| 1979 Dywa Grand Prix Series season
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| Season
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| Races
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15
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| Start date
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1st April
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| Start Event
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 Enna-Pergusa
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| End date
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23rd September
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| End Event
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Monza
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| Awards
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| Driver's Champion
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 TBD
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| Constructor's Champion
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TBD
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| Seasons
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| Previous season
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Next season
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| 1978
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1980
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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 fifteen, 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.
| Entrant
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No.
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Race Drivers
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Rounds
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| Template:SUI Latin Auto Technology Enterprises [?]
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1
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Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau
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1-
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| 2
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Template:FRA Alphonse Fabron
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1-
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| Template:GBR Dickenson-Lightley [?]
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3
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Template:GBR Heywood Jablowme
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1
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| Template:GBR Javier Scarpetta
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2-7
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| Template:GBR Earl of Sandwich
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8
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| TBA
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9-
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| 4
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Template:GBR George Lightley
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1-
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 Reception Carrot Team [?]
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7
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Amada Castellón
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1-
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| 8
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Template:FRA Jehan Duchamps
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1-3
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| Sofia de Haro
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4
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| Adán Gabaldon
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5-
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| Scuderia Verona [?]
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9
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Template:FRA "Ouragan"
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1
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| Unknown
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2-3
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| 10
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Leopoldo Faraldo
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1-3
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| Template:AUT DYWA HARD [?]
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11
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 Johannes Gruber
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1-
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| 12
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Peter Krieg
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1-
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| Template:FRA Motorsports de Boulangerie Cochon Rose [?]
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15
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Template:FRA Aimé Voulescons
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1-
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| 16
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Giacomo Campatelli
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1-
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 Bambini di San Marino [?]
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17
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Giuseppe Gasperoni
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1-3, 7-
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 Per Olsen
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4-6
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| 18
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 Nino Pilia
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1-8, 12-
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| TBA
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9-11
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 Euskadi Lasterketa [?]
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19
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Amalure Arrigorriagakoa
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1-
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| 20
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Txatxu Etxeberria
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1-
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| Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani [?]
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21
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"Sentenza"
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1-
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| 22
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Stefano Spaghetti
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1-
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 Great Leap Backward [?]
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23
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 Hoji Imin
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1-
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| 24
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 Mike Zhen Hong
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1-4
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| Lena Troscchi
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6-8, 12-15
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 Nicholas Krutzhoff
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5, 9-11
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| Template:FRA Vaillante Équipe Dywa [?]
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25
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Template:FRA "Michel Vaillant"
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1-2, 9, 12-13, 15
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| Template:FRA Jehan-Jacques Graves
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3-8, 10-11, 14
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| 26
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 Paul Pott
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1-3, 7-
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 Bern van der Westhouzen
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4-6
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| Template:GBR Automotive SuperSport [?]
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27
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Template:ENG Ben Dover
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1-4, 8-
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| Template:GBR "Dave"
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5-7
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| 28
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 Moe Lester
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1-
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 Order of Racing [?]
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31
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"Duncan Idaho"
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1-7
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| Template:USA Nunzio Dunn
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8-
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| 32
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 Barry McKockiner
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1-4
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| Template:USA Nunzio Dunn
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5-7
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 Javier Scarpetta
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8-
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 Racing Team of Friendship Socialist Countries [?]
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33
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Nikolai Zorbin
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1-
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| 34
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 Karl Gustav Schneider
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1-
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| Template:USA Blockton Impact [?]
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35
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Shota Kakhaberidze
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1-
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| 36
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Template:USA Max Speed
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1-3
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| Template:USA Diane Ettick
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4-
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 Team Kraguj [?]
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37
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Leopoldo Faraldo
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6-
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Ensar Alić
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6-
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Driver Changes
- Heywood Jablowme was fired by Dickenson-Lightley for failing to qualify at Enna-Pergusa and replaced by Javier Scarpetta.
- Ouragan suffered fatal injuries as a result of a collision with Amalure Arrigorriagakoa at Enna-Pergusa, but this was covered up by the team and hidden from the rest of the paddock. An unknown driver drove in Ouragan's place for the following two races.
- Max Speed fell into a coma following a severe crash during pre-qualifying at Rouen, rendering him out for the season. He was replaced by Diane Ettick.
- Giuseppe Gasperoni suffered a broken ankle after a crash at Rouen. Norwegian Per Olsen filled in for him in the subsequent three races.
- Paul Pott sustained a concussion and some broken ribs after being T-boned by Leopoldo Faraldo at Rouen. South West African driver Bern van der Westhouzen replaced him for the next three races.
- Jehan Duchamps was ruled out for the rest of the season after sustaining massive internal trauma in a crash at Rouen. Sofia de Haro was brought in to replace him for Thruxton, though she would leave the series after just one round, replaced by Adán Gabaldon.
- Mike Zhen Hong was fatally injured in a crash at Thruxton. Nicholas Krutzhoff would replace him at Mainz-Firthen, and drive the car in the Eastern Bloc rounds, while a recovered Lena Troscchi would make her return to racing at Mugello.
- Ben Dover suffered a broken ankle in the same crash as Zhen Hong at Thruxton, and missed the following three races. "Dave" was brought in to replace him.
- Barry McKockiner was fired by Order of Racing after failing to qualify P26 at Thruxton. Nunzio Dunn was hired to replace him.
