1977 European Formula Two Championship

The 1977 European Formula Two season was contested over 13 rounds. Frenchman René Arnoux was the season champion, driving a Martini-Renault/Gordini for Ecurie Renault Elf.^[1]

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	Silverstone	6 March	47	4.719=221.793 km	1'05:45.22	202.385 km/h	Michel Leclère	Patrick Nève	René Arnoux
2	Thruxton	11 April	50	3.792=189.600 km	1'05:59.43	172.388 km/h	Alex Ribeiro	Brian Henton	Brian Henton
3	Hockenheim	17 April	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'21:20.4 1'21:30.4	200.315 km/h 199.905 km/h	Jochen Mass	Eddie Cheever	Jochen Mass René Arnoux
4	Nürburgring (Eifelrennen)	1 May	9	22.835=205,515 km	1'06:41.1 1'06:54.3	184.913 km/h 184.305 km/h	Riccardo Patrese	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass Eddie Cheever
5	Vallelunga	15 May	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'16:57.36	162.171 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli
6	Pau	30 May	59	2.76=162.84 km	1'14:52.52	130.489 km/h	Patrick Tambay	Didier Pironi	René Arnoux
7	Mugello	19 June	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'16:36.5	172.532 km/h	Riccardo Patrese	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Bruno Giacomelli
8	Rouen	26 June	38	5.543=210.634 km	1'08:36.19	184.219 km/h	Eddie Cheever	Ingo Hoffmann	Eddie Cheever
9	Nogaro	10 July	65	3.12=202.80 km	1'20:42.69	150.759 km/h	René Arnoux	Riccardo Patrese	René Arnoux
10	Pergusa-Enna	24 July	30+30	4.95=297.0 km	1'36:18.0	185.047 km/h	Keke Rosberg	Riccardo Patrese	Keke Rosberg
11	Misano	7 August	30+30	3.488=209.28 km	1'13:44.8	170.269 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Lamberto Leoni
12	Estoril	2 October	50	4.35=217.50 km	1'19:29.30	164.175 km/h	Didier Pironi	Derek Daly	Didier Pironi
13	Donington Park	30 October	65	3.149=204.685 km	1'12:40.35	168.992 km/h	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli	Bruno Giacomelli

Note:

Race 3, 10 and 11 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 6 originally scheduled over 73 laps, but stopped early due to heavy rain.

