1977 European Formula Two Championship

1977 European Formula Two season

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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.

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Silverstone	6 March	47	4.719=221.793 km	1'05:45.22	202.385 km/h	Michel Leclère	Patrick Nève	René Arnoux
2	Thruxton	11 April	50	3.792=189.600 km	1'05:59.43	172.388 km/h	Alex Ribeiro	Brian Henton	Brian Henton
3	Hockenheim	17 April	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'21:20.4 1'21:30.4	200.315 km/h 199.905 km/h	Jochen Mass Bruno Giacomelli	Eddie Cheever	Jochen Mass René Arnoux
4	Nürburgring (Eifelrennen)	1 May	9	22.835=205,515 km	1'06:41.1 1'06:54.3	184.913 km/h 184.305 km/h	Riccardo Patrese	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass Eddie Cheever
5	Vallelunga	15 May	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'16:57.36	162.171 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
6	Pau	30 May	59	2.76=162.84 km	1'14:52.52	130.489 km/h	Patrick Tambay	Didier Pironi	René Arnoux
7	Mugello	19 June	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'16:36.5	172.532 km/h	Riccardo Patrese	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Bruno Giacomelli
8	Rouen	26 June	38	5.543=210.634 km	1'08:36.19	184.219 km/h	Eddie Cheever	Ingo Hoffmann	Eddie Cheever
9	Nogaro	12 July	65	3.12=202.80 km	1'20:42.69	150.759 km/h	René Arnoux	Riccardo Patrese	René Arnoux
10	Pergusa-Enna	24 July	30+30	4.95=297.0 km	1'36:18.0	185.047 km/h	Keke Rosberg	Riccardo Patrese Keke Rosberg	Keke Rosberg
11	Misano	7 August	30+30	3.488=209.28 km	1'13:44.8	170.269 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli René Arnoux	Lamberto Leoni
12	Estoril	2 October	50	4.35=217.50 km	1'19:29.30	164.175 km/h	Didier Pironi	Derek Daly	Didier Pironi
13	Donington Park	30 October	65	3.149=204.685 km	1'12:40.35	168.992 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	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.

Race 3 and 4 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics

There was also a non championship race in Malaysia the Malaysian Grand Prix which was won by Patrick Tambay in a March BMW

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VLL	PAU	MUG	ROU	NOG	EMM	MIS	EST	DON	Points
1	René Arnoux	Écurie Renault Elf	Martini	Renault	9	-	9	3	-	9	-	-	9	6	-	6	1	52
2	Eddie Cheever	Project Four Racing	Ralt	BMW	-	6	-	9	4	-	-	9	2	-	6	4	-	40
3	Didier Pironi	Écurie Renault Elf	Martini	Renault	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	4	-	3	2	9	4	38
4	Riccardo Patrese	Trivellato Racing	Chevron	BMW	1	2	6	-	-	4	6	6	6	-	-	1	-	32
	Bruno Giacomelli	Euroracing	March	Hart	-	-	-	2										32
				BMW					9	-	9	-	3	-	-	-	9
6	Keijo Rosberg	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	6	25
7	Alberto Colombo	Euroracing	March	BMW	2	3	2	-	2	3	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	18
	Ingo Hoffmann	Project Four Racing	Ralt	BMW	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	-	-	18
9	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Euroracing	March	Hart	-	-	4	-										13
				BMW					3	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-
10	Brian Henton	Netherton & Worth Boxer Cars	Boxer	Hart	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
11	Lamberto Leoni	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9
12	Ray Mallock	Ardmore Racing	Chevron	Hart	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
13	Marc Surer	Hohmann Auto Technik	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-		5
		March Racing															3
14	Patrick Nève	March Racing	March	BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Alex Ribeiro	March Racing	March	BMW	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
16	Gaudenzio Mantova	?	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4
17	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Scuderia Everest	Ralt	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
18	Derek Daly	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	Danny Sullivan	Netherton & Worth Boxer Cars	Boxer	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
20	Hans Royer	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Luciano Pavesi	?	Ralt	Hart	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Ricardo Zunino	March Racing	March	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Bernard de Dryver	Team Gubelmann & Gerard	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	"Gianfranco"	Scuderia Everest	Ralt	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Patrick Bardinon	Maublanc Racing Service	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not FIA graded, were able to score points.