1978 British Formula One Championship

1978 British Formula One season
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The 1978 British Formula One season (formally the 1978 Aurora AFX F1 Championship) was the first British Formula One Series season. It commenced on March 24, 1978, and ended on September 24 after twelve races.

The Aurora AFX F1 Championship replaced the Shellsport Group 8 series that had been run in 1976 and 1977 to Formula Libre rules. As part of the changes, Formula 5000 cars were no longer eligible to race in the Aurora AFX championship. Formula 1 cars were now the focus of the series, with Formula 2 cars still being permitted as a 'B-class'.^[1]

Results and standings

Races

Round	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car
1	International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	March 24	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
2	Evening News Trophy	Brands Hatch	March 27	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
3	Anglia TV Trophy	Snetterton	April 16	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
4	Sun Trophy	Mallory Park	May 1	Geoff Lees	Ensign N175
5	International Whitsuntide Race	Zandvoort	May 15	Bob Evans	Surtees TS19
6	Donington Formula 1 Trophy	Donington Park	May 21	Giancarlo Martini	Ensign N175
7	Radio 210 European Trophy	Thruxton	May 29	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
8	Oulton Park Formula 1 Trophy	Oulton Park	June 24	Guy Edwards	March 781
9	Dave Lee Travis Trophy	Mallory Park	July 30	Bruce Allison	March 781
10	Fuji Tapes Trophy	Brands Hatch	August 28	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23
11	Radio Victory Trophy	Thruxton	September 10	Guy Edwards	March 781
12	Budweiser Trophy	Snetterton	September 24	David Kennedy	Wolf WR3

Drivers

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Fastest Lap
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Pos	Driver	OUL	BRH	SNE	MAL	ZAN	DON	THR	OUL	MAL	BRH	THR	SNE	Pts
1	Tony Trimmer	1	1	1	2			1		2	1		2	149
2	Bob Evans					1	3	2	5	7	2	2	7	93
3	Emilio de Villota	2	3	2	4	Ret	5	7	Ret	4	Ret	8	8	84
4	Guy Edwards	Ret	4	Ret	10	Ret	2	Ret	1	3	DNS	1	Ret	78
5	Geoff Lees	Ret	2	3	1			Ret			5	5		69
6	Bruce Allison		DNS		6	Ret	Ret	4	2	1	Ret	12	3	63
7	Valentino Musetti	NC	NC	Ret	3	7	4	5	3	Ret	6	4	DNS	62
8	John Cooper	3	8	Ret	8	8	7	8	7	9		10	4	44
9	Mike Wilds	Ret	6	Ret	7	6	DNS	6	6	8	7	13	5	43
10	Desiré Wilson								Ret	6	4	3	6	34
11	Giancarlo Martini					4	1							32
12	David Kennedy												1	22
13	Teddy Pilette	Ret	5	Ret	Ret			Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	20
14	Divina Galica					2						7		19
15	Kim Mather	4	Ret	NC	5	NC	Ret	DNS	NC	Ret			Ret	18
16	Boy Hayje					3								12
=	Ray Mallock							3		12				12
=	Elio de Angelis										3			12
19	Iain McLaren	5			9					10				11
=	Adrian Russell	DNQ	10	NC	13	9	8	9	8	NC	Ret	Ret		11
21	Brett Lunger					5								10
22	Brett Riley									5	Ret			8
23	Don Breidenbach										10	6		7
24	Geoff Brabham						6							6
25	Walter Raus		7											4
=	Stephen South										Ret	9		4
27	John David Briggs										8	17		3
28	Warren Booth	NC					9		Ret					2
=	Carlo Giorgio		9			Ret								2
=	Richard Jones										9	11	Ret	2
—	Andy Barton				12					11				0
—	Gerd Biechteler				11		DNS			13				0
—	Alan Baillie	DNQ			14		NC	NC				15	DNS	0
—	Norman Dickson			DNS		Ret					DNS	14		0
—	Dennis Leech											16		0
—	Alo Lawler	Ret	Ret	DNS			Ret		Ret			Ret		0
—	Kevin Bowditch						DNQ	DNS						0
—	Nigel Clarkson	DNQ	DNQ										DNQ	0
—	Jörg Zaborowski			DNQ										0
—	Eugen Grupp									DNQ				0
Pos	Driver	OUL	BRH	SNE	MAL	ZAN	DON	THR	OUL	MAL	BRH	THR	SNE	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References

↑ http://www.forix.com/8w/pye.html

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