Race 3 and 4 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics

Final point standings

Points were awarded to the top six classified non-graded finishers in the following system:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Race	9	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VLL	PAU	MUG	ROU	NOG	ENN	MIS	EST	DON	Pts
1	René Arnoux	1	Ret	2	5	Ret	1	16†	Ret	1^P	2	Ret	2	6	52
2	Eddie Cheever	7	2	Ret^F	2	3	Ret	17†	1^P	5	Ret	2	3		40
3	Didier Pironi	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	2^F	Ret	3	Ret	4	5	1^P	3	38
4	Bruno Giacomelli	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	1^P^F	Ret	1	Ret	4	7	10^P^F	14	1^P^F	32
=	Riccardo Patrese	6	5	3	Ret^P	8	3	2^P	2	2^F	Ret^F	Ret	6	Ret	32
6	Keke Rosberg	Ret	Ret	8	3	12	11	Ret		13	1^P		4	2	25
7	Ingo Hoffmann	4	Ret	Ret	7	16†	8	9	5^F	3	3	3	Ret	Ret	18
=	Alberto Colombo	5	4	6	11	5	4†	3	6	6	Ret	Ret	13	13	18
9	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi		NC	4	17	4	Ret	4^F	NC	Ret	11	4			13
10	Brian Henton	DNS	1^F	5	9		9							7	12
11	Lamberto Leoni		Ret	DNQ		Ret	DNQ	7	DNQ	9	8	1	9		9
12	Ray Mallock	2	Ret	9				11		EX^[2]				DNQ	6
13	Marc Surer	9	7	Ret		7		5	Ret	7				4	5
14	Alex Ribeiro		3^P			14			7			DNQ		8	4
=	Patrick Nève	3^F													4
=	Gaudenzio Mantova			DNS		10	5	14	Ret	NC	5	Ret			4
17	Gianfranco Brancatelli	DNS	DNS			13	12†	8	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ		3
18	Danny Sullivan			DNQ				12	DNQ	11		9	11	5	2
=	Derek Daly												5^F		2
20	Ricardo Zunino		9	Ret	14	11	6†	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	1
=	Bernard de Dryver	DNS	Ret	10	Ret	9	DNQ	6	11	Ret		Ret	Ret	16	1
=	Hans Royer		6					Ret						12	1
=	Gianfranco Trombetti		Ret	Ret		DNQ					6	DNQ			1
=	Luciano Pavesi					6		Ret				Ret			1
=	Patrick Bardinon											7		Ret	1
—	Freddy Kottulinsky	8	Ret	Ret	10	15	13†	10	8	Ret	9	Ret	7		0
—	Klaus Ludwig	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	DSQ	7							Ret	0
—	Elio de Angelis											8	Ret	10	0
—	Giancarlo Martini	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret		8	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	0
—	Wink Bancroft	Ret	8	13	18	DNQ	DNQ	18	DNQ	DNQ	NC	DNQ	DNQ		0
—	Eje Elgh												8		0
—	Norman Dickson	10	Ret	Ret	15		DNQ		NC					9	0
—	Maurizio Flammini					Ret		Ret	9		10	DNQ			0
—	Michel Leclère	Ret^P	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNQ	NC		DNQ	10		0
—	Alain Prost									10			Ret		0
—	Willi Deutsch	Ret	Ret	11	16										0
—	Derek Cook	11													0
—	Piercarlo Ghinzani													11	0
—	Gregg Young							13			12				0
—	Xavier Lapeyre					DNQ	Ret		DNQ	12	Ret	DNQ			0
—	Helmut Bross			12	Ret										0
—	Valentino Musetti	12	DNQ												0
—	Guy Edwards				13	DNQ									0
—	Kim Mather													14	0
—	Gimax							15				DNQ			0
—	Divina Galica													15	0
—	Marc Sourd												Ret	17	0
—	Roland Binder				20							DNQ			0
—	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud								NC	DNQ					0
—	Markus Hotz				NC										0
—	Carlo Giorgio					DNQ		Ret			Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
—	Bob Evans	Ret	Ret												0
—	Harald Ertl			Ret	Ret										0
—	Patrick Tambay						Ret^P		Ret						0
—	Laurent Ferrier			DNQ		DNQ							Ret		0
—	Gerd Biechteler			DNQ				Ret							0
—	Iain McLaren	Ret													0
—	Lorenzo Niccolini							Ret							0
—	Guido Pardini							Ret							0
—	José Dolhem								Ret						0
—	Tiff Needell													Ret	0
—	Alo Lawler	DNS												DNQ	0
—	Roberto Marazzi	DNS													0
—	Michel Pignard						DNQ		DNQ	DNQ			DNQ		0
—	Pierre Maublanc								DNQ			DNQ		DNQ	0
—	André Chevalley			DNQ		DNQ									0
—	Franci Jerančič										DNQ	DNQ			0
—	Ariel Bakst												DNQ	DNQ	0
—	Roy Baker	DNQ													0
—	Andy Sutcliffe		DNQ												0
—	Henning Hagenbauer			DNQ											0
—	Alfonso Giordano					DNQ									0
—	Jimmy Mieusset									DNQ					0
—	Charly Kiser											DNQ			0
—	Stanislao Sterzel											DNQ			0
—	Mário Silva												DNQ		0
—	Adrian Russell													DNQ	0
Graded drivers ineligible for points
—	Jochen Mass			1^P	1^F										0
—	Clay Regazzoni				Ret							6			0
—	Jacques Laffite			7			10		Ret						0
—	Alan Jones				19										0
—	Hans-Joachim Stuck			Ret											0
—	Vittorio Brambilla											Ret			0
—	Arturo Merzario											Ret			0
Pos	Driver	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VLL	PAU	MUG	ROU	NOG	ENN	MIS	EST	DON	Pts
Source:^[3]

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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

References

^ "1977 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
^ Hutchinson, Jeff (21 July 1977). "Arnoux All the Way". Autosport. Haymarket Publishing.
^ "1977 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2026.

[1] "1977 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

[2] Hutchinson, Jeff (21 July 1977). "Arnoux All the Way". Autosport. Haymarket Publishing.

[3] "1977 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2026.

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