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Revision as of 05:17, 5 April 2021
1978 Dywa Grand Prix Series season | |
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Season | |
Races | 10 |
Start date | 2 April 1978 |
Start Event | Enna-Pergusa |
End date | 17 September 1978 |
End Event | Monza |
Awards | |
Driver's Champion | TBA |
Constructor's Champion | TBA |
Seasons | |
Previous season | Next season |
Inaugural | 1979 |
The 1978 Dywa Grand Prix Series season was the inaugural season of the Dywa Grand Prix Series. All teams and drivers raced identical Dywa-001 chassis with Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8 engines. Exactly how the previously tinpot Dywa Cars were able to put together the resources not only to supply dozens of vehicles, but also to arrange transport and race events at major European circuits is a question that perhaps should not be asked and in any case must not be answered directly.
The series featured drivers who already had or would go on to race in the Formula One World Championship such as Valentino Nicchi, Leonhard von Gottorp and Silvio Bachot, as well as many names known previously only to the anoraks who follow national Formula Ford racing. It has been described by motorsport historians as "the spiritual predecessor to the Life Grand Prix Series" for its low-cost cars and chaotic racing.
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Teams and drivers
All teams and drivers raced identical Dywa-001 chassis with Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8 engines.
Driver Changes
- Stefano Spaghetti replaced Valentino Nicchi at Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani for the rounds where Nicchi's Grand Prix motorcycle racing commitments meant he could not race in Dywa GP.
- Kelby Rogerson sustained a season-ending broken back in the opening round at Enna-Pergusa. Seborgan driver Nino Pilia took his place at Scuderia Sighinolfi.
- Timo Fuchs sustained broken ribs at the second round at Imola. Uruguayan driver Javier Scarpetta would replace Fuchs at Scuderia del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna for the following race in Rouen.
Season Calendar
GP | Date | Title | Track | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Drive of the Day | Reject of the Race | |
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1 | 2nd April | Coppa Renzo Bizzarri | Autodromo di Pergusa, Pergusa, Italy | Tim Floc'h | Mike Zhen Hong | Tim Floc'h | Vaillante Équipe Dywa France | Peter Krieg | The fuel tanks | |
2 | 16th April | Dywa Pirelli Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna | Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy | Stefano Spaghetti | Johannes Gruber | "Michel Vaillant" | Vaillante Équipe Dywa France | "Michel Vaillant" | "Ouragan" | |
3 | 14th May | Dywa Grande Épreuve de France | Circuit de Rouen-Les-Essarts, Orival, France | |||||||
4 | 28th May | Internationaler Dywa-Eifelpokal | Qualifying Race | Nürburgring Betonschleife, Nürburg, West Germany | ||||||
Feature Race | Nürburgring Südschleife, Nürburg, West Germany | |||||||||
5 | 18th June | Dywa Gran Premio di San Marino | Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica, Misano, Italy | |||||||
6 | 25th June | Trofeo Flor Bath | Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero, Italy | |||||||
7 | 2nd July | Dywa Gran Premi d'Espanya | Montjuïc Park, Barcelona, Spain | |||||||
8 | 23rd July | The Castle Cup | Castle Combe, Wiltshire, UK | |||||||
9 | 13th August | Dywa Granda Espròva d'Occitània | Circuit de Charade, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France | |||||||
10 | 17th September | Coppa Monguzzi | Autodromo Internazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy |
Standings
Drivers' Championship
Regular Points System
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | PP | FLAP |
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Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Note: the point for pole position was not awarded for the Nürburgring Feature Race
Nürburgring Qualifying Race Points System
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | PP | FLAP |
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Points | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
All results counted towards the championship.
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Teams' Championship
All results counted towards the championship.
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