1979 Pau Grand Prix

France Pau 4 June 1979 Carte circuit de Pau.png XXXIX Pau Grand Prix Pau, France Temporary Street Circuit 1.720 2.760 73 128.550 206.882 Rain Marc Surer CHE March-BMW 1:13.25 Eddie Cheever Osella-BMW 1:31.52 USA Eddie Cheever USA Osella-BMW Siegfried Stohr ITA Chevron-BMW Marc Surer CHE March-BMW The 1979 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 4 June 1979 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Eddie Cheever, driving the Osella FA2/79. Siegfried Stohr finished second and Marc Surer third. Classification Race Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/retired Grid 1 9 USA Eddie Cheever Osella-BMW 73 1hr 54min 30.32sec 2 19 ITA Siegfried Stohr Chevron-BMW 73 + 28.08 s 3 1 CHE Marc Surer March-BMW 72 + 1 lap 4 3 ITA Beppe Gabbiani March-BMW 72 + 1 lap 5 39 FRA Patrick Gaillard Chevron-Hart 72 + 1 lap 6 16 ARG Miguel Ángel Guerra March-BMW 71 + 2 laps 7 11 ITA Alberto Colombo March-BMW 70 + 3 laps 8 8 GBR Stephen South March-BMW 68 + 5 laps 9 77 GBR Derek Warwick March-Hart 68 + 5 laps 10 5 ARG Juan María Traverso March-Hart 61 + 12 laps Ret 22 SWE Eje Elgh March-BMW 47 Accident Ret 25 DEU Wolfgang Locher March-Hart 42 Accident Ret 2 FRA Michel Leclère March-BMW 40 Electrical Ret 7 IRL Derek Daly March-BMW 30 Accident Ret 4 ITA Teo Fabi March-BMW 30 Accident Ret 6 USA Bobby Rahal Chevron-Hart 30 Accident Ret 28 FRA Alain Couderc AGS-BMW 21 Clutch and gearbox Ret 15 RSA 1928 Rad Dougall Ralt-Hart 14 Accident Ret 14 GBR Brian Henton Ralt-Hart 0 Accident DNS 12 ARG Ariel Bakst March-BMW Did not start DNQ 27 DEU Armin Hahne Maurer-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 23 NED Huub Rothengatter Chevron-Hart Did not qualify Fastest Lap: Eddie Cheever (Osella-BMW) - 1:31.52 Sources:http://www.formula2.net/F279_13.htm XXXIX Grand Prix Automobile de Pau 1979 Formula2.net 2001-04-19 2017-02-27 Pau Grand Prix 1978 Pau Grand Prix 1979 1980 Pau Grand Prix References Category:Pau Grand Prix Pau