1977 European Formula Two Championship

1977 European Formula Two season 1976 1978 The 1977 European Formula Two season was contested over 13 rounds. Frenchman René Arnoux was the season champion, driving a Martini-Renault/Gordini for Ecurie Renault Elf.1977 European F2 Championship https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1977-european-f2-championship/ motorsportmagazine.com Motor Sport Magazine 27 February 2026 Calendar Race No Circuit Date Laps Distance Time Speed Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 GBR Silverstone 6 March 47 4.719=221.793 km 1'05:45.22 202.385 km/h FRA Michel Leclère BEL Patrick Nève FRA René Arnoux 2 GBR Thruxton 11 April 50 3.792=189.600 km 1'05:59.43 172.388 km/h BRA Alex Ribeiro GBR Brian Henton GBR Brian Henton 3 FRG Hockenheim 17 April 20+20 6.789=271.56 km 1'21:20.41'21:30.4 200.315 km/h199.905 km/h FRG Jochen Mass USA Eddie Cheever FRG Jochen MassFRA René Arnoux 4 FRG Nürburgring (Eifelrennen) 1 May 9 22.835=205,515 km 1'06:41.11'06:54.3 184.913 km/h184.305 km/h ITA Riccardo Patrese FRG Jochen Mass FRG Jochen MassUSA Eddie Cheever 5 ITA Vallelunga 15 May 65 3.2=208.0 km 1'16:57.36 162.171 km/h ITA Bruno Giacomelli ITA Bruno Giacomelli ITA Bruno Giacomelli 6 FRA Pau 30 May 59 2.76=162.84 km 1'14:52.52 130.489 km/h FRA Patrick Tambay FRA Didier Pironi FRA René Arnoux 7 ITA Mugello 19 June 42 5.245=220.290 km 1'16:36.5 172.532 km/h ITA Riccardo Patrese ITA Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi ITA Bruno Giacomelli 8 FRA Rouen 26 June 38 5.543=210.634 km 1'08:36.19 184.219 km/h USA Eddie Cheever BRA Ingo Hoffmann USA Eddie Cheever 9 FRA Nogaro 10 July 65 3.12=202.80 km 1'20:42.69 150.759 km/h FRA René Arnoux ITA Riccardo Patrese FRA René Arnoux 10 ITA Pergusa-Enna 24 July 30+30 4.95=297.0 km 1'36:18.0 185.047 km/h FIN Keke Rosberg ITA Riccardo Patrese FIN Keke Rosberg 11 ITA Misano 7 August 30+30 3.488=209.28 km 1'13:44.8 170.269 km/h ITA Bruno Giacomelli ITA Bruno Giacomelli ITA Lamberto Leoni 12 PRT Estoril 2 October 50 4.35=217.50 km 1'19:29.30 164.175 km/h FRA Didier Pironi IRL Derek Daly FRA Didier Pironi 13 GBR Donington Park 30 October 65 3.149=204.685 km 1'12:40.35 168.992 km/h ITA Bruno Giacomelli ITA Bruno Giacomelli ITA Bruno Giacomelli Note: Race 3, 10 and 11 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate. Race 6 originally scheduled over 73 laps, but stopped early due to heavy rain. Car Graphic CG877E ワークス・マーチ、772P快調! Works March, 772P running smoothly! ja 197, issue 8/77 25 July 1977 Nigensha Publishing Co., Ltd. 164 Races 3 and 4 were won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in italics (recent F2 champions or successful F1 drivers could compete, but were not awarded any points) Final point standings Points were awarded to the top six classified non-graded finishers in the following system: Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th Race964321 Pos Driver SIL GBR THR GBR HOC FRG NÜR FRG VLL ITA PAU FRA 1974 MUG ITA ROU FRA 1974 NOG FRA 1974 ENN ITA MIS ITA EST PRT DON GBR Pts 1 FRA 1974 René Arnoux 1 Ret 2 5 Ret 1 16† Ret 1 p 2 Ret 2 6 52 2 USA Eddie Cheever 7 2 Ret f 2 3 Ret 17† 1 p 5 Ret 2 3 40 3 FRA 1974 Didier Pironi Ret Ret Ret 4 2 2 f Ret 3 Ret 4 5 1 p 3 38 4 ITA Bruno Giacomelli Ret Ret Ret 6 1 p f Ret 1 Ret 4 7 10 p f 14 1 p f 32 = ITA Riccardo Patrese 6 5 3 Ret p 8 3 2 p 2 2 f Ret f Ret 6 Ret 32 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Ret Ret 8 3 12 11 Ret 13 1 p 4 2 25 7 BRA 1968 Ingo Hoffmann 4 Ret Ret 7 16† 8 9 5 f 3 3 3 Ret Ret 18 = ITA Alberto Colombo 