1979 Rhein-Pokalrennen

July 2015 CUST 8th race in the 1979 European Formula Two season Germany Rhein-Pokalrennen 10 June 1979 Circuit_Hockenheimring-1970.svg 14th Rhein-Pokalrennen Hockenheimring Permanent racing facility 4.218 6.789 40 168.720 271.560 Stephen South UK March-BMW 1:58.36 Alberto Colombo ITA March-BMW 1:59.98 Stephen South UK March-BMW Derek Daly IRL March-BMW Beppe Gabbiani ITA March-BMW The 14th Rhein-Pokalrennen (Rhine-Cup Race), was the Round Eight of the 1979 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was the second time F2 visited the Hockenheimring, during the 1979 season, with the race on 10 June.http://www.formula2.net/F279_14.htm F2 Register - Index Report Entry A total of 30 F2 cars were entered for the event, however just 24 took part in qualifying. As with previous F2 events at Hockenheim, the race would be run over two heats, and the result aggregated to decide the winner. Qualifying Stephen South took pole position for the Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team, in his March-BMW 792, for both Heats. Race The final was held over 40 laps of the Hockenheim Grand Prix circuit, split into two 20 lap heats. Stephen South took impressive lights-to-flag victories in both heats, for the Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team, in their March-BMW 792. South won in an aggregated time of 1hr 20:56.57mins., averaging a speed of 126.004 mph. Second place went to his team-mate, Derek Daly. The best of the works March's was Beppe Gabbiani in third, ahead of Patrick Gaillard, Marc Surer and Bobby Rahal. Guest driver, Hans-Joachim Stuck had pushed South hard during Heat 1, before retiring with engine failure. Classification Aggregate Results Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 8 GBR Stephen South Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team March-BMW 792 1hr 20:56.57 2nd 7 IRL Derek Daly Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team March-BMW 792 1hr 21:09.49 3rd 3 ITA Beppe Gabbiani Polifac BMW Junior Team March-BMW 792 1hr 21:34.21 4th 39 FRA Patrick Gaillard Chevron Cars Chevron-Hart B48 1hr 21:58.17 5th 1 CHE Marc Surer Polifac BMW Junior Team March-BMW 792 1hr 22:13.4 6th 6 USA Bobby Rahal Ampex Chevron Racing Team Chevron-Hart B48 1hr 22:26.08 7th 26 AUT Markus Höttinger Jägermeister Racing Team March-BMW 792 1hr 22:27.21 8th 21 GBR Norman Dickson Dickson's of Perth March-Hart 792 1hr 23:35.74 9th 29 AUT Walter Raus Österreicher Automobil Sport Club March-BMW 792 39 NC 22 SWE Eje Elgh Marlboro Team Tiga March-BMW 792 37 NC 4 ITA Teo Fabi March Racing Ltd March-BMW 792 34 NC 5 ARG Juan Traverso March Racing Team (Bob Salisbury Racing) March-BMW 792 31 NC 11 ITA Alberto Colombo Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 782 30 NC 10 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck March Racing Ltd March-BMW 792 26 NC 23 NLD Huub Rothengatter Docking Spitzley Racing / Racing Team Holland Chevron-Hart B48 23 NC 19 ITA Siegfried Stohr Trivellato Racing Team March-BMW 792 21 NC 16 ARG Miguel Ángel Guerra Racing Team Everest March-BMW 792 20 NC 12 ARG Ariel Bakst Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 792 20 NC 77 GBR Derek Warwick Team BP with Theodore Racing March-Hart 792 19 NC 14 GBR Brian Henton Toleman Group Motorsport Ralt-Hart RT2 15 NC 9 USA Eddie Cheever Osella Squadra Corse SH Osella-BMW FA2/79 9 NC 45 CHE Eugen Strähl Lista Racing Team March-Hart 782 5 NC 15 ZAF 1928 Rad Dougall Toleman Group Motorsport Ralt-Hart RT2 1 DNS 27 FRG Armin Hahne MM Mampe Team Maurer-BMW MM1 Piston Fastest lap: Alberto Colombo, 1:59.98secs. (127.200 mph) Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984) Heat 1 Pos. Driver Time, Laps Reason Out 1st South 40:25.61 2nd Daly 40:36.85 3rd Stuck 40:41.88 4th Surer 40:54.66 5th Gabbiani 40:55.15 6th Guerra 40:55.34 7th Stohr 41:09.50 8th Rahal 41:09.85 9th Gaillard 41:17.37 10th Höttinger 41:26.37 11th Dickson 41:36.87 12th Raus 41:46.79 13th Baskt 41:53.91 14th Traverso 42:00.58 15th Warwick 19 NC Elgh 17 NC Henton 15Gearbox NC Fabi 14 Throttle linkage NC Colombo 10 DNF Cheever 9Accident DNF Strähl 3 Engine DNF Rothengatter 3 Accident DNF Dougall 1Accident Heat 2 Pos. Driver Time, Laps Reason Out 1st South 40:30.96 2nd Daly 40:32.64 3rd Gabbiani 40:39.06 4th Fabi 40:39.83 5th Elgh 40:40.24 6th Colombo 40:40.47 7th Gaillard 40:40.80 8th Höttinger 41:00.84 9th Rothengatter 41:05.61 10th Rahal 41:16.13 11th Surer 41:18.74 12th Dickson 41:58.87 13th Raus 19 DNF Traverso 11 Engine DNF Stuck 6 Engine DNF Stohr 1 Accident DNF Warwick 0 Accident DNF Cheever 0 Accident DNF Baskt 0 Accident DNF Guerra 0Accident References 30em Category:European Formula Two Championship Category:Rhein-Pokalrennen Rhein