Bertil Roos

Bertil Roos (October 12, 1943 – March 31, 2016)[1] was a Swedish racing driver from Gothenburg. He participated in a single Formula One Grand Prix, his home race in 1974, from which he retired with transmission failure.

Bertil Roos

Born	October 12, 1943
Died	March 31, 2016 (aged 72)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Swedish
Active years	1974
Teams	Shadow
Entries	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1974 Swedish Grand Prix
Last entry	1974 Swedish Grand Prix

Career

Despite enjoying early promise in winning the US Formula Super Vee title in 1973, and also doing well in Formula 2 in Europe and Formula Atlantic in Canada, Roos only received one shot at Formula One. He and his team, Shadow, did not get on particularly well, and ultimately the team chose to work with Tom Pryce instead. Roos went back to the US and Canada, where he continued racing.

He was the senior driving instructor for the Fred Opert racing school in Pennsylvania, USA near Pocono Raceway,[2] a business that he later purchased.

Still racing in the 1980s, Roos was a two-time Can-Am champion in the 2 liter and under category.[3]

Roos died at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania, on March 31, 2016.[1]

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1987	Road Atlanta	Martini Mk. 47		Formula Atlantic	13	4	DNF

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1974	UOP Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN3	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE Ret	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	NC	0

References

1. Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
2. Roos Racing Archived 2007-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2010-03-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Obituary