1978 European Formula Two Championship

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The 1978 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds. Italian driver Bruno Giacomelli, driving the works March car, won the season in dominant fashion.[1]

Calendar

More information Race No, Circuit ...
Race NoCircuitDateLapsDistanceTimeSpeedPole positionFastest lapWinner
1 United Kingdom Thruxton 27 March553.792=208.560 km1'06:13.77188.943 km/h Italy Bruno Giacomelli Italy Bruno Giacomelli Italy Bruno Giacomelli
2 West Germany Hockenheim 9 April20+206.789=271.56 km1'20:22.0202.741 km/h Italy Bruno Giacomelli Italy Bruno Giacomelli
Switzerland Marc Surer
Italy Bruno Giacomelli
3 West Germany Nürburgring
(Eifelrennen)
30 April922.835=205,515 km1'06:34.2185.232 km/h Italy Bruno Giacomelli Finland Keke Rosberg Brazil Alex Ribeiro
4 France Pau 15 May732.76=201.48 km1'33:11.73129.714 km/h United Kingdom Brian Henton Italy Bruno Giacomelli Italy Bruno Giacomelli
5 Italy Mugello 28 May425.245=220.290 km1'15:39.7174.691 km/h Italy Bruno Giacomelli United States Eddie Cheever Republic of Ireland Derek Daly
6 Italy Vallelunga 4 June653.2=208.0 km1'17:12.2161.651 km/h Italy Bruno Giacomelli Italy Bruno Giacomelli Republic of Ireland Derek Daly
7 France Rouen 18 June385.543=210.634 km1'08:43.2183.906 km/h Italy Bruno Giacomelli Brazil Ingo Hoffmann Italy Bruno Giacomelli
8 United Kingdom Donington Park 25 June40+403.149=251.92 km1'29:51.43168.214 km/h Italy Bruno Giacomelli United Kingdom Brian Henton Finland Keke Rosberg
9 France Nogaro 9 July653.12=202.80 km1'19:12.23153.629 km/h Italy Bruno Giacomelli Italy Bruno Giacomelli Italy Bruno Giacomelli
10 Italy Pergusa-Enna 23 July414.95=202.95 km1'04:05.6189.989 km/h Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Italy Bruno Giacomelli
11 Italy Misano 6 August603.488=209.28 km1'13:45.09170.258 km/h United Kingdom Brian Henton Italy Bruno Giacomelli Italy Bruno Giacomelli
12 West Germany Hockenheim 24 September20+206.789=271.56 km1'20:20.02202.824 km/h Switzerland Marc Surer Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Italy Bruno Giacomelli
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Note:

Race 2, 8 and 12 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Final point standings

Points were awarded to the top six classified non-graded finishers. Only the best nine results were counted.[2]

Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Points were awarded in the following system:

More information Position, 1st ...
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Race 9 6 4 3 2 1
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More information Pos, Driver ...
Pos Driver THR
United Kingdom
HOC1
West Germany
NÜR
West Germany
PAU
France
MUG
Italy
VLL
Italy
ROU
France
DON
United Kingdom
NOG
France
ENN
Italy
MIS
Italy
HOC2
West Germany
Pts
1 Italy Bruno Giacomelli 1PF 1PF RetP 1F (3)P 2PF 1P RetP 1PF 1 1F 1 78 (82)
2 Switzerland Marc Surer 2 2F (4) 3 2 9 3 3 2 Ret 2 2P 48 (51)
3 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly 6 9 Ret 9† 1 1 11† Ret 3 3PF 9† RetF 27
4 United States Eddie Cheever 4 Ret 3 5 7F Ret 2 Ret 9 2 6 Ret 24
5 Finland Keke Rosberg Ret 8 2F DNS Ret Ret 1 17† 16
6 Italy Piero Necchi Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 3 DNQ 2 10 Ret DNQ Ret 13
= Brazil Ingo Hoffmann Ret 4 6 Ret 4 Ret RetF 4 5 Ret 10 14 13
8 Brazil Alex Ribeiro 15 6 1 NC 10 NC 10 Ret Ret 7 13 11
= West Germany Manfred Winkelhock 5 12 Ret 8 9 4 12† 5 7 9 Ret 3 11
= Italy Alberto Colombo 8 5 7 NC 5 4 Ret 4 Ret 8 15 11
11 Sweden Eje Elgh DNQ DNQ 9 2 13 DNQ 6 Ret 13 Ret DNQ 6 8
= Argentina Ricardo Zunino 14 Ret 13 Ret 18 6 5 9 DNS 5 7 5 8
13 South Africa Rad Dougall 3 10 Ret 12 Ret DNQ 6 DNQ Ret Ret Ret 5
14 Italy Elio de Angelis Ret Ret 10 14 10 Ret 13† 12 Ret 3 DNS 4
= United Kingdom Geoff Lees Ret 6 DNQ 4 Ret 4
16 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani 10 Ret Ret Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 10 3
= United Kingdom Stephen South Ret 4 3
= United Kingdom Brian Henton Ret 17 5 RetP 15 8 14† 11F Ret 6 11P Ret 3
19 Italy Beppe Gabbiani 7 11 Ret Ret 5 DNQ DNQ 15 Ret 12 DNQ 2
20 Italy Roberto Marazzi DNQ 18 12 7 11 Ret DNQ DNQ 1
Netherlands Boy Hayje 11 16 14 23 DNQ 7 Ret DNQ 7 0
Argentina Miguel Ángel Guerra 16 13 DNQ 7 Ret 8 DNQ 12 0
Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli DNQ DNQ 8 Ret Ret 0
Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen DNQ Ret 8 0
Austria Peter Scharmann 14 11 DNQ 10 15 9 0
West Germany Axel Plankenhorn 15 Ret 9 DNQ 0
Australia Larry Perkins 9 0
United States John David Briggs 13 DNQ Ret DNQ 19 11 DNQ 10 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret 0
United States Don Breidenbach Ret DNQ Ret 10† 20 12 DNQ 12 16 DNS DNQ DNQ 0
Italy Sandro Cinotti Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret 14 12 17 11 0
France Richard Dallest NC DNQ 11 Ret 16 DNQ 0
Argentina Ariel Bakst 17 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 11 DNQ 0
Belgium Bernard de Dryver Ret 13 Ret DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 0
France Jean-Pierre Jaussaud 13 Ret 0
Switzerland Markus Hotz 13 0
United Kingdom Norman Dickson 16 DNQ 14 0
West Germany Wolfgang Locher 17 DNQ NC 14 Ret 0
West Germany Michael Korten DNQ 15 DNQ 0
Italy Giacomo Agostini 18 DNQ 18 17 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 0
Switzerland Romeo Camathias 16 DNQ 0
Italy Giancarlo Martini 19 DNQ 0
Italy Gianfranco Trombetti 21 DNQ 0
Austria Walter Raus DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
France José Dolhem Ret Ret DNQ 0
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Ret Ret 0
France Alain Couderc Ret DNS DNQ 0
Italy Carlo Giorgio DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Italy Sergio Mingotti DNQ DSQ DNQ 0
West Germany Dieter Kern DNQ Ret DNQ 0
Austria Harald Ertl Ret DNQ 0
Austria Hans Meier Ret 0
Belgium Patrick Nève Ret 0
United States James King Ret 0
Italy Riccardo Patrese Ret 0
West Germany Rudolf Dötsch Ret 0
France Alain Prost Ret 0
United Kingdom Tiff Needell Ret 0
France Marc Sourd Ret 0
Italy Giancarlo Naddeo DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Switzerland Gérard Pillon DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
France Pierre Maublanc DNQ DNQ 0
Italy Gaudenzio Mantova DNQ DNQ 0
West Germany Helmut Bross DNQ DNQ 0
Austria Gerd Biechteler DNQ 0
West Germany Kurt Lotterschmid DNQ 0
West Germany Peter Dienemann DNQ 0
France Michel Leclère DNQ 0
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell DNQ 0
United Kingdom Tony Trimmer DNQ 0
Italy Luciano Pavesi DNQ 0
Italy Gimax DNQ 0
Austria Herbert Jerich DNQ 0
United Kingdom Divina Galica DNQ 0
Italy Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi DNQ 0
West Germany Henning Hagenbauer DNQ 0
Italy Marco Micangeli DNQ 0
West Germany Klaus Walz DNQ 0
West Germany Eugen Grupp DNQ 0
Graded drivers ineligible for points
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ret 3 Ret 8 0
Italy Arturo Merzario 6 5 0
France Patrick Tambay 6† 0
West Germany Jochen Mass 12 7 8 0
France Jacques Laffite 11† Ret 0
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ret 0
Pos Driver THR
United Kingdom
HOC1
West Germany
NÜR
West Germany
PAU
France
MUG
Italy
VLL
Italy
ROU
France
DON
United Kingdom
NOG
France
ENN
Italy
MIS
Italy
HOC2
West Germany
Pts
Source:[3]
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (empty cell)
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap


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