Formula 2 Europe 1979 standings

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Formula 2 Europe 1979 standings

Championship points standings for the Formula 2 Europe 1979

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Marc Surer	March Racing Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792 (BMW)	38
2.	Brian Henton	Toleman Group Motorsport	Ralt RT2 (Hart)	36
3.	Derek Daly	Project Four - ICI Racing Team	March 792 (BMW)	33
4.	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Osella Squadra Corse SH	Osella FA2/79 (BMW)	32
5.	Rad Dougall	Toleman Group Motorsport	March 782 (Hart)	19
6.	Stephen South	Project Four - ICI Racing Team	March 792 (BMW)	19
7.	Beppe Gabbiani	March Racing Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792 (BMW)	19
8.	Siegfried Stohr	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron B48 (BMW)	17
9.	Eje Elgh	Marlboro Team Tiga	March 792 (BMW)	16
10.	Teo Fabi	March Racing	March 792 (BMW)	13
11.	Bobby Rahal	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B48 (Hart)	10
12.	Keke Rosberg	Project Four - ICI Racing Team	March 792 (BMW)	9
13.	Alberto Colombo	Sanremo Racing	March 782 (BMW)	8
13.	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Racing Team Everest	March 792 (BMW)	8
15.	Patrick Gaillard	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B48 (Hart)	5
16.	Maurizio Flammini	Maurizio Flammini	March 792 (BMW)	4
16.	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Cassani Racing Team	Ralt RT1 (BMW)	4
18.	Juan María Traverso	March Racing	March 792 (Hart)	3
19.	Huub Rothengatter	Docking Spitzley Racing	Chevron B48 (Hart)	3
20.	Derek Warwick	Team BP with Theodore Racing	March 792 (Hart)	2
21.	Andrea de Cesaris	Project Four Racing - ICI Racing Team	March 792 (BMW)	1
21.	Oscar Pedersoli	Sanremo Racing	March 792 (BMW)	1
	Ariel Bakst	Sanremo Racing	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Pasquale Barberio	Pasquale Barbiero	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Warren Booth	Crown Paints Industrial Finishes	Chevron B42 (Hart)	0
	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Racing Team Everest	March 792 (BMW)	0
	André Chevalley	André Chevalley	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Alain Couderc	Motul - Nogaro	AGS JH16 (BMW)	0
	Jochen Dauer	EBG Freizeit Team	Chevron B48 (Hart)	0
	Bernard de Dryver	RAM Racing	Chevron B48 (BMW)	0
	Bernard Devaney	Chevron Cars	Chevron B48 (Hart)	0
	Norman Dickson	Dickson's of Perth	March 792 (Hart)	0
	José Dolhem	Motul - Nogaro	AGS JH16 (BMW)	0
	Divina Galica	Divina Galica	March 792 (Hart)	0
	Carlo Giorgio	Scuderia Jolly Club Milano	March 742 (Hart)	0
	Armin Hahne	MM-Mampe Team	Maurer MM1 (BMW)	0
	Boy Hayje	Boy Hayje	March 782 (Hart)	0
	Markus Höttinger	Bob Salisbury Racing	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Stefan Johansson	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Rupert Keegan	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Michel Leclère	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Lamberto Leoni	Lamberto Leoni	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Wolfgang Locher	BFO Racing Team	March 792 (Hart)	0
	Osvaldo Abel López	BFO Racing Team	March 792 (Hart)	0
	Arie Luyendyk	Bob Salisbury Racing	Chevron B48 (BMW)	0
	Giancarlo Martini	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Kim Mather	Kim Mather	March 722P (BMW)	0
	Sergio Mingotti	Sergio Mingotti	March 762 (BMW)	0
	Patrick Nève	Onyx Race Engineering	Pilbeam MP42 (Hart)	0
	Filippo Niccolini	Filippo Niccolini	Chevron B35 (BMW)	0
	Anders Olofsson	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Riccardo Paletti	Riccardo Paletti	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Ferrante Ponti	Racing Team Everest	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Walter Raus	Österreicher Automobil Sport Club	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Clay Regazzoni	Racing Team Everest	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Adrian Russell	Aycliffe Team Russell	March 782 (Hart)	0
	Willi Siller	Willi Siller	Chevron B35 (BMW)	0
	Eugen Strähl	Lista Racing Team	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March Racing	March 792 (BMW)	0
	Klaus Walz	Walz-Toj Racing	March 782 (BMW)	0
	Ricardo Zunino	March Racing Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792 (BMW)	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	3
Most pole positions	Brian Henton	3
Most podium positions	Marc Surer	6
Most podium positions without a win	Beppe Gabbiani	3
Most fastest race laps	Brian Henton	2
	Derek Daly	2
	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	2
	Stephen South	2

