1978 British Formula One season

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1978 British Formula One season
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The 1978 British Formula One season was the 1st British Formula One Series season. It commenced on March 24, 1978 and ended on September 24 after twelve races.

[edit] Results and standings

[edit] Races

Round	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car
1	International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	March 24	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
2	Evening News Trophy	Brands Hatch	March 27	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
3	Anglia TV Trophy	Snetterton	April 16	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
4	Sun Trophy	Mallory Park	May 1	Geoff Lees	Ensign N175
5	International Whitsuntide Race	Zandvoort	May 15	Bob Evans	Surtees TS19
6	Donington Formula 1 Trophy	Donington Park	May 21	Giancarlo Martini	Ensign N175
7	Radio 210 European Trophy	Thruxton	May 29	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
8	Oulton Park Formula 1 Trophy	Oulton Park	June 24	Guy Edwards	March 781
9	Dave Lee Travis Trophy	Mallory Park	July 30	Bruce Allison	March 781
10	Fuji Tapes Trophy	Brands Hatch	August 28	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
11	Radio Victory Trophy	Thruxton	September 10	Guy Edwards	March 781
12	Budweiser Trophy	Snetterton	September 24	Dave Kennedy	Wolf WR1

[edit] Drivers

A score in bold text denotes the driver scoring the fastest lap of the race.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Fastest Lap
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Pos Driver OUL BRA SNE MAL ZAN DON THR OUL MAL BRA THR SNE Pts 1 Tony Trimmer 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 149 2 Bob Evans 1 3 2 5 7 2 2 7 93 3 Emilio de Villota 2 3 2 4 Ret 5 7 Ret 4 Ret 8 8 84 4 Guy Edwards Ret 4 Ret 10 Ret 2 Ret 1 3 DNS 1 Ret 78 5 Geoff Lees Ret 2 3 1 Ret 5 5 69 6 Bruce Allison DNS 6 Ret Ret 4 2 1 Ret 12 3 63 7 Val Musetti NC NC Ret 3 7 4 5 3 Ret 6 4 DNS 62 8 John Cooper 3 8 Ret 8 8 7 8 7 9 10 4 44 9 Mike Wilds Ret 6 Ret 7 6 DNS 6 6 8 7 13 5 43 10 Desiré Wilson Ret 6 4 3 6 34 11 Giancarlo Martini 4 1 32 12 Dave Kennedy 1 22 13 Teddy Pilette Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 14 Divina Galica 2 7 19 15 Kim Mather 4 Ret NC 5 NC DNS NC Ret Ret 18 16 Boy Hayje 3 12 = Ray Mallock 3 12 12 = Elio de Angelis 3 12 19 Iain McLaren 5 9 10 11 = Adrian Russell DNQ 10 NC 13 9 8 9 8 NC Ret Ret 11 21 Brett Lunger 5 10 22 Brett Riley 5 Ret 8 23 Don Breidenbach 10 6 7 24 Geoff Brabham 6 6 25 Walter Raus 7 4 = Stephen South Ret 9 4 27 John David Briggs 8 17 3 28 Warren Booth NC 9 Ret 2 = Carlo Giorgio 9 Ret 2 = Richard Jones 9 11 Ret 2 — Andy Barton 12 11 0 — Gerd Biechteler 11 DNS 13 0 — Alan Baillie DNQ 14 NC NC 15 DNS 0 — Norman Dickson DNS Ret DNS 14 0 — Dennis Leech 16 0 — Alo Lawler Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 — Kevin Bowditch DNQ DNS 0 — Nigel Clarkson DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — Jörg Zaborowski DNQ 0 — Eugen Grupp DNQ 0 Pos Driver OUL BRA SNE MAL ZAN DON THR OUL MAL BRA THR SNE Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)