1978 BRDC International Trophy

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The Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit as used during the 1978 running of the International Trophy meeting.

The XXX BRDC International Trophy was held on 19 March 1978 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. It was the 30th running of the International Trophy, and the last to non-Championship Formula One regulations. The race was held over 40 laps (~189 miles) of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. Although qualifying sessions had been dry, the race was run in torrential rain, resulting in multiple accidents and drivers spinning off. The race was eventually won by a young Keke Rosberg, his first victory in an F1 car in only his second ever F1 race.

[edit] Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Qual
1	Keke Rosberg	Theodore Racing	Theodore-Cosworth	1:12:49.02	11
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Cosworth	+ 1.88 s	8
3	Tony Trimmer	Melchester Racing	McLaren-Cosworth	+ 3 laps	15
4	Brett Lunger	BS Fabrications	McLaren-Cosworth	+ 3 laps	5
5	Rupert Keegan	Durex Team Surtees	Surtees-Cosworth	+ 9 laps	10
NC	Hans Stuck Jr.	Villiger Kiel Team Shadow	Shadow-Cosworth	+ 15 laps	5
Ret	Derek Daly	Olympus Hesketh	Hesketh-Cosworth	accident	9
Ret	Divina Galica	Olympus Hesketh	Hesketh-Cosworth	accident	DNQ*
Ret	Emilio de Villota	private	McLaren-Cosworth	clutch	12
Ret	Patrick Depailler	Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell-Cosworth	accident	6
Ret	Mario Andretti	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus-Ford	accident	3
Ret	Ronnie Peterson	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus-Ford	handling	1**
Ret	Jacky Ickx	Tissot Ensign	Ensign-Cosworth	spun	13
Ret	Clay Regazzoni	Villiger Kiel Team Shadow	Shadow-Cosworth	spun	16
Ret	James Hunt	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren-Cosworth	spun	4
DNS	Niki Lauda	Parmalat Brabham	Brabham-Cosworth	-	2
DNS	René Arnoux	Automobiles Martini	Martini-Cosworth	-	14
DNA	Jochen Mass	ATS Wheels Racing	ATS-Cosworth
DNA	Lamberto Leoni	Tissot Ensign	Ensign-Cosworth
DNA	Arturo Merzario	Merzario Racing	Merzario-Cosworth
DNA	Guy Edwards	private	March-Cosworth

* Failed to qualify, but started as first reserve driver after two qualifiers withdrew.

** Started from the pitlane.

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - 1:16.07
• Fastest lap: Emerson Fittipaldi - 1:38.63

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