5 4 6 11 5 4† 3 6 6 Ret Ret 13 13 18 9 ITA Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi NC 4 17 4 Ret 4 f NC Ret 11 4 13 10 GBR Brian Henton DNS 1 f 5 9 9 7 12 11 ITA Lamberto Leoni Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 7 DNQ 9 8 1 9 9 12 GBR Ray Mallock 2 Ret 9 11 EXHutchinson Jeff 21 July 1977 Arnoux All the Way Autosport Haymarket Publishing DNQ 6 13 SUI Marc Surer 9 7 Ret 7 5 Ret 7 4 5 14 BRA 1968 Alex Ribeiro 3 p 14 7 DNQ 8 4 = BEL Patrick Nève 3 f 4 = ITA Gaudenzio Mantova DNS 10 5 14 Ret NC 5 Ret 4 17 ITA Gianfranco Brancatelli DNS DNS 13 12† 8 4 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 3 18 USA Danny Sullivan DNQ 12 DNQ 11 9 11 5 2 = IRL Derek Daly 5 f 2 20 ARG Ricardo Zunino 9 Ret 14 11 6† Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret 1 = BEL Bernard de Dryver DNS Ret 10 Ret 9 DNQ 6 11 Ret Ret Ret 16 1 = AUT Hans Royer 6 Ret 12 1 = ITA Gianfranco Trombetti Ret Ret DNQ 6 DNQ 1 = ITA Luciano Pavesi 6 Ret Ret 1 = FRA 1974 Patrick Bardinon 7 Ret 1 — SWE Freddy Kottulinsky 8 Ret Ret 10 15 13† 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 7 0 — FRG Klaus Ludwig Ret Ret Ret 8 DSQ 7 Ret 0 — ITA Elio de Angelis 8 Ret 10 0 — ITA Giancarlo Martini Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret 0 — USA Wink Bancroft Ret 8 13 18 DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ NC DNQ DNQ 0 — SWE Eje Elgh 8 0 — GBR Norman Dickson 10 Ret Ret 15 DNQ NC 9 0 — ITA Maurizio Flammini Ret Ret 9 10 DNQ 0 — FRA 1974 Michel Leclère Ret p Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret DNS DNQ NC DNQ 10 0 — FRA 1974 Alain Prost 10 Ret 0 — FRG Willi Deutsch Ret Ret 11 16 0 — GBR Derek Cook 11 0 — ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani 11 0 — USA Gregg Young 13 12 0 — FRA 1974 Xavier Lapeyre DNQ Ret DNQ 12 Ret DNQ 0 — FRG Helmut Bross 12 Ret 0 — GBR Valentino Musetti 12 DNQ 0 — GBR Guy Edwards 13 DNQ 0 — GBR Kim Mather 14 0 — ITA Gimax 15 DNQ 0 — GBR Divina Galica 15 0 — FRA 1974 Marc Sourd Ret 17 0 — FRG Roland Binder 20 DNQ 0 — FRA 1974 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud NC DNQ 0 — SUI Markus Hotz NC 0 — ITA Carlo Giorgio DNQ Ret Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — GBR Bob Evans Ret Ret 0 — AUT Harald Ertl Ret Ret 0 — FRA 1974 Patrick Tambay Ret p Ret 0 — SUI Laurent Ferrier DNQ DNQ Ret 0 — AUT Gerd Biechteler DNQ Ret 0 — GBR Iain McLaren Ret 0 — ITA Lorenzo Niccolini Ret 0 — ITA Guido Pardini Ret 0 — FRA 1974 José Dolhem Ret 0 — GBR Tiff Needell Ret 0 — IRL Alo Lawler DNS DNQ 0 — ITA Roberto Marazzi DNS 0 — FRA 1974 Michel Pignard DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — FRA 1974 Pierre Maublanc DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — SUI André Chevalley DNQ DNQ 0 — YUG Franci Jerančič DNQ DNQ 0 — ARG Ariel Bakst DNQ DNQ 0 — GBR Roy Baker DNQ 0 — GBR Andy Sutcliffe DNQ 0 — FRG Henning Hagenbauer DNQ 0 — ITA Alfonso Giordano DNQ 0 — FRA 1974 Jimmy Mieusset DNQ 0 — SUI Charly Kiser DNQ 0 — ITA Stanislao Sterzel DNQ 0 — PRT Mário Silva DNQ 0 — GBR Adrian Russell DNQ 0 Graded drivers ineligible for points — FRG Jochen Mass 1 p 1 f 0 — SUI Clay Regazzoni Ret 6 0 — FRA 1974 Jacques Laffite 7 10 Ret 0 — AUS Alan Jones 19 0 — FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck Ret 0 — ITA Vittorio Brambilla Ret 0 — ITA Arturo Merzario Ret 0 Pos Driver SIL GBR THR GBR HOC FRG NÜR FRG VLL ITA PAU FRA 1974 MUG ITA ROU FRA 1974 NOG FRA 1974 ENN ITA MIS ITA EST PRT DON GBR PtsSource: References Formula Two Category:European Formula Two Championship seasons