1979 Dywa Grand Prix Series season

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1979 Dywa Grand Prix Series season
Season
Races 14
Start date TBD
Start Event Flag of Italy svg.png Enna-Pergusa
End date TBD
End Event Flag of Italy svg.png Monza
Awards
Driver's Champion Flag of Unknown svg.png TBD
Constructor's Champion Flag of Unknown svg.png TBD
Seasons
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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
1 1st April Flag of Italy svg.png Coppa Renzo Bizzari Autodromo di Pergusa, Pergusa, Italy
2 8th April Flag of Italy svg.png Dywa Pirelli Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna 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, England, United Kingdom