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Ronnie Peterson's grave ravaged by vandals in Sweden!

The grave of F1 legend Ronnie Peterson was desecrated last Sunday night by vandals along with several other tombstones in the cemetery of Almby in Örebro, Sweden. According to reports in the Swedish press, the attack targeted random graves but the perpetrators - who have not been identified - devastated Peterson's tomb. Ronnie Peterson's final Grand Prix triumph "The headstone was knocked over, only the Swedish flags are still there," said Peterson's daughter, Nina Kennedy. I'm shocked. Just terrible." Local church leader Brita Wennsten told Sweden's Nerikes Allehanda: "It's just shameful. It had nothing to do with Peterson specifically. Everything indicates that the...
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