Stefan Johansson

Stefan Johansson
Johansson in 2011
Born
Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson

(1956-09-08) 8 September 1956 (age 68)
Växjö, Sweden
Formula One World Championship career
NationalitySweden Swedish
Active years1980, 19831991
TeamsShadow, Spirit, Tyrrell, Toleman, Ferrari, McLaren, Ligier, Onyx, AGS, Footwork
EnginesFord, Honda, Hart, Ferrari, TAG, Judd, Porsche
Entries103 (79 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums12
Career points88
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1980 Argentine Grand Prix
Last entry1991 British Grand Prix
Champ Car career
74 races run over 5 years
Years active19921996
Team(s)Bettenhausen
Best finish11th (1994)
First race1992 Detroit Grand Prix (Detroit)
Last race1996 Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 4 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years19831984, 19901992, 19972001, 2003, 20062008, 2012
TeamsJoest, Mazda, Trust, Porsche, Audi, Reynard, Champion, RfH, Arena, Courage, Epsilon Euskadi, Gulf
Best finish1st (1997)
Class wins3 (1992, 1997, 2003)
Previous series
Championship titles
1980British F3
Awards
1992IndyCar Rookie of the Year

Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson (born 8 September 1956) is a Swedish former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One between 1980 and 1991. In endurance racing, Johansson won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 with Joest.

Born and raised in Växjö, Johansson began his career in kart racing, winning the Swedish Championship in 1973. After achieving multiple national titles in Formula Ford, Johansson progressed to British Formula Three, winning the championship in 1980. Johansson also made his Formula One debut that year—at the Argentine Grand Prix with Shadow—but did not qualify for either round he contested. Following multiple race wins in European Formula Two and podiums in the World Sportscar Championship, Johansson returned to Formula One in 1983 with Spirit. After sporadic appearances for Tyrrell and Toleman in 1984, Johansson signed for Ferrari the following season, achieving his maiden podium finish in Canada. Retaining his seat for 1986, Johansson scored several podiums as he finished a career-best fifth in the World Drivers' Championship. Replaced by Gerhard Berger at Ferrari in 1987, Johansson moved to McLaren to partner Alain Prost; he scored five podiums on his way to sixth in the standings, but left for Ligier at the end of the season. After a non-classified championship finish in 1988, Johansson moved to Onyx, scoring the team's only podium finish at the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix. He was dropped by Onyx after the 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix, making further appearances for AGS and Footwork in 1991 before leaving Formula One, having achieved 12 podiums.

In addition to his 10 seasons in Formula One, Johansson entered 15 editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans between 1983 and 2012, taking three class wins amongst an overall win in 1997, driving the Porsche WSC-95 alongside Michele Alboreto and Tom Kristensen. He also competed in the IndyCar World Series from 1992 to 1996, both seasons of Grand Prix Masters, and the inaugural season of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
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