1978 Pau Grand Prix

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1978 Pau Grand Prix
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Race details
Date15 May 1978
Official name XXXVIII Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 206.882 km (128.550 miles)
Pole position
Driver
 March-Hart
Time 1:13.64
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli March-BMW
Time 1:14.45
Podium
First
 March-BMW
Second
 Chevron-Hart
Third
 March-BMW

The 1978 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 15 May 1978 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Bruno Giacomelli, driving the March 782. Eje Elgh finished second and Marc Surer third.

Contents

Classification

Race

PosNoDriverVehicleLapsTime/retiredGrid
18 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli March-BMW 731hr 33min 11.73sec3
215 Flag of Sweden.svg Eje Elgh Chevron-Hart 73+ 21.74 s8
39 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer March-BMW 73+ 34.25 s15
439 Flag of Italy.svg Piero Necchi March-BMW 73+ 52.83 s16
56 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever March-BMW 73+ 1:13.43 s4
62 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Chevron-Hart 72+ 1 lap2
728 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Marazzi March-BMW 70+ 3 laps13
810 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock March-BMW 70+ 3 laps19
919 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Daly Chevron-Hart 66+ 7 laps7
1077 Flag of the United States.svg Don Breidenbach Chevron-Hart 66+ 7 laps20
111 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite March-BMW 65+ 8 laps6
1223 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Alex Ribeiro March-Hart 64+ 9 laps11
1325 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Colombo March-BMW 53+ 20 laps12
Ret49 Flag of France.svg José Dolhem AGS-BMW 51Accident17
Ret26 Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo Zunino March-BMW 32Oil radiator18
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani March-BMW 25Throttle10
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Henton March-Hart 13Battery1
Ret4 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Chevron-Hart 6Engine5
Ret7 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ingo Hoffmann March-BMW 0Accident14
DNS14 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Chevron-Hart Did not start
DNQ31 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bernard de Dryver March-BMW Did not qualify
DNQ41 Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Cinotti Chevron-BMW Did not qualify
DNQ50 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Locher Ralt-BMW Did not qualify
DNQ71 Flag of the United States.svg John Briggs Chevron-Hart Did not qualify
Fastest Lap: Bruno Giacomelli (March-BMW) - 1:14.45
Sources: [1]
Preceded by Pau Grand Prix
1978		Succeeded by

References

  1. ↑ "Formula 2 1978 - Pau GP". Formula2.net. 2000-12-06. Retrieved 2017-02-26.


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