Driver · Sweden · born 20 November 1948

Gunnar Nilsson

Won the 1977 Belgian GP; died of cancer at 29.

Seasons: 1976–19772 with an entry
Entries: 32
Starts: 311 did not start
Wins: 1
Podiums: 4
Poles: 0
Fastest laps: 1
Best finish: P1

Where each championship finished

Final championship position by season, ringed for a title. No dot: not in the final standings, or excluded. The dots are not in team colours: no season on this record has one.

The numbers behind this chart

Where each championship finished
Season	Constructor	Position	Points
1976	Team Lotus	10	11
1977	Team Lotus	8	20

Season by season

Season by season
Season	Constructor	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Poles	FL	Best	Championship	Points scored
1977	Team Lotus	17	1	2	0	1	P1	8	20
1976	Team Lotus	15	0	2	0	0	P3	10	11

“Points scored” adds up every point from the races. The championship column is where the season actually finished, which before 1991 could be lower once dropped scores were applied. Open a season for its full table.

Team-mates

Team-mates
Season	Team-mate	Constructor	Races	Qualifying	Race	Points
1977	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	17	1–16	1–4	20–47
1976	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	12	3–9	2–2	11–21
1976	Bob Evans	Team Lotus	2	1–1	none	0–0

A team-mate is anyone entered for the same constructor in the same Grand Prix, and each pair of figures is Gunnar Nilsson’s first. Races counts every Grand Prix both were entered for, started or not. Qualifying counts the races both have a qualifying position in; Race only those both were classified in, so a retirement on either side counts for neither, and reads none where there was no such race; Points are each driver’s own from those Grands Prix, before any dropped scores and without Sprint points. Before the 1980s a constructor’s cars were often entered by private teams as well as its own, so a pairing then can be two drivers who never shared a garage. The figures say who was ahead, not who was better.

Compare Gunnar Nilsson with any other driver

Every entry 32 entries

Every entry
Season	Grand Prix	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Result	Out	Laps	Points
1977	Japanese Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	14	DNF	Gearbox	63	0
1977	Canadian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	4	DNF	Accident	17	0
1977	United States Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	12	DNF	Accident	17	0
1977	Italian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	19	DNF	Suspension	4	0
1977	Dutch Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	5	DNF	Accident	34	0
1977	Austrian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	16	DNF	Engine	38	0
1977	German Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	9	DNF	Engine	31	0
1977	British Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	5	3	Finished	68	4
1977	French Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	3	4	Finished	80	3
1977	Swedish Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	7	19	Wheel bearing	64	0
1977	Belgian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	3	1	Finished	70	9
1977	Monaco Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	13	DNF	Gearbox	51	0
1977	Spanish Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	12	5	Finished	75	2
1977	United States Grand Prix West	Team Lotus	78	16	8	Finished	79	0
1977	South African Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	10	12	Finished	77	0
1977	Brazilian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	10	5	Finished	39	2
1977	Argentine Grand Prix	Team Lotus	78	10	DNS	DNS	—	0
1976	Japanese Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	16	6	Finished	72	1
1976	United States Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	20	DNF	Engine	13	0
1976	Canadian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	PL	12	Finished	79	0
1976	Italian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	12	13	Finished	51	0
1976	Dutch Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	13	DNF	Accident	10	0
1976	Austrian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	4	3	Finished	54	4
1976	German Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	16	5	Finished	14	2
1976	British Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	14	DNF	Engine	67	0
1976	French Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	12	DNF	Gearbox	8	0
1976	Swedish Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	6	DNF	Accident	2	0
1976	Monaco Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	16	DNF	Engine	39	0
1976	Belgian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	22	DNF	Accident	7	0
1976	Spanish Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	7	3	Finished	75	4
1976	United States Grand Prix West	Team Lotus	77	20	DNF	Suspension	0	0
1976	South African Grand Prix	Team Lotus	77	25	DNF	Clutch	18	0

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Where this comes from

Born: 20 Nov 1948
Died: 20 Oct 1978
Nationality: Sweden
Status: deceased
Wins: 1 derived · 1 published
Poles: 0 derived · 0 published
Fastest laps: 1 derived
External source: F1DB career totals, v2026.18.0
Confidence: medium
Source: https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers

Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.