- Javier Scarpetta was fired by Dickenson-Lightley after he took out his teammate, George Lightley, in a collision at Syracuse. The Earl of Sandwich replaced Scarpetta for the following race at Pau.
- Duncan Idaho left Order of Racing following his retirement from the lead at Syracuse. The recently-fired Javier Scarpetta was hired as his replacement.
- Nino Pilia suffered a broken vertebra at Pau and missed the next three races.
Mid-Season Team Changes
- Scuderia Verona were excluded from the championship after Rouen when it transpired that they had covered up Ouragan's death and had an unknown ringer racing under Ouragan's pseudonym in his stead for the subsequent two races.
- Team Kraguj took over the excluded Scuderia Verona's assets and entered the championship from Mugello onwards.
Season Calendar
| GP
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Date
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Title
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Track
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Pole position
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Fastest lap
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Winning driver
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Winning team
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Drive of the Day
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Reject of the Race
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| 1
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1st April
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Coppa Renzo Bizzari
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Autodromo di Pergusa, Pergusa, Italy
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Leopoldo Faraldo
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Shota Kakhaberidze
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Template:FRA "Michel Vaillant"
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Template:FRA Vaillante Équipe Dywa
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Template:FRA/ Anyone who finished
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Template:GBR Heywood Jablowme
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8th April
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Dywa Pirelli Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna
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Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy
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Leopoldo Faraldo
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Hoji Imin
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"Sentenza"
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Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani
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Unknown
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Euskadi Lasterketa
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| 3
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22nd April
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Template:FRA Dywa Grande Épreuve de France
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Circuit de Rouen-Les-Essarts, Orival, France
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Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau
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Nikolai Zorbin
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Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau
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Template:SUI Latin Auto Technology Enterprises
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The Track Medics
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Template:USA Blockton Impact
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| 4
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6th May
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Template:GBR The Thruxton Trophy
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Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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Amalure Arrigorriagakoa
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Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau
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Template:GBR Javier Scarpetta
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Template:GBR Dickenson-Lightley
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Txatxu Etxeberria
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Nino Pilia
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| 5
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13th May
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Interationaler Dywapokal Rheinhessens
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Mainz-Finthen Circuit, Mainz, West Germany
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Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau
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Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau
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Template:FRA Jacques Clouseau
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Template:SUI Latin Auto Technology Enterprises
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Adán Gabeldon
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Driving standards
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| 6
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20th May
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Trofeo Flor Bath
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Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero, Italy
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Leopoldo Faraldo
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Txatxu Etxeberria
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"Sentenza"
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Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani
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Sport
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Euskadi Lasterketa
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| 7
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3rd June
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Dywa Granni Premiu di Sicilia
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Circuito di Siracusa, Syracuse, Italy
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Paul Pott
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Nikolai Zorbin
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Paul Pott
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Template:FRA Vaillante Équipe Dywa
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Paul Pott
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Euskadi Lasterketa
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| 8
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17th June
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Euskal Herriko Dywa Sari Nagusia
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Pau Street Circuit, Pau, France
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Paul Pott
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Amalure Arrigorriagakoa
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Karl Gustav Schneider
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Racing Team of Friendship Socialist Countries
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Lena Troscchi
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Template:FRA The French Republic
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| 9
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8th July
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Utrka za bratstvo i jedinstvo
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Automotodrom Grobnik, Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
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| 10
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22nd July
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Internationales Halle-Saale-Rennen für Frieden und Freundschaft
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Halle-Saale-Schleife, Halle, East Germany
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| 11
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5th August
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Dywa Velikoye Ispytanie SSSR
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Biķernieku trase, Riga, Soviet Union
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| 12
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19th August
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 Suomen Suurajot
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Keimola Motor Stadium, Vantaa, Finland
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| 13
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2nd September
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Template:GBR The Castle Cup
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Castle Combe, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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| 14
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9th September
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 Dywa Granda Espròva d'Occitània
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Circuit de Charade, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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| 15
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23rd September
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Coppa Monguzzi
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Autodromo Internazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
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Standings
Scoring System
| Position
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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PP
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FLAP
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| Points
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9
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6
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4
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3
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2
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1
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1
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1
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Drivers' Championship
All results counted towards the championship.
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Key
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Result
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| Gold |
Winner
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| Silver |
2nd place
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| Bronze |
3rd place
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| Green |
Points finish
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| Blue
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Non-points finish
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| Non-classified finish (NC)
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| Purple |
Did not finish (Ret)
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| Orange
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Did not qualify (DNQ)
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| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
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| Black |
Disqualified (DSQ)
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| Pale Blue
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Withdrawn (WD)
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| Blank
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Did Not Enter (No text)
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| Excluded (EX)
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| Did not Start (DNS)
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| Did not Arrive (DNA)
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| Event cancelled (C)
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| Injured (INJ)
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| Bold denotes pole position
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| Italics denote fastest lap
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| † Classification despite retirement
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| ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance
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Teams' Championship
All results by each team's cars counted towards the championship.
Enna-Pergusa
TBD
Shota Kakhaberidze
Anyone who finished
Hoji Imin
Euskadi Lasterketa
Nino Pilia
Interationaler Dywapokal Rheinhessens
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Adán Gabeldon
Paul Pott
Karl Gustav Schneider
Utrka za bratstvo i jedinstvo
Suomen Suurajot
Dywa Granda Espròva d'Occitània