Formula 2 European Championship 1979

Formula 2 European Championship 1979

European champion
Driver:	Marc Surer
Season dates
Number of races:	12
<1978 season	1980 season>

The 1979 Formula 2 European Championship comprised 12 races, starting with the Silverstone race on March 25 and ending with the Donington race on August 19 of this year. The championship was won by the Swiss Marc Surer , who started for the works team of the racing car manufacturer March Engineering .

Teams and drivers

team	chassis	engine	No.	driver	run
Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792	BMW Rosche	1	Marc Surer	1-12
		BMW - Mader	2	Ricardo Zunino	1-4
				Rupert Keegan	5
				Giancarlo Martini	6th
				Michel Leclère	7th
				Not so Olofsson	9
				Stefan Johansson	12
			3	Beppe Gabbiani	1; 3-12
		BMW Rosche			2
March Racing	March 792	BMW	4th	Teo Fabi	1-12
			10	Hans-Joachim Stuck	8th
Bob Salisbury Racing ( Jägermeister Racing Team )	March 792	Hard	5	Juan Traverso	1-12
		BMW	26th	Markus Höttinger	2-4; 8th; 11
	Chevron B48		33	Aria Luyendyk	9
Ampex Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B48	Hard	6th	Bobby Rahal	1-11
				Patrick Gaillard	12
			39		4; 7-8
			38	Bernard Devaney	12
Project Four Racing	March 792	BMW	7th	Derek Daly	1; 3; 6-11
				Keke Rosberg	2; 4th
				Andrea de Cesaris	5
			8th	Stephen South	1-12
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA2 / 79	BMW -Osella	9	Eddie Cheever	1-12
Sanremo Racing	March 782	BMW- Heidegger	11	Alberto Colombo	1-12
			12	Ariel Bakst	2; 4-12
	March 792				1; 3
			43	Oscar Pedersoli	10; 12
Divina Galica	March 792	Hard	13	Divina Galica	1, 4, 12
Toleman Group	Ralt RT2		14th	Brian Henton	1-3; 7-12
	March 782				4-6
			15th	Wheel Dougall	1-6
	Ralt RT2				7-12
	March 782		36	Tiff Needell	12
Racing Team Everest	March 792	BMW	16	Miguel Ángel Guerra	1-12
			18th	Clay Regazzoni	1; 6; 7; 11
				Ferrante Ponti	2; 3; 5
				Gianfranco Brancatelli	9; 10; 12
Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron B48		19th	Siegfried Stohr	1-7; 11
	March 792				8-10; 12
Onyx Race Engineering	Pilbeam MP42	Hard	20th	Patrick Nève	1-4; 8th
Marlboro Team Tiga	March 792	BMW	22nd	Eje Elgh	1-12
Docking Spitzley Racing	Chevron B48	Hard	23	Huub red gate	1-12
Brian Henton Garages	March 782	Hard	24	Boy Hayje	9
BFO Racing Team	March 792	Hard	25th	Wolfgang Locher	1-4; 6-8
				Cocho Lopez	9-12
MM Mampe team	Mason MM1	BMW	27	Armin Hahne	4-5; 7-9; 11-12
Motul Nogaro	AGS JH16	BMW	28	José Dolhem	1
				Alain Couderc	2-3; 7; 12
Crown Paint Industrial Finishes	Chevron B42	Hard	29	Warren Booth	1; 12
ÖASC	March 792	BMW	29	Walter out	8th
			41		9; 11-12
Dickson's of Perth	March 792	Hard	30th	Norman Dickson	1; 8th
Scuderia Jolly Club Milano	March 742	Hard	31	Carlo Giorgio	1; 3; 5; 6; 10; 11
EGB Leisure Team	Chevron B48	Hard	32	Jochen duration	1-2
RAM Racing	Chevron B48	BMW	33	Bernard de Dryver	1; 4; 8th; 12
Sergio Mingotti	March 762	BMW	33	Sergio Mingotti	5
			55		6th
	Mirage M1				11
			78		4th
André Chevalley	March 792	BMW	34	André Chevalley	2
Kim Mather ( Potins Racing )	March 772P	BMW - Euroracing	35	Kim Mather	1; 3; 12
Maurizio Flammini	March 792	BMW	39	Maurizio Flammini	5
Pasquale Barberio	March 782	BMW	39	Pasquale Barberio	10; 11
Aycliffe Team Russell	March 782	Hard	40	Adrian Russell	1; 3; 8th; 9; 12
Riccardo Paletti	March 792	BMW- Heidegger	40	Riccardo Paletti	11
Walz-ToJ Racing	March 782	BMW	41	Klaus Walz	2; 7th
		Amaroli	44	Lamberto Leoni	2
Willy Siller	Chevron B35	BMW - carver	42	Willy Siller	11
Lamberto Leoni	March 782	BMW	44	Lamberto Leoni	4; 5; 8th
		Amaroli			6th
Gianfranco	March 762	BMW	45	Gianfranco Trombetti	5
Lista Racing Team	March 782	BMW	45	Eugen Strähl	8th
Manfred Cassani Racing Team	Ralt RT1	BMW	50	Manfred Winkelhock	4th
Filippo Niccolini	Chevron B35	BMW	52	Filippo Niccolini	6th
Marlboro McMahon Racing	March 792	Hard	55	Eddie Jordan	12
Roy Kennedy	March 792	Hard	60	Angelo Piccione	12
Team BP With Theodore Racing	March 792	Hard	77	Derek Warwick	1-12
			47	Dave Kennedy	12
KWS Motorsport	Chevron B48	Hard	80	Jochen duration	4; 5; 7th
Piero Necchi	AMS 279	Amaroli		Piero Necchi	11

