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The 1978 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds. Italian driver Bruno Giacomelli, driving the works March car, won the season in dominant fashion.^[1]

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	Thruxton	27 March	55	3.792=208.560 km	1’06:13.77	188.943 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
2	Hockenheim	9 April	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1’20:22.0	202.741 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli Marc Surer	Bruno Giacomelli
3	Nürburgring (Eifelrennen)	30 April	9	22.835=205,515 km	1’06:34.2	185.232 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Keke Rosberg	Alex Ribeiro
4	Pau	15 May	73	2.76=201.48 km	1’33:11.73	129.714 km/h	Brian Henton	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
5	Mugello	28 May	42	5.245=220.290 km	1’15:39.7	174.691 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Eddie Cheever	Derek Daly
6	Vallelunga	4 June	65	3.2=208.0 km	1’17:12.2	161.651 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Derek Daly
7	Rouen	18 June	38	5.543=210.634 km	1’08:43.2	183.906 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Ingo Hoffmann	Bruno Giacomelli
8	Donington Park	25 June	40+40	3.149=251.92 km	1’29:51.43	168.214 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Brian Henton	Keke Rosberg
9	Nogaro	9 July	65	3.12=202.80 km	1’19:12.23	153.629 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
10	Pergusa-Enna	23 July	41	4.95=202.95 km	1’04:05.6	189.989 km/h	Derek Daly	Derek Daly	Bruno Giacomelli
11	Misano	6 August	60	3.488=209.28 km	1’13:45.09	170.258 km/h	Brian Henton	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
12	Hockenheim	24 September	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1’20:20.02	202.824 km/h	Marc Surer	Derek Daly	Bruno Giacomelli

Note:

Race 2, 8 and 12 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Points were awarded to the top six classified non-graded finishers. Only the best nine results were counted.^[2]

Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Points were awarded in the following system:

Pos Driver THR HOC1 NÜR PAU MUG VLL ROU DON NOG ENN MIS HOC2 Pts 1 Bruno Giacomelli 1PF 1PF RetP 1F (3)P 2PF 1P RetP 1PF 1 1F 1 78 (82) 2 Marc Surer 2 2F (4) 3 2 9 3 3 2 Ret 2 2P 48 (51) 3 Derek Daly 6 9 Ret 9† 1 1 11† Ret 3 3PF 9† RetF 27 4 Eddie Cheever 4 Ret 3 5 7F Ret 2 Ret 9 2 6 Ret 24 5 Keke Rosberg Ret 8 2F DNS Ret Ret 1 17† 16 6 Piero Necchi Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 3 DNQ 2 10 Ret DNQ Ret 13 = Ingo Hoffmann Ret 4 6 Ret 4 Ret RetF 4 5 Ret 10 14 13 8 Alex Ribeiro 15 6 1 NC 10 NC 10 Ret Ret 7 13 11 = Manfred Winkelhock 5 12 Ret 8 9 4 12† 5 7 9 Ret 3 11 = Alberto Colombo 8 5 7 NC 5 4 Ret 4 Ret 8 15 11 11 Eje Elgh DNQ DNQ 9 2 13 DNQ 6 Ret 13 Ret DNQ 6 8 = Ricardo Zunino 14 Ret 13 Ret 18 6 5 9 DNS 5 7 5 8 13 Rad Dougall 3 10 Ret 12 Ret DNQ 6 DNQ Ret Ret Ret 5 14 Elio de Angelis Ret Ret 10 14 10 Ret 13† 12 Ret 3 DNS 4 = Geoff Lees Ret 6 DNQ 4 Ret 4 16 Piercarlo Ghinzani 10 Ret Ret Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 10 3 = Stephen South Ret 4 3 = Brian Henton Ret 17 5 RetP 15 8 14† 11F Ret 6 11P Ret 3 19 Beppe Gabbiani 7 11 Ret Ret 5 DNQ DNQ 15 Ret 12 DNQ 2 20 Roberto Marazzi DNQ 18 12 7 11 Ret DNQ DNQ 1 — Boy Hayje 11 16 14 23 DNQ 7 Ret DNQ 7 0 — Miguel Ángel Guerra 16 13 DNQ 7 Ret 8 DNQ 12 0 — Gianfranco Brancatelli DNQ DNQ 8 Ret Ret 0 — Michael Bleekemolen DNQ Ret 8 0 — Peter Scharmann 14 11 DNQ 10 15 9 0 — Axel Plankenhorn 15 Ret 9 DNQ 0 — Larry Perkins 9 0 — John David Briggs 13 DNQ Ret DNQ 19 11 DNQ 10 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret 0 — Don Breidenbach Ret DNQ Ret 10† 20 12 DNQ 12 16 DNS DNQ DNQ 0 — Sandro Cinotti Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret 14 12 17 11 0 — Richard Dallest NC DNQ 11 Ret 16 DNQ 0 — Ariel Bakst 17 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 11 DNQ 0 — Bernard de Dryver Ret 13 Ret DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 0 — Jean-Pierre Jaussaud 13 Ret 0 — Markus Hotz 13 0 — Norman Dickson 16 DNQ 14 0 — Wolfgang Locher 17 DNQ NC 14 Ret 0 — Michael Korten DNQ 15 DNQ 0 — Giacomo Agostini 18 DNQ 18 17 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 0 — Romeo Camathias 16 DNQ 0 — Giancarlo Martini 19 DNQ 0 — Gianfranco Trombetti 21 DNQ 0 — Walter Raus DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — José Dolhem Ret Ret DNQ 0 — Kazuyoshi Hoshino Ret Ret 0 — Alain Couderc Ret DNS DNQ 0 — Carlo Giorgio DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — Sergio Mingotti DNQ DSQ DNQ 0 — Dieter Kern DNQ Ret DNQ 0 — Harald Ertl Ret DNQ 0 — Hans Meier Ret 0 — Patrick Nève Ret 0 — James King Ret 0 — Riccardo Patrese Ret 0 — Rudolf Dötsch Ret 0 — Alain Prost Ret 0 — Tiff Needell Ret 0 — Marc Sourd Ret 0 — Giancarlo Naddeo DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — Gérard Pillon DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 — Pierre Maublanc DNQ DNQ 0 — Gaudenzio Mantova DNQ DNQ 0 — Helmut Bross DNQ DNQ 0 — Gerd Biechteler DNQ 0 — Kurt Lotterschmid DNQ 0 — Peter Dienemann DNQ 0 — Michel Leclère DNQ 0 — Nigel Mansell DNQ 0 — Tony Trimmer DNQ 0 — Luciano Pavesi DNQ 0 — Gimax DNQ 0 — Herbert Jerich DNQ 0 — Divina Galica DNQ 0 — Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi DNQ 0 — Henning Hagenbauer DNQ 0 — Marco Micangeli DNQ 0 — Klaus Walz DNQ 0 — Eugen Grupp DNQ 0 Graded drivers ineligible for points — Jean-Pierre Jarier Ret 3 Ret 8 0 — Arturo Merzario 6 5 0 — Patrick Tambay 6† 0 — Jochen Mass 12 7 8 0 — Jacques Laffite 11† Ret 0 — Clay Regazzoni Ret 0 Pos Driver THR HOC1 NÜR PAU MUG VLL ROU DON NOG ENN MIS HOC2 Pts Source:[3]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (empty cell) Annotation Meaning P Pole position F Fastest lap