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
26.2%	Italy	Beppe Gabbiani, Siegfried Stohr, Teo Fabi, Alberto Colombo, Maurizio Flammini, Andrea de Cesaris, Oscar Pedersoli, Carlo Giorgio, Ferrante Ponti, Sergio Mingotti, Lamberto Leoni, Giancarlo Martini, Filippo Niccolini, Gianfranco Brancatelli, Pasquale Barberio, Riccardo Paletti	16
14.8%	Great Britain	Brian Henton, Stephen South, Derek Warwick, Divina Galica, Kim Mather, Warren Booth, Adrian Russell, Rupert Keegan, Norman Dickson	9
9.8%	Germany	Manfred Winkelhock, Wolfgang Locher, Jochen Dauer, Klaus Walz, Armin Hahne, Hans-Joachim Stuck	6
8.2%	Argentina	Miguel Ángel Guerra, Juan María Traverso, Ricardo Zunino, Ariel Bakst, Osvaldo Abel López	5
6.6%	Switzerland	Marc Surer, Clay Regazzoni, André Chevalley, Eugen Strähl	4
6.6%	France	Patrick Gaillard, José Dolhem, Alain Couderc, Michel Leclère	4
4.9%	Sweden	Eje Elgh, Anders Olofsson, Stefan Johansson	3
4.9%	Netherlands	Huub Rothengatter, Arie Luyendyk, Boy Hayje	3
4.9%	Austria	Markus Höttinger, Walter Raus, Willi Siller	3
3.3%	Ireland	Derek Daly, Bernard Devaney	2
3.3%	U.S.A.	Eddie Cheever, Jr., Bobby Rahal	2
3.3%	Belgium	Patrick Nève, Bernard de Dryver	2
1.6%	South Africa	Rad Dougall	1
1.6%	Finland	Keke Rosberg	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1979 Formula 2 Europe

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Bakst, Ariel	23 y/o	9	0	0	0	0
Barberio, Pasquale	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Booth, Warren	42 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Brancatelli, Gianfranco	29 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Cheever, Jr., Eddie	21 y/o	12	3	3	1	2
Chevalley, André	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Colombo, Alberto	33 y/o	12	0	1	0	1
Couderc, Alain	32 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Daly, Derek	26 y/o	9	1	5	2	2
Dauer, Jochen	27 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
de Cesaris, Andrea	20 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
de Dryver, Bernard	26 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Devaney, Bernard	26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Dickson, Norman	26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Dolhem, José	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Dougall, Rad	27 y/o	12	1	2	1	0
Elgh, Eje	26 y/o	12	1	2	0	0
Fabi, Teo	24 y/o	12	0	1	0	0
Flammini, Maurizio	29 y/o	1	0	1	0	0
Gabbiani, Beppe	22 y/o	11	0	3	0	1
Gaillard, Patrick	27 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Galica, Divina	32 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Giorgio, Carlo	31 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Guerra, Miguel Ángel	25 y/o	12	0	1	0	0
Hahne, Armin	23 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hayje, Boy	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Henton, Brian	32 y/o	12	2	4	3	2
Höttinger, Markus	23 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Johansson, Stefan	22 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Keegan, Rupert	24 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Leclère, Michel	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Leoni, Lamberto	26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Locher, Wolfgang	27 y/o	7	0	0	0	0
López, Osvaldo Abel	31 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Luyendyk, Arie	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Martini, Giancarlo	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Mather, Kim	27 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Mingotti, Sergio	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Nève, Patrick	29 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Niccolini, Filippo	25 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Olofsson, Anders	27 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Paletti, Riccardo	21 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Pedersoli, Oscar	28 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Ponti, Ferrante	28 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Rahal, Bobby	26 y/o	11	0	0	0	0
Raus, Walter	36 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Regazzoni, Clay	39 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Rosberg, Keke	30 y/o	2	1	1	1	0
Rothengatter, Huub	24 y/o	11	0	0	0	0
Russell, Adrian	42 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Siller, Willi	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
South, Stephen	27 y/o	12	1	3	2	2
Stohr, Siegfried	26 y/o	12	0	2	0	0
Strähl, Eugen	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Stuck, Hans-Joachim	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Surer, Marc	27 y/o	12	2	6	2	1
Traverso, Juan María	28 y/o	12	0	0	0	0
Walz, Klaus	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Warwick, Derek	24 y/o	11	0	0	0	0
Winkelhock, Manfred	27 y/o	1	0	1	0	1
Zunino, Ricardo	30 y/o	4	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL