1977 European Formula Two Championship

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 1'21:20.41'21:30.4 200.315 km/h199.905 km/h Jochen Mass Eddie Cheever Jochen Mass René Arnoux 4 Nürburgring (Eifelrennen) 1 May 9 22.835=205,515 km 1'06:41.11'06:54.3 184.913 km/h184.305 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 10 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 11 Misano 7 August 30+30 3.488=209.28 km 1'13:44.8 170.269 km/h Bruno Giacomelli Bruno Giacomelli 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.

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 THR HOC NÜR VLL PAU MUG ROU NOG ENN MIS EST DON Pts 1 René Arnoux 1 Ret 2 5 Ret 1 16† Ret 2 Ret 2 6 52 2 Eddie Cheever 7 2 2 3 Ret 17† 5 Ret 2 3 40 3 Didier Pironi Ret Ret Ret 4 2 Ret 3 Ret 4 5 3 38 4 Bruno Giacomelli Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 1 Ret 4 7 14 32 = Riccardo Patrese 6 5 3 8 3 2 Ret 6 Ret 32 6 Keke Rosberg Ret Ret 8 3 12 11 Ret 13 4 2 25 7 Ingo Hoffmann 4 Ret Ret 7 16† 8 9 3 3 3 Ret Ret 18 = Alberto Colombo 5 4 6 11 5 4† 3 6 6 Ret Ret 13 13 18 9 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi NC 4 17 4 Ret NC Ret 11 4 13 10 Brian Henton DNS 5 9 9 7 12 11 Lamberto Leoni Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 7 DNQ 9 8 1 9 9 12 Ray Mallock 2 Ret 9 11 EX DNQ 6 13 Marc Surer 9 7 Ret 7 5 Ret 7 4 5 14 Alex Ribeiro 14 7 DNQ 8 4 = Patrick Nève 4 = Gaudenzio Mantova DNS 10 5 14 Ret NC 5 Ret 4 17 Gianfranco Brancatelli DNS DNS 13 12† 8 4 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 3 18 Danny Sullivan DNQ 12 DNQ 11 9 11 5 2 = Derek Daly 2 20 Ricardo Zunino 9 Ret 14 11 6† Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret 1 = Bernard de Dryver DNS Ret 10 Ret 9 DNQ 6 11 Ret Ret Ret 16 1 = Hans Royer 6 Ret 12 1 = Gianfranco Trombetti Ret Ret DNQ 6 DNQ 1 = Luciano Pavesi 6 Ret Ret 1 = Patrick Bardinon 7 Ret 1 — Freddy Kottulinsky 8 Ret Ret 10 15 13† 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 7 0 — Klaus Ludwig Ret Ret Ret 8 DSQ 7 Ret 0 — Elio de Angelis 8 Ret 10 0 — Giancarlo Martini Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret 0 — Wink Bancroft Ret 8 13 18 DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ NC DNQ DNQ 0 — Eje Elgh 8 0 — Norman Dickson 10 Ret Ret 15 DNQ NC 9 0 — Maurizio Flammini Ret Ret 9 10 DNQ 0 — Michel Leclère Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret DNS DNQ NC DNQ 10 0 — Alain Prost 10 Ret 0 — Willi Deutsch Ret Ret 11 16 0 — Derek Cook 11 0 — Piercarlo Ghinzani 11 0 — Gregg Young 13 12 0 — Xavier Lapeyre DNQ Ret DNQ 12 Ret DNQ 0 — Helmut Bross 12 Ret 0 — Valentino Musetti 12 DNQ 0 — Guy Edwards 13 DNQ 0 — Kim Mather 14 0 — Gimax 15 DNQ 0 — Divina Galica 15 0 — Marc Sourd Ret 17 0 — Roland Binder 20 DNQ 0 — Jean-Pierre Jaussaud NC DNQ 0 — Markus Hotz NC 0 — Carlo Giorgio DNQ Ret Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — Bob Evans Ret Ret 0 — Harald Ertl Ret Ret 0 — Patrick Tambay Ret 0 — Laurent Ferrier DNQ DNQ Ret 0 — Gerd Biechteler DNQ Ret 0 — Iain McLaren Ret 0 — Lorenzo Niccolini Ret 0 — Guido Pardini Ret 0 — José Dolhem Ret 0 — Tiff Needell Ret 0 — Alo Lawler DNS DNQ 0 — Roberto Marazzi DNS 0 — Michel Pignard DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — Pierre Maublanc DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — André Chevalley DNQ DNQ 0 — Franci Jerančič DNQ DNQ 0 — Ariel Bakst DNQ DNQ 0 — Roy Baker DNQ 0 — Andy Sutcliffe DNQ 0 — Henning Hagenbauer DNQ 0 — Alfonso Giordano DNQ 0 — Jimmy Mieusset DNQ 0 — Charly Kiser DNQ 0 — Stanislao Sterzel DNQ 0 — Mário Silva DNQ 0 — Adrian Russell DNQ 0 Graded drivers ineligible for points — Jochen Mass 0 — Clay Regazzoni Ret 6 0 — Jacques Laffite 7 10 Ret 0 — Alan Jones 19 0 — Hans-Joachim Stuck Ret 0 — Vittorio Brambilla Ret 0 — Arturo Merzario Ret 0 Pos Driver SIL THR HOC NÜR VLL PAU MUG ROU NOG ENN MIS EST DON PtsSource:

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