1978 Pau Grand Prix

February 2017 France Pau 15 May 1978 Carte circuit de Pau.png XXXVIII Pau Grand Prix Pau, France Temporary Street Circuit 1.720 2.760 73 128.550 206.882 Brian Henton GBR March-Hart 1:13.64 Bruno Giacomelli March-BMW 1:14.45 ITA Bruno Giacomelli ITA March-BMW Eje Elgh SWE Chevron-Hart Marc Surer CHE 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. Classification Race Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/retired Grid 1 8 ITA Bruno Giacomelli March-BMW 73 1hr 33min 11.73sec 3 2 15 SWE Eje Elgh Chevron-Hart 73 + 21.74 s 8 3 9 CHE Marc Surer March-BMW 73 + 34.25 s 15 4 39 ITA Piero Necchi March-BMW 73 + 52.83 s 16 5 6 USA Eddie Cheever March-BMW 73 + 1:13.43 s 4 6 2 FRA Patrick Tambay Chevron-Hart 72 + 1 lap 2 7 28 ITA Roberto Marazzi March-BMW 70 + 3 laps 13 8 10 DEU Manfred Winkelhock March-BMW 70 + 3 laps 19 9 19 IRL Derek Daly Chevron-Hart 66 + 7 laps 7 10 77 USA Don Breidenbach Chevron-Hart 66 + 7 laps 20 11 1 FRA Jacques Laffite March-BMW 65 + 8 laps 6 12 23 BRA 1968 Alex Ribeiro March-Hart 64 + 9 laps 11 13 25 ITA Alberto Colombo March-BMW 53 + 20 laps 12 Ret 49 FRA José Dolhem AGS-BMW 51 Accident 17 Ret 26 ARG Ricardo Zunino March-BMW 32 Oil radiator 18 Ret 21 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani March-BMW 25 Throttle 10 Ret 24 GBR Brian Henton March-Hart 13 Battery 1 Ret 4 FRA Alain Prost Chevron-Hart 6 Engine 5 Ret 7 BRA 1968 Ingo Hoffmann March-BMW 0 Accident 14 DNS 14 FIN Keke Rosberg Chevron-Hart Did not start DNQ 31 BEL Bernard de Dryver March-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 41 ITA Sandro Cinotti Chevron-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 50 DEU Wolfgang Locher Ralt-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 71 USA John Briggs Chevron-Hart Did not qualify Fastest Lap: Bruno Giacomelli (March-BMW) - 1:14.45 Sources:http://www.formula2.net/F278_7.htm Formula 2 1978 - Pau GP Formula2.net 2000-12-06 2017-02-26 Pau Grand Prix 1977 Pau Grand Prix 1978 1979 Pau Grand Prix References Category:Pau Grand Prix Category:1978 in French motorsport