapsHeavy rain left several inches of water on the track and forced official practice for the Lady Wigram Trophy to be…26 Nov 1960Star line-up should mean fast Wigram Trophy racePeter Greenslade says the Motor Racing Club outbid Australian promoters at Warwick Farm to land seven top overseas…15 Dec 1960Book your Safeway seats now for the Lady Wigram Trophy RaceAdvertisement for the January 21, 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy at Wigram: Safeway grandstand seats air-freighted from the…24 Dec 1960Red and green Coopers have made big-timePeter Greenslade profiles the Yeoman Credit racing team, whose dark red and light green Coopers shook up Grand Prix…24 Dec 1960Preparations for Wigram Trophy race on SaturdayFive days before the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy, seven top overseas drivers were due in Christchurch with Moss arriving…14 Jan 1961Best Wigram field and G.P. no guidePeter Greenslade says the poor state of the Ardmore circuit in the 1961 NZ Grand Prix (won by Brabham) makes it no…17 Jan 1961Disadvantages seen in Australasian circuitReg Parnell, manager of the Yeoman Credit team, doubted the NZ-Australian combined circuit, fearing cars would arrive…17 Jan 1961Records should topple in big Wigram raceWith seven top drivers entered, including Brabham, McLaren and Moss, records are expected to fall at the January 21,…17 Jan 1961World's best drivers will be seen at Wigram this yearProfiles of the overseas drivers for the January 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy, said to be the strongest field of overseas…18 Jan 1961World class cars and driversPreview of the 1961 Wigram motor races: seven overseas entrants, led by reigning world champion Jack Brabham and…18 Jan 1961BonnierProfile of Swedish driver Joachim Bonnier, an Oxford graduate who speaks five languages and is the only driver to win…19 Jan 1961Driver's wife finds the pits very boringInterview with Mrs Bonnier, young Swedish wife of Joachim Bonnier, who takes his lap times in the pits and is not…20 Jan 1961'Dry' week-end if weather persistsRain at Wigram dampened practice, with lap times about 10 seconds slower than dry.21 Jan 1961Brabham does it againWorld champion Jack Brabham led from start to finish in a Cooper to win the Lady Wigram Trophy in appalling wet…21 Jan 1961Lady Wigram Trophy photographsPhotos of the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy: a smaller crowd than previous years, the grid start, Brabham nearing the finish…23 Jan 1961Lucky escapes from injury at WigramThe 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting had the worst accident record in its history, with four bad crashes on a wet,…23 Jan 1961Brabham wins the Lady Wigram Trophy race for the second timePhoto montage: the start of the trophy race with Surtees (Lotus), Brabham (Cooper), Bonnier (Cooper) and Clark (Lotus)…23 Jan 1961Big Wigram race: Brabham first, Moss secondJack Brabham won the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy in a works Cooper in appalling weather, after staving off three serious…23 Jan 1961Brabham wins Lady Wigram TrophyReigning world champion Jack Brabham led from the first lap to win his second successive Lady Wigram Trophy, the race…23 Jan 1961Gill unlucky; drivers' club officers; Innes Ireland deer shooting; Bonnier on PorscheShort motor racing items: young Auckland student M.27 Jan 1961Brabham showed the way in the wetEditorial assessment of the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy: Brabham, twice world champion and twice Wigram winner, made his…

From the reports

• Five top overseas drivers, Moss, Brabham, Behra, Bonnier and Shelby, were engaged for the January 1959 NZ series. (23 Sep 1958)
• Moss, backed by Bonnier and Salvadori, asked for practice to be postponed because racing in the conditions was dangerous. (21 Jan 1961)
• Bonnier won the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix, the only world title race win for BRM. (17 Jan 1961)
• Joachim Bonnier was the only driver ever to win a grand prix in a BRM, as of January 1961. (18 Jan 1961)
• Bonnier won the 1955 Swedish Grand Prix for sports cars in an Alfa Romeo and drove in the Mille Miglia that year. (18 Jan 1961)
• Joachim Bonnier and his wife lived in an apartment in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1961, planning to build a house there. (19 Jan 1961)
• Bonnier said it was a mistake to have cars parked too close to the track on the infield. (23 Jan 1961)
• Bonnier reached 128 mph on the back straight in practice for the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy, ahead of Moss (120.8 mph) and Gill (about 120 mph). (23 Jan 1961)

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