The 1978 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 15 May 1978 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Bruno Giacomelli, driving the March 782. Eje Elgh finished second and Marc Surer third.
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Race Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/retired Grid 1 8 Bruno Giacomelli March-BMW 73 1hr 33min 11.73sec 3 2 15 Eje Elgh Chevron-Hart 73 + 21.74 s 8 3 9 Marc Surer March-BMW 73 + 34.25 s 15 4 39 Piero Necchi March-BMW 73 + 52.83 s 16 5 6 Eddie Cheever March-BMW 73 + 1:13.43 s 4 6 2 Patrick Tambay Chevron-Hart 72 + 1 lap 2 7 28 Roberto Marazzi March-BMW 70 + 3 laps 13 8 10 Manfred Winkelhock March-BMW 70 + 3 laps 19 9 19 Derek Daly Chevron-Hart 66 + 7 laps 7 10 77 Don Breidenbach Chevron-Hart 66 + 7 laps 20 11 1 Jacques Laffite March-BMW 65 + 8 laps 6 12 23 Alex Ribeiro March-Hart 64 + 9 laps 11 13 25 Alberto Colombo March-BMW 53 + 20 laps 12 Ret 49 José Dolhem AGS-BMW 51 Accident 17 Ret 26 Ricardo Zunino March-BMW 32 Oil radiator 18 Ret 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani March-BMW 25 Throttle 10 Ret 24 Brian Henton March-Hart 13 Battery 1 Ret 4 Alain Prost Chevron-Hart 6 Engine 5 Ret 7 Ingo Hoffmann March-BMW 0 Accident 14 DNS 14 Keke Rosberg Chevron-Hart Did not start DNQ 31 Bernard de Dryver March-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 41 Sandro Cinotti Chevron-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 50 Wolfgang Locher Ralt-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 71 John Briggs Chevron-Hart Did not qualify Fastest Lap: Bruno Giacomelli (March-BMW) - 1:14.45 Sources:
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