1978 European Formula Two season
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| 1978 European Formula Two season | |
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The 1978 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds.
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Race 2, 8 and 12 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.
[edit] Final point standings
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For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.
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| 1 | Bruno Giacomelli | Italy |
March Racing | March | BMW | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 82 |
| 2 | Marc Surer |  Switzerland |
March Racing | March | BMW | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | 4 | 4 | 6 | - | 6 | 6 | 51 |
| 3 | Derek Daly |  Ireland |
Chevron Racing | Chevron | Hart | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 27 |
| 4 | Eddie Cheever |  United States |
Project Four Racing | March | BMW | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | 24 |
| 5 | Keke Rosberg |  Finland |
Opert Racing | Chevron | Hart | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| 6 | Piero Necchi | Italy |
Astra Racing | March | BMW | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| Ingo Hoffman |  Brazil |
Project Four Racing | March | BMW | - | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 13 | |
| 8 | Alex Ribeiro | Brazil |
private entry | March | BMW | - | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Alberto Colombo | Italy |
San Remo Racing | March | BMW | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Manfred Winkelhock | West Germany |
March Racing | March | BMW | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | |
| 11 | Ricardo Zuniño |  Argentina |
March Racing | March | BMW | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Eje Elgh |  Sweden |
Opert Racing | Chevron | Hart | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | |
| 13 | Rad Dougall |  South Africa |
Toleman Motorsport | March | BMW | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| 14 | Elio de Angelis | Italy |
Chevron Racing | Chevron | Hart | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| Geoff Lees | United Kingdom |
Team Kallay | Chevron | Hart | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | |
| 16 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy |
Team Euroracing | March | BMW | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Brian Henton | United Kingdom |
private entry | March | Hart | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| Stephen South | United Kingdom |
Raven Racing | March | Hart | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 19 | Beppe Gabbiani | Italy |
Trivellato Racing | Chevron | Ferrari | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 20 | Roberto Marazzi | Italy |
Team Benelli | March | BMW | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Note:
Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.
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