1978 European Formula Two Championship

1978 European Formula Two season
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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	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Thruxton	United Kingdom	27 March 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	9 April 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	7 May 1978	9	22.835=205,515 km	1'06:34.2	185.232 km/h	Alex Ribeiro	Bruno Giacomelli	Keke Rosberg
4	Pau	France	15 May 1978	73	2.76=201.48 km	1'33:11.73	129.714 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Brian Henton	Bruno Giacomelli
5	Mugello	Italy	28 May 1978	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'15:39.7	174.691 km/h	Derek Daly	Bruno Giacomelli	Eddie Cheever
6	Vallelunga	Italy	4 June 1978	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'17:12.2	161.651 km/h	Derek Daly	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
7	Rouen	France	18 June 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	25 June 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	9 July 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	23 July 1979	41	4.95=202.95 km	1'04:05.6	189.989 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Derek Daly	Derek Daly
11	Misano	Italy	6 August 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	24 September 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.

Final point standings

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.

Three scores were dropped.^[1] Dropped scores are shown in parentheses.

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	78 (82)
2	Marc Surer	Switzerland	March Racing	March	BMW	6	6	(3)	4	6	-	4	4	6	-	6	6	48 (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	Keijo 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	Giuseppe Gabbiani	Italy	Trivellato Racing	Chevron	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
20	Roberto Marazzi	Italy	Team Benelli	March	BMW	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Note:

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

References

1. FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1979. Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. gold p. 11. ISBN 0-85059-320-4.