1978 European Formula Two season

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1978 European Formula Two season
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The 1978 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds.

[edit] Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Thruxton	United Kingdom	March 27, 1978	55	3.792=208.560 km	1'06:13.77	188.943 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
2	Hockenheim	West Germany	April 9, 1978	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'20:22.0	202.741 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli Marc Surer
3	Nürburgring	West Germany	May 7, 1978	9	22.835=205,515 km	1'06:34.2	185.232 km/h	Alex Ribeiro	Bruno Giacomelli	Keke Rosberg
4	Pau	France	May 15, 1978	73	2.76=201.48 km	1'33:11.73	129.714 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Brian Henton	Bruno Giacomelli
5	Mugello	Italy	May 28, 1978	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'15:39.7	174.691 km/h	Derek Daly	Bruno Giacomelli	Eddie Cheever
6	Vallelunga	Italy	June 4, 1978	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'17:12.2	161.651 km/h	Derek Daly	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
7	Rouen	France	June 18, 1978	38	5.543=210.634 km	1'08:43.2	183.906 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Ingo Hoffmann
8	Donington Park	United Kingdom	June 25, 1978	40+40	3.149=251.92 km	1'29:51.43	168.214 km/h	Keke Rosberg	Bruno Giacomelli	Brian Henton
9	Nogaro	France	July 9, 1978	65	3.12=202.80 km	1'19:12.23	153.629 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
10	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	July 23, 1979	41	4.95=202.95 km	1'04:05.6	189.989 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Derek Daly	Derek Daly
11	Misano	Italy	August 6, 1978	60	3.488=209.28 km	1'13:45.09	170.258 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Brian Henton	Bruno Giacomelli
12	Hockenheim	West Germany	September 24, 1978	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'20:20.02	202.824 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Marc Surer	Derek Daly

Note:

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

[edit] Final point standings

[edit] Driver

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.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine													Total Points
1	Bruno Giacomelli	Italy	March Racing	March	BMW	9	9	-	9	4	6	9	-	9	9	9	9	82
2	Marc Surer	Switzerland	March Racing	March	BMW	6	6	3	4	6	-	4	4	6	-	6	6	51
3	Derek Daly	Ireland	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	1	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	4	4	-	-	27
4	Eddie Cheever	United States	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	3	-	4	2	1	-	6	-	-	6	2	-	24
5	Keke Rosberg	Finland	Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	16
6	Piero Necchi	Italy	Astra Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	13
	Ingo Hoffmann	Brazil	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	-	4	1	-	3	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	13
8	Alex Ribeiro	Brazil	private entry	March	BMW	-	2	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
	Alberto Colombo	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	BMW	-	3	-	-	2	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	11
	Manfred Winkelhock	West Germany	March Racing	March	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	4	11
11	Ricardo Zunino	Argentina	March Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	1	2	8
	Eje Elgh	Sweden	Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	8
13	Rad Dougall	South Africa	Toleman Motorsport	March	BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5
14	Elio de Angelis	Italy	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
	Geoff Lees	United Kingdom	Team Kallay	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	4
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Italy	Team Euroracing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
	Brian Henton	United Kingdom	private entry	March	Hart	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
	Stephen South	United Kingdom	Raven Racing	March	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
19	Beppe Gabbiani	Italy	Trivellato Racing	Chevron	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
20	Roberto Marazzi	Italy	Team Benelli	March	BMW	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1