1979 Rhein-Pokalrennen

1979 Rhein-Pokalrennen
1979 Rhein-Pokalrennen
8th race in the 1979 European Formula Two season
Race details
Date	10 June 1979
Official name	14th Rhein-Pokalrennen
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.789 km (4.218 miles)
Distance	40 laps, 271.560 km (168.720 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Stephen South;
Time	1:58.36
Fastest lap
Driver	Alberto Colombo
Time	1:59.98
Podium
First	Stephen South;
Second	Derek Daly;
Third	Beppe Gabbiani;

The 14th Rhein-Pokalrennen (Rhine-Cup Race), was the Round Eight of the 1979 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was the second time F2 visited the Hockenheimring, during the 1979 season, with the race on 10 June.^[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 30 F2 cars were entered for the event, however just 24 took part in qualifying. As with previous F2 events at Hockenheim, the race would be run over two heats, and the result aggregated to decide the winner.^[1]

Qualifying

Stephen South took pole position for the Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team, in his March-BMW 792, for both Heats.^[1]

Race

The final was held over 40 laps of the Hockenheim Grand Prix circuit, split into two 20 lap heats. Stephen South took impressive lights-to-flag victories in both heats, for the Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team, in their March-BMW 792. South won in an aggregated time of 1hr 20:56.57mins., averaging a speed of 126.004 mph. Second place went to his team-mate, Derek Daly. The best of the works March's was Beppe Gabbiani in third, ahead of Patrick Gaillard, Marc Surer and Bobby Rahal. Guest driver, Hans-Joachim Stuck had pushed South hard during Heat 1, before retiring with engine failure.^[1]

Classification

Aggregate Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	8	Stephen South	Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team	March-BMW 792	1hr 20:56.57
2nd	7	Derek Daly	Project Four Racing – ICI Racing Team	March-BMW 792	1hr 21:09.49
3rd	3	Beppe Gabbiani	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March-BMW 792	1hr 21:34.21
4th	39	Patrick Gaillard	Chevron Cars	Chevron-Hart B48	1hr 21:58.17
5th	1	Marc Surer	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March-BMW 792	1hr 22:13.4
6th	6	Bobby Rahal	Ampex Chevron Racing Team	Chevron-Hart B48	1hr 22:26.08
7th	26	Markus Höttinger	Jägermeister Racing Team	March-BMW 792	1hr 22:27.21
8th	21	Norman Dickson	Dickson's of Perth	March-Hart 792	1hr 23:35.74
9th	29	Walter Raus	Österreicher Automobil Sport Club	March-BMW 792	39
NC	22	Eje Elgh	Marlboro Team Tiga	March-BMW 792	37
NC	4	Teo Fabi	March Racing Ltd	March-BMW 792	34
NC	5	Juan Traverso	March Racing Team (Bob Salisbury Racing)	March-BMW 792	31
NC	11	Alberto Colombo	Sanremo Racing Srl	March-BMW 782	30
NC	10	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March Racing Ltd	March-BMW 792	26
NC	23	Huub Rothengatter	Docking Spitzley Racing / Racing Team Holland	Chevron-Hart B48	23
NC	19	Siegfried Stohr	Trivellato Racing Team	March-BMW 792	21
NC	16	Miguel Ángel Guerra	Racing Team Everest	March-BMW 792	20
NC	12	Ariel Bakst	Sanremo Racing Srl	March-BMW 792	20
NC	77	Derek Warwick	Team BP with Theodore Racing	March-Hart 792	19
NC	14	Brian Henton	Toleman Group Motorsport	Ralt-Hart RT2	15
NC	9	Eddie Cheever	Osella Squadra Corse SH	Osella-BMW FA2/79	9
NC	45	Eugen Strähl	Lista Racing Team	March-Hart 782	5
NC	15	Rad Dougall	Toleman Group Motorsport	Ralt-Hart RT2	1
DNS	27	Armin Hahne	MM Mampe Team	Maurer-BMW MM1		Piston

Fastest lap: Alberto Colombo, 1:59.98secs. (127.200 mph) ^[1]^[2]

Heat 1

Pos.	Driver	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	South	40:25.61
2nd	Daly	40:36.85
3rd	Stuck	40:41.88
4th	Surer	40:54.66
5th	Gabbiani	40:55.15
6th	Guerra	40:55.34
7th	Stohr	41:09.50
8th	Rahal	41:09.85
9th	Gaillard	41:17.37
10th	Höttinger	41:26.37
11th	Dickson	41:36.87
12th	Raus	41:46.79
13th	Baskt	41:53.91
14th	Traverso	42:00.58
15th	Warwick	19
NC	Elgh	17
NC	Henton	15	Gearbox
NC	Fabi	14	Throttle linkage
NC	Colombo	10
DNF	Cheever	9	Accident
DNF	Strähl	3	Engine
DNF	Rothengatter	3	Accident
DNF	Dougall	1	Accident

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Heat 2

Pos.	Driver	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	South	40:30.96
2nd	Daly	40:32.64
3rd	Gabbiani	40:39.06
4th	Fabi	40:39.83
5th	Elgh	40:40.24
6th	Colombo	40:40.47
7th	Gaillard	40:40.80
8th	Höttinger	41:00.84
9th	Rothengatter	41:05.61
10th	Rahal	41:16.13
11th	Surer	41:18.74
12th	Dickson	41:58.87
13th	Raus	19
DNF	Traverso	11	Engine
DNF	Stuck	6	Engine
DNF	Stohr	1	Accident
DNF	Warwick	0	Accident
DNF	Cheever	0	Accident
DNF	Baskt	0	Accident
DNF	Guerra	0	Accident

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "F2 Register - Index".
^ ^a ^b ^c Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)

[formula2.net-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "F2 Register - Index".

[Wood-2] Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)

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