The 1978 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition [1] open to Australian Formula 1 cars. [2] The series, which was the third Rothmans International Series, [3] was won by Warwick Brown, driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet. [1] [4]
The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round. [1]
| Round [1] | Circuit [1] | Date [1] | Winning driver [1] | Car [1] [4] |
| 1 | Sandown Park | 5 February | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet |
| 2 | Adelaide International Raceway [5] | 12 February | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet |
| 3 | Surfers Paradise International Raceway [6] | 19 February | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet |
| 4 | Oran Park | 26 February | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet |
Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round. [4]
| Position [4] | Driver [4] | Car [7] [4] | Entrant [7] | San [8] | Ade [9] | Sur [9] | Ora [9] | Total [4] |
| 1 | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Racing Team VDS | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
| 2 | Vern Schuppan | Elfin MR8 Chevrolet | Ansett Team Elfin | - | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Bruce Allison | Chevron B37 Chevrolet | Bill Patterson Racing | - | 3 | - | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | John Walker | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Magnum Wheels | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR8 Chevrolet | Ansett Team Elfin | 6 | - | - | - | 6 |
| = | Graham McRae | McRae GM3 Chevrolet | Graham McRae | - | 2 | - | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | John Cannon | March 761 Chevrolet | Anglo-American Racing | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| = | Don Breidenbach | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Tropicana Racing Team | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| = | John Goss | Matich A53 Repco Holden | John Goss Racing Pty Ltd | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Alan Hamilton | Lola T430 Chevrolet | Porsche Car Distributors | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| = | Keith Holland | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Jon Davison [8] | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| 12 | John David Briggs | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Tropicana Racing Team | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
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