Non-championship race in the 1978 Formula One season
The Silverstone circuit in 1978.
Race details
Date
19 March 1978
Official name
XXX BRDC International Trophy
Location
Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.724 km (2.935 miles)
Distance
40 laps, 188.95 km (117.41 miles)
Weather
Heavy rain.
Pole position
Driver
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Cosworth
Time
1:16.07
Fastest lap
Driver
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi-Cosworth
Time
1:38.63
Podium
First
Keke Rosberg
Theodore-Cosworth
Second
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi-Cosworth
Third
Tony Trimmer
McLaren-Cosworth
Motor car race
The XXX BRDC International Trophy was a non-championship motor race for Formula One cars held on 19 March 1978 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. It was the 30th running of the International Trophy, and the last to non-Championship Formula One regulations. The race was held over 40 laps of the Silverstone circuit, for a total distance of around 189 kilometres (117 miles).
Although qualifying sessions had been dry, the race was run in torrential rain, resulting in multiple accidents and drivers spinning off. The race was eventually won by Keke Rosberg, his first victory in a Formula One car in only his second ever Formula One race.
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