Cockpit front from a March 761, a Formula 1 Racing Single Seater wrecked by Ronnie Peterson 1976 at Zolder, Belgium.
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Laquered fiberglass. Height 186, width 60 cm.
Damages from wreckage.
Provenance
Åke Strandberg (1947-2016), Sweden's first international mechanic in F1 and a close friend of Ronnie.
Thence by decent.
Literature
Joakim Thedin (ed.), Minnen av Ronnie, Laholm 2006, page 68, see illustration page 69.
More information
After Ronnies crasch 1976 the car was rebuilt for Vittorio Brambilla who subsequensly crached it during practice. The 761 was rebuilt jet again and in that configuration was raced in the Dutch GP. Later the car passed through different hands and was sold 2014 at Bonhams, "The Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale", lot 346.
