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Revision as of 05:34, 6 February 2012
Born | 8 September 1956 |
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Swedish |
Active years | 1980, 1983 - 1991 |
Teams | Shadow, Spirit, Tyrrell, Toleman, Ferrari, McLaren, Ligier, Onyx, AGS, Footwork |
Entries | 103 (79 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 12 |
Career points | 88 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1980 Argentine Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1991 British Grand Prix |
Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson (born 8 September 1956 in Växjö, Sweden) is a former Formula One driver from who drove for among others both Ferrari and McLaren during his Grand Prix career. Since leaving Formula One he has raced in a number of categories, including CART, various kinds of Sports car racing, and Grand Prix Masters. He is also the manager of New Zealander Scott Dixon, winner of the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
Formula One career
Johansson's route to Formula One was via the British Formula 3 Championship, which he won in 1980 driving for future McLaren team boss Ron Dennis' Project Four team. In Formula One he participated in 103 grands prix, debuting on 13 January 1980 for the Shadow Racing Team at the 1980 Argentine Grand Prix when he was still a Formula 3 regular. He failed to qualify for the race and the next race in Brazil and he was not seen in F1 again until 1983 after spending 1982 in the European Formula Two Championship with Spirit Racing where he finished 8th overall, his best finish being 3rd at Mugello in Italy.
Johansson's first F1 race with Spirit was at the non-championship 1983 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch where he failed to finish due to failure of the Honda engine on lap 4. His qualifying time was almost 20 seconds off the pole time set by 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg in his Williams Cosworth but his times in the race morning warm-up session were among the fastest. He moved up to 17th place before pulling into the pits with ending failure. Spirit continued to test and develop the 201C and Johansson re-entered F1 at the 1983 British Grand Prix at Silverstone where he qualified the car in a credible 14th position. He raced in a further five Grands Prix in 1983 with a best finish of 7th in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
Stefan Johansson was replaced at Spirit by Mauro Baldi for the 1984 season when the team lost its Honda engines to Williams and he didn't race until he joined Tyrrell in Round 10 of the championship, the British Grand Prix, at Brands Hatch as a replacement for the injured Martin Brundle. He then went on to Toleman for the end of season Grands Prix, finishing fourth in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza as a replacement for the team's regular driver Ayrton Senna who was stood down by the team for the race for breaking contract and signing with Team Lotus for 1985.
Johansson signed a contract with Toleman for 1985 but it fell through when Toleman failed to secure a tyre agreement. Instead Johansson started again with Tyrrell as a replacement for the suspended Stefan Bellof before being called up to Ferrari when René Arnoux was sacked. He led his second race with Ferrari in San Marino and two laps from home passed Senna's out of fuel Lotus to the delight of the Tifosi and would probably have won if his Ferrari 156/85 had not run out of fuel just half a lap after taking the lead.
His role at Ferrari for the 1985 season was primarily to back up Michele Alboreto's championship challenge, but in 1986 he often outpaced his Italian team-mate. Indeed Johansson finished the 1986 Drivers' Championship his best ever in 5th place while Alboreto, who finished 2nd in 1985, could only manage 9th place.
He was replaced at Ferrari by Austrian Gerhard Berger for 1987 and he moved to McLaren as number two driver behind double and reigning World Champion Alain Prost. Further podium finishes followed and Johansson finished 6th in the Drivers' Championship. Stefan Johansson's position at McLaren was considered by many as just a stop gap signing by team boss Ron Dennis who had failed to lure Ayrton Senna from Lotus due to him being under contract until the end of 1987 and always intended signing the Brazilian for 1988.[1] Johansson famously finished the 1987 German Grand Prix on three wheels having had a puncture on the last lap. Despite 11 podiums in 3 seasons, Johansson was still winless, and was not wanted by a top team. He did however return to McLaren in a test-driver capacity in 1991, testing the Honda V12 engine at Suzuka, Japan.
He joined Ligier for 1988, ironically alongside Arnoux, but the team's first non-turbo powered car since 1981, the Michel Beaujon designed JS31, was totally uncompetitive scoring no points and more often than not failing to qualify, even against teams with much smaller budgets such as AGS and Rial. Better was to follow in 1989 as he was signed to lead the new Onyx team. Their car was temperamental and didn't always qualify, but Johansson finished third in Portugal for his last (and the team's only) podium finish. He fell out with new team owner Peter Monteverdi in early 1990 and was duly sacked, making further appearances for AGS and Footwork in 1991.
Johansson's record of podium finishes without a win was equalled by Nick Heidfeld at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix and beaten at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix.[2]
In his Grand Prix career, Johansson achieved 12 podiums, and scored a total of 88 championship points.
