Formula 2 European Championship 1978

The 1978 Formula 2 European Championship comprised 12 races, starting with the race in Thruxton on March 27th and ending with the race in Hockenheim on September 24th of this year.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Event (racetrack)	First	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
01	07th of April	BARC International Jochen Rindt Trophy ( Thruxton )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Rad Dougall ( Toleman - Hart )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )
02	09th April	Trophy Jim Clark Memorial Race ( Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Jean-Pierre Jarier ( Univac MRS - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )
03	April, 30th	ADAC Eifel Race ( Nordschleife )	Alex Ribeiro ( March - Hard )	Keke Rosberg ( Fred Opert Racing - Hart )	Eddie Cheever ( Project Four Racing - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Keke Rosberg ( Fred Opert Racing - Hart )
04th	May 15	Grand Prix Automobile de Pau ( Circuit de Pau )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Eje Elgh ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )
05	28th of May	Gran Premio del Mugello ( Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello )	Derek Daly ( ICI Chevron Cars - Chevron Hart )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Eddie Cheever ( Project Four Racing - BMW )
06th	0June 4th	Gran Premio di Roma ( Autodromo Vallelunga )	Derek Daly ( ICI Chevron Cars - Chevron Hart )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Piero Necchi ( Astra Racing - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )
07th	18th of June	Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts ( Rouen-les-Essarts )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Eddie Cheever ( Project Four Racing - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Ingo Hoffmann ( Project Four Racing - BMW )
08th	25th June	Donington 50000 ( Donington Park )	Keke Rosberg ( Fred Opert Racing - Hart )	Piero Necchi ( Astra Racing - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )
09	0July 9	Grand Prix de Nogaro ( Circuit Paul Armagnac )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Derek Daly ( ICI Chevron Cars - Chevron Hart )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )
10	July 23	Gran Premio del Mediterraneo ( Autodromo di Pergusa )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Eddie Cheever ( Project Four Racing - BMW )	Derek Daly ( ICI Chevron Cars - Chevron Hart )	Derek Daly ( ICI Chevron Cars - Chevron Hart )	Derek Daly ( ICI Chevron Cars - Chevron Hart )
11	06th of August	Gran Premio dell'Adriatico ( Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Elio de Angelis ( ICI Chevron Cars - Chevron Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )
12	September 24th	Prize from Baden-Württemberg and Hesse ( Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg )	Bruno Giacomelli ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Manfred Winkelhock ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Derek Daly ( ICI Chevron Cars - Chevron Hart )

Driver ranking

space	driver	Points
01	Bruno Giacomelli	78
02	Marc Surer	48
03	Derek Daly	27
04th	Eddie Cheever	22nd
05	Keke Rosberg	16
06th	Piero Necchi	13
0	Ingo Hoffmann	13
08th	Alex Ribeiro	11
0	Manfred Winkelhock	11
	Alberto Colombo	11
11	Eje Elgh	08th
12	Ricardo Zunino	07th
	Wheel Dougall	05
14th	Elio de Angelis	04th
	Geoff Lees	04th
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	03
	Stephen South	03
	Brian Henton	03
	Arturo Merzario	03
20th	Beppe Gabbiani	02
21st	Roberto Marazzi	01

Web links

• Results at formula2.net