Formula 2 Europe 1978 standings

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Formula 2 Europe 1978 standings

Championship points standings for the Formula 2 Europe 1978

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Bruno Giacomelli	March Racing	March 782 (BMW)	78
2.	Marc Surer	March Racing	March 782 (BMW)	48
3.	Derek Daly	Chevron Cars	Chevron B42 (Hart)	27
4.	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Project 4 Racing	March 782 (BMW)	22
5.	Keke Rosberg	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B42 (Hart)	16
6.	Ingo Hoffmann	Project 4 Racing	March 782 (BMW)	13
6.	Piero Necchi	Astra Racing	March 782 (BMW)	13
8.	Alberto Colombo	Sanremo Racing	March 782 (BMW)	11
8.	Alex Dias Ribeiro	Alex Ribeiro	March 782 (Hart)	11
8.	Manfred Winkelhock	March Racing	March 782 (BMW)	11
11.	Eje Elgh	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B42 (Hart)	8
12.	Ricardo Zunino	March Racing	March 782 (BMW)	7
13.	Rad Dougall	Toleman Group Motorsport	March 782 (BMW)	5
14.	Elio de Angelis	Everest Racing Team	Chevron B42 (Ferrari)	4
14.	Geoff Lees	March Racing Ltd, Jack Kallay, Raven Racing	March 782 (BMW) Chevron B42 (Hart)	4
16.	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Team Euroracing	March 782 (BMW)	3
16.	Stephen South	Raven Racing	March 782 (Hart)	3
18.	Brian Henton	Brian Henton	March 782 (Hart)	3
18.	Arturo Merzario	Chevron Cars, Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B42 (Hart)	3
20.	Giuseppe Gabbiani	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron B42 (Ferrari)	2
21.	Roberto Marazzi	Carlo Benelli	March 782 (BMW)	1
	Giacomo Agostini	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron B42 (BMW)	0
	Ariel Bakst	Heini Mader Racing	Ralt RT1 (BMW)	0
	Michael Bleekemolen	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B42 (Hart)	0
	Franco Brancatelli	Everest Racing Team	Chevron B42 (Ferrari)	0
	Don Breidenbach	Briggs Racing Enterprises Inc.	Chevron B42 (Hart)	0
	John David Briggs	Briggs Racing Enterprises Inc.	Chevron B42 (Hart)	0
	Romeo Camathias	Heini Mader Racing	Ralt RT1 (BMW)	0
	Sandro Cinotti	Roloil Racing	Chevron B40 (BMW)	0
	Alain Couderc	MRS	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Richard Dallest	Sol-Amor GPA Motul	AGS JH15 (BMW)	0
	Bernard de Dryver	Bob Salisbury Racing	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Willi Deutsch			0
	Norman Dickson	Boxer Cars	Boxer PR2 (BMW)	0
	Jose Dolhem	Sol-Amor GPA Motul	AGS JH15 (BMW)	0
	Harald Ertl	Autovermeitungen	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Carlo Giorgio	Carlo Giorgio	March 782 (Hart)	0
	Miguel Angel Guerra	Everest Racing Team	Chevron B40 (BMW)	0
	Boy Hayje	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B42 (Hart)	0
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Heroes Racing Corporation	Nova 532 (BMW)	0
	Markus Hotz	Lista Racing Team	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Maublanc Racing Team	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	ICI Chevron Cars	Chevron B42 (Hart)	0
	James King	Bob Salisbury Racing	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Michael Korten	Maco	Maco 278 (BMW)	0
	Jacques Laffite	Maublanc Racing Team	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Wolfgang Locher	Helmut Bross	Chevron B40 (BMW)	0
	Giancarlo Martini	Everest Racing Team	Chevron B40 (BMW)	0
	Jochen Mass	ICI Racing with Chevron Cars	Chevron B42 (Hart)	0
	Pierre Maublanc	Maublanc Racing Team	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Hans Meier	Boxer Cars	Boxer PR276 (Hart)	0
	Sergio Mingotti	Sergio Mingotti	March 772 (BMW)	0
	Tiff Needell	Toleman Group Motorsport	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Patrick Nève	Bob Salisbury Racing	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Riccardo Patrese	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B42 (Hart)	0
	Larry Perkins	Manfred Cassani	Ralt RT1 (BMW)	0
	Axel Plankenhorn	Manfred Cassani	Ralt RT1 (BMW)	0
	Alain Prost	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B40 (Hart)	0
	Walter Raus	ÖASC Racing Team	March 762 (BMW)	0
	Clay Regazzoni	Everest Racing Team	Chevron B40 (BMW)	0
	Peter Scharmann	Manfred Cassani	Ralt RT1 (BMW)	0
	Marc Sourd	Ecurie Univac MRS	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Patrick Tambay	ICI Chevron Cars	Chevron B42 (Hart)	0
	Gianfranco Trombetti	RAM Autoracing	March 762 (Hart)	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Bruno Giacomelli	8
Most pole positions	Bruno Giacomelli	8
Most podium positions	Bruno Giacomelli	10
Most podium positions without a win	Marc Surer	9
Most fastest race laps	Bruno Giacomelli	6
Youngest driver	Elio de Angelis	20 y/o
Oldest driver	Pierre Maublanc	49 y/o

