1979 Dywa Grand Prix Series season
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1979 Dywa Grand Prix Series season | |
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Season | |
Races | 14 |
Start date | 1st April |
Start Event | ![]() |
End date | 23rd September |
End Event | ![]() |
Awards | |
Driver's Champion | ![]() |
Constructor's Champion | ![]() |
Seasons | |
Previous season | Next season |
1978 | 1980 |
The 1979 Dywa Grand Prix Series season was the second series of the Dywa Grand Prix Series. Following the unexpected success of 1978, a number of changes were introduced for the following season. For one, there was a new chassis — the Dywa-002, complete with a brand-new ground-effects system. On the sporting side of things, there were additional changes; the fourteen-team entry limit was scrapped and pre-qualifying implemented, using an atypical system of having the bottom fourteen teams in the standings enter pre-qualifying. Furthermore, the number of races expanded to fourteen, with the addition of a trip behind the Iron Curtain.
Teams and drivers
All teams and drivers raced identical Dywa-002 chassis with Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8 engines.
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 | 1st April | ![]() |
Autodromo di Pergusa, Pergusa, Italy | ||||||
2 | 8th April | ![]() |
Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy | ||||||
3 | 22nd April | Template:FRA Dywa Grande Épreuve de France | Circuit de Rouen-Les-Essarts, Orival, France | ||||||
4 | 6th May | Template:GBR The Thruxton Trophy | Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire, United Kingdom | ||||||
5 | 13th May | ![]() |
Mainz-Firthen Circuit, Mainz, West Germany | ||||||
6 | 20th May | ![]() |
Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero, Italy | ||||||
7 | 3rd June | ![]() |
Circuito di Siracusa, Syracuse, Italy | ||||||
8 | 17th June | ![]() |
Pau Street Circuit, Pau, France | ||||||
9 | 8th July | ![]() |
Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||
10 | 22nd July | ![]() |
Halle-Saale-Schleife, Halle, East Germany | ||||||
11 | 5th August | ![]() |
Biķernieku trase, Riga, Soviet Union | ||||||
12 | 19th August | ![]() |
Keimola Motor Stadium, Vantaa, Finland | ||||||
13 | 2nd September | Template:GBR The Castle Cup | Castle Combe, Wiltshire, United Kingdom | ||||||
14 | 9th September | ![]() |
Circuit de Charade, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France | ||||||
15 | 23rd September | ![]() |
Autodromo Internazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy |