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  • Joakim
  • Jo
  • Bonnier
  • was
  • a
  • famous
  • Grand
  • Prix
  • and
  • sports
  • car
  • racer
  • from
  • Sweden.
  • The
  • heir
  • to
  • a
  • publishing
  • empire
  • Jo
  • also
  • had
  • his
  • own
  • art
  • gallery
  • and
  • was
  • an
  • international
  • playboy.
  • Known
  • for
  • his
  • goateed
  • appearance
  • Bonnier
  • won
  • a
  • single
  • Formula
  • 1
  • race,
  • the
  • 1959
  • Dutch
  • Grand
  • Prix
  • at
  • Zandvoort.
  • He
  • met
  • an
  • untimely
  • death
  • in
  • the
  • 1972
  • Le
  • Mans
  • Endurance
  • race,
  • crashing
  • during
  • the
  • night
  • time
  • portion
  • of
  • the
  • event.
  • Jo
  • was
  • more
  • than
  • a
  • driver,
  • however.
  • He
  • handled
  • negotiations
  • between
  • the
  • Formula
  • 1
  • drivers
  • and
  • various
  • sanctioning
  • and
  • governing
  • bodies
  • that
  • presided
  • over
  • the
  • elite
  • form
  • of
  • racing.
  • He
  • was
  • among
  • the
  • earliest
  • racers
  • to
  • move
  • to
  • Switzerland,
  • arriving
  • there
  • before
  • it
  • was chic.
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