CART career
Stefan Johansson | |
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CART World Series | |
Years active | 1992-1996 |
Teams | Bettenhausen Racing |
Starts | 73 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Best finish | 11th in 1994 |
Awards | |
1992 | CART Rookie of the year |
For 1992 he moved over to CART Championship Car, winning the Rookie of the Year title with two third places, ahead of Belgium's Eric Bachelart. His first pole came at Portland the next year, but as in Formula One he never won a race. From 1992 to 1996, he started 73 races and had his best season overall in 1994, finishing in 11th. During this time, he competed in the 1993-1995 Indianapolis 500. At the 1996 Molson Indy Toronto race, he was involved in an accident that claimed the life of fellow driver Jeff Krosnoff and track marshall Gary Avrin. After making wheel to wheel contact, Jeff's car hit the barriers and also a tree and lamp post that was too close to the track. Krosnoff died instantly of the injuries sustained from hitting the lamp post.
After Formula One: Sports Cars and Team Ownership
Before his Formula One career Johansson had participated in sports car races such as 24 Hours of Le Mans, and had won two World Sportscar Championship races in the 1980s (the Mugello round in 1983, driving a Joest Racing Porsche 956 with Bob Wollek, and the 1988 Spa Francorchamps race in a Sauber C9 with Mauro Baldi). After retiring from CART at the end of the 1996 season he returned to this type of racing. During 1997 he recorded two major race wins, at the 12 Hours of Sebring driving a Ferrari 333 SP and at Le Mans where he drove a Joest Porsche.
In 1997 Johansson founded a successful Indy Lights team running Fredrik Larsson and Jeff Ward; in 1998 its drivers were Guy Smith and Luiz Garcia, Jr.; for 1999 the seats went to Scott Dixon and Ben Collins.
During 1998 & 1999 Johansson raced for various sports car teams (like the unreliable Audi R8C Coupé at Le Mans) but in 2000 he started Johansson-Matthews racing with an American businessman called Jim Matthews. They competed in the American Le Mans Series using a Reynard 2KQ prototype. Unfortunately this wasn't a successful vehicle in its original form (though it was later developed into various other successful cars including the Zytek that he later raced) and the partnership dissolved.
In 2001 Johansson campaigned an Audi R8 prototype with backing from Gulf Oil and the assistance of Mike Earle's Arena team. That year he raced in the European Le Mans Series, the American Le Mans Series and at Le Mans itself. His co-drivers were Guy Smith and Patrick Lemarie. At Le Mans Smith was replaced by Tom Coronel.
2002 saw Johansson back in an Audi R8 but this time one run by the Miami based Champion Racing team. His co-driver was ex Formula One driver Johnny Herbert and they competed in the American Le Mans Series.
For 2003, he returned to CART as a team owner, running American Spirit Team Johansson with Jimmy Vasser and Ryan Hunter-Reay as drivers. This was one of many new teams for the 2003 CART season; ironically, Bachelart's Mi-Jack Conquest Racing team was another. The team was under-funded, and although Hunter-Reay scored a fluke win in the wet conditions at Australia, it folded at the end of the season.
After only competing in a couple of celebrity races and occasional outings in the works Zytek in 2004 Johansson returned to full time racing in 2005 driving the Chip Ganassi run New Century Mortgage sponsored Lexus Riley Daytona Prototype in the American Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. With co-driver Cort Wagner he scored his best finish, a 2nd place, at Mont Tremblant in Canada, they finished the year in 5th place in the championship.
In 2006 as well as the Grand Prix Masters series, Johansson has made occasional appearances in Grand-Am for the Cheever and CITGO teams, and has continued an association with the works Zytek team in the Le Mans Series.
2007 saw Johansson competing in a Highcroft Racing Courage-Acura in the LMP2 class of the American Le Mans Series, sharing with David Brabham. He was due to race a Zytek at Le Mans in 2007, but the team could not rebuild the car in time after a test-day accident, and Johansson made a last minute deal to drive a works Courage.
Johansson took part in the inaugural Speedcar Series in 2008, where luck once again deserted him - as the victim of a lot of other drivers' accidents. For 2008 Johansson does not have a full-time sports car drive, with some outings planned in the Highcroft Acura ARX-01 in the ALMS and a place with the Epsilon Euskadi team at Le Mans.
Outside the cockpit, Johansson has a number of business ventures (including managing several successful drivers such as Scott Dixon) and is a keen artist - he is particularly known for his watch designs. Also "Lill-Lövis" does expert commentary on Viasat Motor during F1 races.
In 2011 he will race a Pescarolo-Judd in the Petit Le Mans 10 Hours and a Ford GT3 in the Malaysian 12 Hours at Sepang.
