1978 Pau Grand Prix
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| 1978 Pau Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 15 May 1978 | ||
| Official name | XXXVIII Pau Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Pau, France | ||
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 2.760 km (1.720 miles) | ||
| Distance | 73 laps, 206.882 km (128.550 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | March-Hart | ||
| Time | 1:13.64 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Bruno Giacomelli | March-BMW | |
| Time | 1:14.45 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | March-BMW | ||
| Second | Chevron-Hart | ||
| Third | 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[edit]
Race[edit]
| Pos | No | Driver | Vehicle | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Bruno Giacomelli
|
March-BMW | 73 | 1hr 33min 11.73sec | 3 | |
| 2 | 15 |  Eje Elgh
|
Chevron-Hart | 73 | + 21.74 s | 8 | |
| 3 | 9 |  Marc Surer
|
March-BMW | 73 | + 34.25 s | 15 | |
| 4 | 39 | Piero Necchi
|
March-BMW | 73 | + 52.83 s | 16 | |
| 5 | 6 |  Eddie Cheever
|
March-BMW | 73 | + 1:13.43 s | 4 | |
| 6 | 2 |  Patrick Tambay
|
Chevron-Hart | 72 | + 1 lap | 2 | |
| 7 | 28 | Roberto Marazzi
|
March-BMW | 70 | + 3 laps | 13 | |
| 8 | 10 |  Manfred Winkelhock
|
March-BMW | 70 | + 3 laps | 19 | |
| 9 | 19 |  Derek Daly
|
Chevron-Hart | 66 | + 7 laps | 7 | |
| 10 | 77 | Don Breidenbach
|
Chevron-Hart | 66 | + 7 laps | 20 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jacques Laffite
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March-BMW | 65 | + 8 laps | 6 | |
| 12 | 23 |  Alex Ribeiro
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March-Hart | 64 | + 9 laps | 11 | |
| 13 | 25 | Alberto Colombo
|
March-BMW | 53 | + 20 laps | 12 | |
| Ret | 49 | José Dolhem
|
AGS-BMW | 51 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 26 |  Ricardo Zunino
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March-BMW | 32 | Oil radiator | 18 | |
| Ret | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani
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March-BMW | 25 | Throttle | 10 | |
| Ret | 24 |  Brian Henton
|
March-Hart | 13 | Battery | 1 | |
| Ret | 4 | Alain Prost
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Chevron-Hart | 6 | Engine | 5 | |
| Ret | 7 | Ingo Hoffmann
|
March-BMW | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
| DNS | 14 |  Keke Rosberg
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Chevron-Hart | Did not start | |||
| DNQ | 31 |  Bernard de Dryver
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March-BMW | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | 41 | Sandro Cinotti
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Chevron-BMW | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | 50 | Wolfgang Locher
|
Ralt-BMW | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | 71 | John Briggs
|
Chevron-Hart | Did not qualify | |||
| Fastest Lap: Bruno Giacomelli (March-BMW) - 1:14.45 | |||||||
| Sources:[1] | |||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Formula 2 1978 - Pau GP". Formula2.net. 2000-12-06. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
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