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Gunnar Nilsson
Photo: Lothar Spurzem, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons

Swedish

Gunnar Nilsson

Born 20 Nov 1948

Races

32

debut 1976

Wins

1

3% of starts

Podiums

4

Poles

0

Fastest laps

–

no data before 2004

Points

31

Best finish

P1

Finish rate

41%

classified finishes

First win at

28

1977 Belgian GP

Teams

1

Team Lotus

Career at a glanceBar height = championship position · colour = team
19761977

Season by season

Career

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsPos
1977Team Lotus1712208
1976Team Lotus15021110

Head to head

Teammates

Won 4 of 30 qualifying duels with a teammate (13%) and 3 of 9 race duels (33%).

TeammateTogetherRacesQualifyingRacePoints
Mario AndrettiTeam Lotus 1976–1977294–253–631–68
Bob EvansTeam Lotus 197610–10–00–0

Nilsson's score first. Only races in which both had a result for the same team count. Race: counted when both were classified. Before 1994 qualifying comes from the starting grid. Points are gross race and sprint points. Every season page has the full teammate battles.

1 victories

Race wins