Career results
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
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1979 | Polifac BMW Junior Team | March/792 | BMW | SIL |
HOC |
THR |
NÜR |
VAL |
MUG |
PAU |
HOC |
ZAN |
PER |
MIS |
DON Ret |
- | 0 | |
1980 | ICI Roloil Racing Team | March/802 | BMW | THR DNS |
HOC |
NÜR |
VAL |
PAU |
SIL |
ZOL |
MUG |
ZAN |
PER |
MIS |
HOC |
- | 0 | |
1981 | Docking Spitzley Team Toleman | Lola/T850 | Hart | SIL 9 |
HOC 1 |
THR 7 |
NÜR 4 |
VAL 2 |
MUG Ret |
PAU 8 |
PER Ret |
SPA 14 |
DON 4 |
MIS 9 |
MAN 1 |
4th | 30 | |
1982 | Marlboro Team Spirit | Spirit/201 | Honda | SIL Ret |
HOC Ret |
THR 14 |
NÜR 6 |
MUG 3 |
VAL 4 |
PAU 7 |
SPA Ret |
HOC 4 |
DON 11 |
MAN Ret |
PER 11 |
MIS 7 |
8th | 11 |
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1983 | C | 8 | D | Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 |
Sorga S.A. / Joest Racing | Klaus Ludwig Bob Wollek |
354 | 6th | 6th |
1984 | C1 | 8 | D | Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 |
New-Man Joest Racing | Jean-Louis Schlesser Maurizio de Narváez |
170 | DNF | DNF |
1990 | GTP | 202 | D | Mazda 787 Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor |
Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. | Dave Kennedy Pierre Dieudonné |
147 | DNF | DNF |
1991 | C2 | 18 | D | Mazda 787B Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor |
Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Oreca |
Dave Kennedy Maurizio Sandro Sala |
355 | 6th | 6th |
1992 | C2 | 35 | D | Toyota 92C-V Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8 |
Trust Racing Team | George Fouché Steven Andskär |
336 | 5th | 1st |
1997 | LMP | 7 | G | TWR Porsche WSC-95 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 |
Joest Racing | Michele Alboreto Tom Kristensen |
361 | 1st | 1st |
1998 | LMP1 | 7 | M | Porsche LMP1-98 Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 |
Porsche AG Joest Racing |
Michele Alboreto Yannick Dalmas |
107 | DNF | DNF |
1999 | LMGTP | 9 | M | Audi R8C Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 |
Audi Sport UK Ltd. | Stéphane Ortelli Christian Abt |
55 | DNF | DNF |
2000 | LMP900 | 24 | Y | Reynard 2KQ-LM Judd GV4 4.0L V10 |
Johansson-Matthews Racing | Guy Smith Jim Matthews |
133 | DNF | DNF |
2001 | LMP900 | 4 | M | Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 |
Johansson Motorsport | Tom Coronel Patrick Lemarié |
35 | DNF | DNF |
2003 | LMP900 | 6 | M | Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 |
Champion Racing | Emanuele Pirro JJ Lehto |
372 | 3rd | 1st |
2006 | LMP1 | 9 | D | Dome S101Hb Judd GV5 5.0L V10 |
Racing for Holland | Jan Lammers Alex Yoong |
182 | DNF | DNF |
2007 | LMP1 | 13 | M | Courage LC70 AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 |
Courage Compétition | Jean-Marc Gounon Guillaume Moreau |
175 | DNF | DNF |
2008 | LMP1 | 21 | M | Epsilon Euskadi EE1 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 |
Epsilon Euskadi | Jean-Marc Gounon Shinji Nakano |
158 | DNF | DNF |
American open–wheel results
(key)
CART
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
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1992 | Bettenhausen | SRF |
PHX |
LBH |
IND |
DET 3 |
POR |
MIL |
NHA 10 |
TOR 11 |
MIC |
CLE 9 |
ROA Ret |
VAN 3 |
MDO 6 |
NAZ Ret |
LS 11 |
14th | 47 | |
1993 | Bettenhausen | SRF 13 |
PHX Ret |
LBH Ret |
IND 11 |
MIL Ret |
DET Ret |
POR Ret |
CLE 4 |
TOR Ret |
MIC Ret |
NHA 14 |
ROA Ret |
VAN 3 |
MDO Ret |
NAZ 7 |
LS 6 |
13th | 43 | |
1994 | Bettenhausen | SRF 5 |
PHX 4 |
LBH Ret |
IND 15 |
MIL 26 |
DET Ret |
POR 8 |
CLE 5 |
TOR 14 |
MIC Ret |
MDO 12 |
NHA Ret |
VAN Ret |
ROA 8 |
NAZ 5 |
LS 12 |
11th | 57 | |
1995 | Bettenhausen | MIA Ret |
SRF Ret |
PHX Ret |
LBH 6 |
NAZ 3 |
IND 16 |
MIL 21 |
DET 11 |
POR Ret |
ROA 10 |
TOR 14 |
CLE 8 |
MIC 6 |
MDO Ret |
NHA Ret |
VAN 4 |
LS 14 |
13th | 60 |
1996 | Bettenhausen | MIA Ret |
RIO Ret |
SRF 6 |
LBH Ret |
NAZ 19 |
500 Ret |
MIL Ret |
DET 7 |
POR 9 |
CLE 12 |
TOR Ret |
MIC 5 |
MDO 11 |
ROA 4 |
VAN Ret |
LS Ret |
15th | 43 |
Indy 500 results
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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1993 | Penske | Chevrolet | 6th | 11th | Bettenhausen |
1994 | Penske | Ilmor | 27th | 15th | Bettenhausen |
1995 | Reynard | Ford-Cosworth | 31st | 16th | Bettenhausen |
References
- ^ McLaren's 50 Greatest Drivers - Stefan Johansson #19
- ^ Collantine, Keith (2011-04-11). "Heidfeld sets record for most podiums without a win". f1fanatic.co.uk. F1 Fanatic. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
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