Bertil Roos

Bertil Roos
Born 12 October 1943
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Sweden Swedish
Active years 1974
Teams Shadow
Races 1
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First race 1974 Swedish Grand Prix
Last race 1974 Swedish Grand Prix

Bertil Roos (born October 12, 1943[1]) is a former racing driver from Gothenburg, Sweden. He participated in a single Formula One Grand Prix, his home race in 1974, from which he retired with transmission failure.

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 USA and Canada, where he continued racing.

In 1975, he created an eponymous racing school in Pennsylvania, USA near Pocono Raceway.[2] The school is accredited by the SCCA to be able to recommend graduates for race licenses at the regional and national levels.[3]

Still racing in the 1980s, Roos was a two-time Can-Am champion in the 2 liter and under category.[4]

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 2007-07-29.
  2. ↑ Roos Racing
  3. ↑ Roos Racing
  4. ↑ http://www.deepthrottle.com/History/can_am_champs.shtml