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 circuit 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-
	2	Valentino Nicchi	1, 4-5, 7
		Stefano Spaghetti	2-3, 6, 8-10
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	TBA	TBA
Reception Carrot Team [?]	7	Amada Castellon	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-
Template:FRA Motorsports de Boulangerie Cochon Rose [?]	15	Template:FRA Aimé Voulescons	1-
	16	TBA	TBA
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-

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
2	16th April	Dywa Gran Premio de Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna	Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy
3	14th May	Template:FRA Dywa Grande Épreuve de France	Circuit de Rouen-Les-Essarts, Orival, France
4	28th May	Internationaler Dywa-Eifelpokal	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