1978 Dywa Grand Prix Series season

1978 Dywa Grand Prix Series season
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.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers raced identical Dywa-001 chassis with Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8 engines.

Entrant	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani [?]	1	Leonhard von Gottorp	1-3
	2	Valentino Nicchi	1
		Stefano Spaghetti	2-
Template:GBR Dickenson-Lightley [?]	3	Template:GBR Earl of Sandwich	1-
	4	Template:GBR George Lightley	1-
Scuderia del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna [?]	5	Vittoria Tessarini	1-
	6	Timo Fuchs	1-2
		Javier Scarpetta	3
Reception Carrot Team [?]	7	Amada Castellón	1-
	8	Template:FRA Jehan Duchamps	1-
Scuderia Verona [?]	9	Template:FRA "Ouragan"	1-
	10	Leopoldo Faraldo	1-
Template:AUT DYWA HARD [?]	11	Johannes Gruber	1-
	12	Peter Krieg	1-
Scuderia Sighinolfi [?]	13	Luciano Sighinolfi	1-
	14	Kelby Rogerson	1
		Nino Pilia	2-
Template:FRA Motorsports de Boulangerie Cochon Rose [?]	15	Template:FRA Aimé Voulescons	1-
	16	Giacomo Campatelli	1-
Bambini di San Marino [?]	17	Giuseppe Gasperoni	1-
	18	Template:BEL Silvio Bachot	1-
Euskadi Lasterketa [?]	19	Amalure Arrigorriagakoa	1-
	20	Txatxu Etxeberria	1-
Template:SUI Latin Auto Technology Enterprises [?]	21	Gabriella Mondadori	1-
	22	Template:FRA Alphonse Fabron	1-
Great Leap Backward [?]	23	Lena Troscchi	1-
	24	Mike Zhen Hong	1-
Template:FRA Vaillante Équipe Dywa France [?]	25	Template:FRA "Michel Vaillant"	1-
	26	Template:FRA Tim Floc'h	1-
Template:GBR Automotive SuperSport [?]	27	Barry McKockiner	1-
	28	Heywood Jablowme	1-

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 a sprained ankle 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
1	2nd April	Coppa Renzo Bizzarri		Autodromo di Pergusa, Pergusa, Italy	Template:FRA Tim Floc'h	Mike Zhen Hong	Template:FRA Tim Floc'h	Template:FRA 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	Template:FRA "Michel Vaillant"	Template:FRA Vaillante Équipe Dywa France	Template:FRA "Michel Vaillant"	Template:FRA "Ouragan"
3	14th May	Template:FRA Dywa Grande Épreuve de France		Circuit de Rouen-Les-Essarts, Orival, France	Template:FRA Jehan Duchamps	Leonhard von Gottorp	Giacomo Campatelli	Template:FRA Motorsports de Boulangerie Cochon Rose	Txatxu Etxeberria	Scuderia Sighinolfi
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	Template:GBR 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

Regular Points System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	PP	FLAP
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
Points	4	2	1	1	1

Drivers' Championship

All results counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver PER ‡ IMO ROU Template:FRA NÜR MIS MUG MTJ CAS Template:GBR CHA MNZ Pts Q F 1 Template:FRA Tim Floc'h 1† 7 10 2 Template:FRA "Michel Vaillant" 15 1 9 3 Peter Krieg 2† 11 6 4 Leopoldo Faraldo 23 2 6 5 Mike Zhen Hong 3† 20 5 6 Luciano Sighinolfi 18 3 4 7 Johannes Gruber 26 4 4 8 Template:GBR George Lightley 4† 26 3 9 Stefano Spaghetti 5† 3 10 Leonhard von Gottorp 5† 22 2 11 Heywood Jablowme 9 6† 1 12 Amalure Arrigorriagakoa 6† 25 1 13 Giacomo Campatelli 7 9 0 14 Template:BEL Silvio Bachot 8 12 0 15 Lena Troscchi 17 8 0 16 Template:GBR Earl of Sandwich 14 10 0 17 Gabriella Mondadori 10 15 0 18 Barry McKockiner 11 DNQ 0 19 Txatxu Etxeberria 12 24 0 20 Template:FRA Aimé Voulescons 13 16 0 21 Giuseppe Gasperoni 20 13 0 22 Timo Fuchs 22 14 INJ 0 23 Amada Castellón 16 17 0 24 Template:FRA Jehan Duchamps 21 18 0 25 Vittoria Tessarini 24 19 0 26 Valentino Nicchi 19 0 27 Template:FRA "Ouragan" DNQ 21 0 28 Nino Pilia 23 0 29 Kelby Rogerson 25 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 0 30 Template:FRA Alphonse Fabron DNQ DNQ 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Teams' Championship

All results by each team's cars counted towards the championship.

Pos Team # PER ‡ IMO ROU Template:FRA NÜR MIS MUG MTJ CAS Template:GBR CHA MNZ Pts Q F 1 Template:FRA Vaillante Équipe Dywa France 25 15 1 19 26 1† 7 2 Template:AUT DYWA HARD 11 26 4 10 12 2† 11 3 Scuderia Verona 9 DNQ 21 6 10 23 2 4 Great Leap Backward 23 17 8 5 24 3† 20 5 Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani 1 5† 22 5 2 19 5† 6 Scuderia Sighinolfi 13 18 3 4 14 25 23 7 Template:GBR Dickenson-Lightley 3 14 26 3 4 4† 10 8 Template:GBR Automotive SuperSport 27 11 DNQ 1 28 9 6† 9 Euskadi Lasterketa 19 6† 25 1 20 12 24 10 Template:FRA Motorsports de Boulangerie Cochon Rose 15 13 16 0 16 7 9 11 Bambini di San Marino 17 20 13 0 18 8 12 12 Template:SUI Latin Auto Technology Enterprises 21 10 15 0 22 DNQ DNQ 13 Reception Carrot Team 7 16 17 0 8 21 18 14 Scuderia del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna 5 24 19 0 6 22 14