Racing calendar

No.	date	Event (racetrack)	First	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
01	25th March	BRDC International Trophy 1979 ( Silverstone Circuit )	Eddie Cheever ( Osella - BMW )	Derek Daly ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Ralt - Hart )	Eddie Cheever ( Osella - BMW )	Derek Daly ( March - BMW )
02	0April 8th	Trophy Jim Clark Memorial Race ( Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg )	Keke Rosberg ( March - BMW )	Rad Dougall ( March - Hart )	Miguel Ángel Guerra ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Stephen South ( Project Four - BMW )
03	April 16	BARC 200 International Jochen Rindt Trophy ( Thruxton )	Rad Dougall ( March - Hart )	Derek Daly ( March - BMW )	Alberto Colombo ( March - BMW )	Rad Dougall ( March - Hart )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )
04th	April 29	ADAC Eifel Race ( Nordschleife )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( March - Hart )	Manfred Winkelhock ( Ralt - BMW )	Keke Rosberg ( March - BMW )	Manfred Winkelhock ( Ralt - BMW )
05	May 13th	Gran Premio di Roma ( Autodromo Vallelunga )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Siegfried Stohr ( Chevron - BMW )	Maurizio Flammini ( March - BMW )	Stephen South ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( March - Hart )
06th	May 20th	Gran Premio del Mugello ( Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello )	Brian Henton ( March - Hart )	Beppe Gabbiani ( March - BMW )	Eje Elgh ( March - BMW )	Derek Daly ( March - BMW )	Beppe Gabbiani ( March - BMW )
07th	0June 4th	Grand Prix Automobile de Pau ( Circuit de Pau )	Eddie Cheever ( Osella - BMW )	Siegfried Stohr ( Chevron - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Eddie Cheever ( Osella - BMW )
08th	June 10th	Rhine Cup Race ( Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg )	Stephen South ( March - BMW )	Derek Daly ( March - BMW )	Beppe Gabbiani ( March - BMW )	Stephen South ( March - BMW )	Alberto Colombo ( March - BMW )
09	15th of July	Grote Prijs van Zandvoort ( Circuit Park Zandvoort )	Eddie Cheever ( Osella - BMW )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Ralt - Hart )	Eddie Cheever ( Osella - BMW )
10	29th of July	Gran Premio del Mediterraneo ( Autodromo di Pergusa )	Eje Elgh ( March - BMW )	Derek Daly ( March - BMW )	Stephen South ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Ralt - Hart )	Stephen South ( March - BMW )
11	05th of August	Gran Premio dell'Adriatico ( Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli )	Brian Henton ( Ralt - Hart )	Beppe Gabbiani ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Ralt - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Ralt - Hart )
12	August 19th	Donington 50000 ( Donington Park )	Derek Daly ( March - BMW )	Marc Surer ( March - BMW )	Stephen South ( March - BMW )	Derek Daly ( March - BMW )	Derek Daly ( March - BMW )

Driver ranking

space	driver	Points
01	Marc Surer	38
02	Brian Henton	36
03	Derek Daly	33
04th	Eddie Cheever	32
05	Wheel Dougall	19th
0	Stephen South	19th
0	Beppe Gabbiani	19th
08th	Siegfried Stohr	17th
09	Eje Elgh	16
10	Teo Fabi	13
11	Bobby Rahal	10
12	Keke Rosberg	09
13	Miguel Ángel Guerra	08th
	Alberto Colombo	08th
15th	Patrick Gaillard	05
16	Manfred Winkelhock	04th
	Maurizio Flammini	04th
18th	Juan Traverso	03
	Huub Rothengatter	03
	Derek Warwick	02
21st	Andrea de Cesaris	01
	Oscar Pedersoli	01

Web links

• Results at formula2.net

literature

• Axel Morenno: autodrom 12 - motorsport documentation edition 1980 . Published by A. Eugen von Keller Verlag Bonn 1980

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Markus Höttinger's car was registered for the eighth and eleventh championship races under the name Jägermeister Racing Team .
2. ↑ Kim Mather registered for the last race of the season under the name Potins Racing .