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1979 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 4 June 1979
Official name XXXIX Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 206.882 km (128.550 miles)
Weather Rain
Pole position
Driver March-BMW
Time 1:13.25
Fastest lap
Driver United States Eddie Cheever Osella-BMW
Time 1:31.52
Podium
First Osella-BMW
Second Chevron-BMW
Third March-BMW
Motor car race

The 1979 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 4 June 1979 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Eddie Cheever, driving the Osella FA2/79. Siegfried Stohr finished second and Marc Surer third.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/retired Grid
1 9 United States Eddie Cheever Osella-BMW 73 1hr 54min 30.32sec  
2 19 Italy Siegfried Stohr Chevron-BMW 73 + 28.08 s
3 1 Switzerland Marc Surer March-BMW 72 + 1 lap
4 3 Italy Beppe Gabbiani March-BMW 72 + 1 lap
5 39 France Patrick Gaillard Chevron-Hart 72 + 1 lap
6 16 Argentina Miguel Ángel Guerra March-BMW 71 + 2 laps
7 11 Italy Alberto Colombo March-BMW 70 + 3 laps
8 8 United Kingdom Stephen South March-BMW 68 + 5 laps
9 77 United Kingdom Derek Warwick March-Hart 68 + 5 laps
10 5 Argentina Juan María Traverso March-Hart 61 + 12 laps
Ret 22 Sweden Eje Elgh March-BMW 47 Accident
Ret 25 Germany Wolfgang Locher March-Hart 42 Accident
Ret 2 France Michel Leclère March-BMW 40 Electrical
Ret 7 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly March-BMW 30 Accident
Ret 4 Italy Teo Fabi March-BMW 30 Accident
Ret 6 United States Bobby Rahal Chevron-Hart 30 Accident
Ret 28 France Alain Couderc AGS-BMW 21 Clutch and gearbox
Ret 15 South Africa Rad Dougall Ralt-Hart 14 Accident
Ret 14 United Kingdom Brian Henton Ralt-Hart 0 Accident
DNS 12 Argentina Ariel Bakst March-BMW Did not start
DNQ 27 Germany Armin Hahne Maurer-BMW Did not qualify
DNQ 23 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Chevron-Hart Did not qualify
Fastest Lap: Eddie Cheever (Osella-BMW) - 1:31.52
Sources:
Preceded by1978 Pau Grand Prix Pau Grand Prix
1979 		Succeeded by1980 Pau Grand Prix

References

  1. "XXXIX Grand Prix Automobile de Pau 1979". Formula2.net. 2001-04-19. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
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