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
25%	Italy	Bruno Giacomelli, Piero Necchi, Alberto Colombo, Elio de Angelis, Piercarlo Ghinzani, Arturo Merzario, Giuseppe Gabbiani, Roberto Marazzi, Giacomo Agostini, Carlo Giorgio, Sandro Cinotti, Giancarlo Martini, Riccardo Patrese, Gianfranco Trombetti, Sergio Mingotti, Franco Brancatelli	16
15.6%	France	Richard Dallest, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Pierre Maublanc, Patrick Tambay, Jacques Laffite, Jose Dolhem, Alain Prost, Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, Alain Couderc, Marc Sourd	10
9.4%	Germany	Manfred Winkelhock, Jochen Mass, Axel Plankenhorn, Michael Korten, Wolfgang Locher, Willi Deutsch	6
7.8%	Great Britain	Geoff Lees, Stephen South, Brian Henton, Norman Dickson, Tiff Needell	5
6.3%	Switzerland	Marc Surer, Romeo Camathias, Clay Regazzoni, Markus Hotz	4
6.3%	U.S.A.	Eddie Cheever, Jr., John David Briggs, Don Breidenbach, James King	4
6.3%	Austria	Hans Meier, Harald Ertl, Walter Raus, Peter Scharmann	4
4.7%	Argentina	Ricardo Zunino, Ariel Bakst, Miguel Angel Guerra	3
3.1%	Belgium	Bernard de Dryver, Patrick Nève	2
3.1%	Netherlands	Boy Hayje, Michael Bleekemolen	2
3.1%	Brazil	Ingo Hoffmann, Alex Dias Ribeiro	2
1.6%	Ireland	Derek Daly	1
1.6%	Sweden	Eje Elgh	1
1.6%	Australia	Larry Perkins	1
1.6%	Finland	Keke Rosberg	1
1.6%	Japan	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1
1.6%	South Africa	Rad Dougall	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1978 Formula 2 Europe

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Agostini, Giacomo	36 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Bakst, Ariel	22 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Bleekemolen, Michael	28 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Brancatelli, Franco	28 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Breidenbach, Don	28 y/o	7	0	0	0	0
Briggs, John David	28 y/o	7	0	0	0	0
Camathias, Romeo	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Cheever, Jr., Eddie	20 y/o	12	0	3	0	1
Cinotti, Sandro	33 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Colombo, Alberto	32 y/o	11	0	0	0	0
Couderc, Alain	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Dallest, Richard	27 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Daly, Derek	25 y/o	12	2	4	1	2
de Angelis, Elio	20 y/o	10	0	1	0	0
de Dryver, Bernard	25 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Deutsch, Willi	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Dickson, Norman	25 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Dolhem, Jose	34 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Dougall, Rad	26 y/o	9	0	1	0	0
Elgh, Eje	25 y/o	10	0	1	0	0
Ertl, Harald	29 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Gabbiani, Giuseppe	21 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Ghinzani, Piercarlo	26 y/o	12	0	0	0	0
Giacomelli, Bruno	25 y/o	12	8	10	8	6
Giorgio, Carlo	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Guerra, Miguel Angel	24 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Hayje, Boy	29 y/o	7	0	0	0	0
Henton, Brian	31 y/o	12	0	0	1	1
Hoffmann, Ingo	25 y/o	12	0	0	0	1
Hoshino, Kazuyoshi	31 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Hotz, Markus	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Jarier, Jean-Pierre	31 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Jaussaud, Jean-Pierre	41 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
King, James	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Korten, Michael	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Laffite, Jacques	34 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Lees, Geoff	27 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Locher, Wolfgang	26 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Marazzi, Roberto	26 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Martini, Giancarlo	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Mass, Jochen	31 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Maublanc, Pierre	49 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Meier, Hans	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Merzario, Arturo	35 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Mingotti, Sergio	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Necchi, Piero	26 y/o	10	0	2	0	0
Needell, Tiff	26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Nève, Patrick	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Patrese, Riccardo	24 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Perkins, Larry	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Plankenhorn, Axel	26 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Prost, Alain	23 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Raus, Walter	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Regazzoni, Clay	38 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Ribeiro, Alex Dias	29 y/o	11	1	1	0	0
Rosberg, Keke	29 y/o	7	1	2	0	1
Scharmann, Peter	28 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Sourd, Marc	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
South, Stephen	26 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Surer, Marc	26 y/o	12	0	9	1	1
Tambay, Patrick	29 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Trombetti, Gianfranco	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Winkelhock, Manfred	26 y/o	12	0	0	0	0
Zunino, Ricardo	29 y/o	11	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL