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1978 European Formula Two Championship

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.

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	GBR Thruxton	27 March	55	3.792=208.560 km	1'06:13.77	188.943 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
2	FRG Hockenheim	9 April	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'20:22.0	202.741 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
CHE Marc Surer	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
3	FRG Nürburgring
(Eifelrennen)	7 May	9	22.835=205,515 km	1'06:34.2	185.232 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	FIN Keke Rosberg	BRA Alex Ribeiro
4	FRA Pau	15 May	73	2.76=201.48 km	1'33:11.73	129.714 km/h	GBR Brian Henton	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
5	ITA Mugello	28 May	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'15:39.7	174.691 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	USA Eddie Cheever	IRL Derek Daly
6	ITA Vallelunga	4 June	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'17:12.2	161.651 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	IRL Derek Daly
7	FRA Rouen	18 June	38	5.543=210.634 km	1'08:43.2	183.906 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	BRA Ingo Hoffmann	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
8	GBR Donington Park	25 June	40+40	3.149=251.92 km	1'29:51.43	168.214 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	GBR Brian Henton	FIN Keke Rosberg
9	FRA Nogaro	9 July	65	3.12=202.80 km	1'19:12.23	153.629 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
10	ITA Pergusa-Enna	23 July 1979	41	4.95=202.95 km	1'04:05.6	189.989 km/h	IRL Derek Daly	IRL Derek Daly	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
11	ITA Misano	6 August	60	3.488=209.28 km	1'13:45.09	170.258 km/h	GBR Brian Henton	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
12	FRG Hockenheim	24 September	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'20:20.02	202.824 km/h	CHE Marc Surer	IRL Derek Daly	ITA Bruno Giacomelli

Note:

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

Final point standings

Drivers

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.

Three scores were dropped. Dropped scores are shown in parentheses.

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	THR
GBR	HOC
FRG	NÜR
FRG	PAU
FRA	MUG
ITA	VLL
ITA	ROU
FRA	DON
GBR	NOG
FRA	ENN
ITA	MIS
ITA	HOC
FRG	Points
1	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	March Racing	March	BMW	9	9	-	9	(4)	6	9	-	9	9	9	9	78 (82)
2	CHE Marc Surer	March Racing	March	BMW	6	6	(3)	4	6	-	4	4	6	-	6	6	48 (51)
3	IRL Derek Daly	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	1	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	4	4	-	-	27
4	USA Eddie Cheever	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	3	-	4	2	-	-	6	-	-	6	1	-	22
5	FIN Keke Rosberg	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	16
6	ITA Piero Necchi	Astra Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	13
	BRA Ingo Hoffmann	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	-	4	1	-	3	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	13
8	BRA Alex Ribeiro	Alex Ribeiro	March	BMW	-	2	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
	ITA Alberto Colombo	San Remo Racing	March	BMW	-	3	-	-	2	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	11
	FRG Manfred Winkelhock	March Racing	March	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	4	11
11	SWE Eje Elgh	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	8
12	ARG Ricardo Zunino	March Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	-	2	7
13	ZAF Rad Dougall	Toleman Motorsport	March	BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5
14	ITA Elio de Angelis	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
	GBR Geoff Lees	Team Kallay	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	4
16	ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani	Team Euroracing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
	GBR Brian Henton	Brian Henton	March	Hart	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
	ITA Arturo Merzario	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3
	GBR Stephen South	Raven Racing	March	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
20	ITA Giuseppe Gabbiani	Trivellato Racing	Chevron	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
21	ITA Roberto Marazzi	Team Benelli	March	BMW	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Note:

Only drivers who were not graded were able to score points.

References

"1978 European F2 Championship". Motor Sport Magazine.
"FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1979". Patrick Stephens Ltd..
[http://www.formula2.net/F278_16.htm II Gran Premio dell'Adriatico 1978, www.formula2.net] Retrieved 8 February 2017

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