1979 European Formula Two season

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1979 European Formula Two season
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The 1979 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	Silverstone	United Kingdom	March 25, 1979	40	4.719=188.76 km	1'01:42.52	183.533 km/h	Eddie Cheever	Eddie Cheever	Derek Daly
2	Hockenheim	West Germany	April 8, 1979	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'20:27.1	202.527 km/h	Keke Rosberg	Marc Surer	Stephen South
3	Thruxton	United Kingdom	April 16, 1979	55	3.792=208.560 km	1'04:10.31	195.001 km/h	Rad Dougall	Rad Dougall	Marc Surer
4	Nürburgring	West Germany	April 29, 1979	9	22.835=205,515 km	1'12:46.7	169.431 km/h	Marc Surer	Keke Rosberg	Manfred Winkelhock
5	Vallelunga	Italy	May 13, 1979	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'16:34.9	162.963 km/h	Marc Surer	Stephen South	Brian Henton
6	Mugello	Italy	May 20, 1979	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'15:46.8	174.418 km/h	Brian Henton	Brian Henton	Beppe Gabbiani
7	Pau	France	June 3, 1979	73	2.76=201.48 km	1'54:30.00	105.579 km/h	Eddie Cheever	Marc Surer	Eddie Cheever
8	Hockenheim	West Germany	June 10, 1979	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'20:56.57	201.298 km/h	Stephen South	Stephen South	Alberto Colombo
9	Zandvoort	Netherlands	July 15, 1979	50	4.226=211.30 km	1'09:37.86	182.074 km/h	Eddie Cheever	Brian Henton	Eddie Cheever
10	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	July 29, 1979	45	4.95=222.75 km	1'11:02.9	188.111 km/h	Eje Elgh	Brian Henton	Stephen South
11	Misano	Italy	August 5, 1979	60	3.488=209.28 km	1'14:29.0	168.585 km/h	Brian Henton	Brian Henton	Brian Henton
12	Donington Park	United Kingdom	August 19, 1979	65	3.150=204.75 km	1'11:53.20	170.864 km/h	Derek Daly	Derek Daly	Derek Daly

Note:

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

Race 1 originally scheduled over 47 laps, but stopped after 2 laps and restarted due to an accident involving Siegfried Stohr.

[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. The best 10 results count. No driver had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine													Total Points
1	Marc Surer	Switzerland	BMW Junior Team	March	BMW	-	-	-	9	9	-	4	2	4	-	4	6	38
2	Brian Henton	United Kingdom	Toleman Motorsport	Ralt	Hart	4	3	-	6	-	9	-	-	2	-	9	3	36
3	Derek Daly	Ireland	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	9	33
4	Eddie Cheever	United States	Osella	Osella	BMW	9	2	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	2	1	-	32
5	Rad Dougall	South Africa	Toleman Motorsport	March	Hart	-	6	9	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	19
	Beppe Gabbiani	Italy	BMW Junior Team	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	-	-	6	-	19
	Stephen South	United Kingdom	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	-	4	19
8	Siegfried Stohr	Italy	Trivellato Racing	Chevron	BMW	-	-	-	3	6	-	6	-	-	-	2	-	17
9	Eje Elgh	Sweden	Team Tiga	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	9	-	2	16
10	Teo Fabi	Italy	March Racing	March	BMW	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	3	-	-	13
11	Bobby Rahal	United States	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	3	-	2	-	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	10
12	Keke Rosberg	Finland	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
13	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Argentina	Team Everest	March	BMW	-	4	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Alberto Colombo	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	BMW	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	8
15	Patrick Gaillard	France	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	5
16	Manfred Winkelhock	West Germany	Cassani Racing	Ralt	BMW	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Maurizio Flammini	Italy	Flammini Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
18	Huub Rothengatter	Netherlands	Docking Spitzley/Team Holland	Chevron	BMW	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Juan María Traverso	Argentina	March Racing/Salisbury Racing	March	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
20	Derek Warwick	United Kingdom	Theodore Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Italy	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Oscar Pedersoli	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1