The 18th Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Grand Prix of the Mediterranean), was the Round Ten of the 1979 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held on the Isle of Sicily, at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna, on 29 July.

Report

Entry

A total of 25 F2 cars were entered for the event, however just 22 took part in qualifying.

Qualifying

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took

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for the Toleman Group Motorsport, in their

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- Hart RT2, averaging a speed of 121.15 mph.

Race

The race was held over 45 laps of the Enna-Pergusa circuit. After a furious battle, Henton took the chequered flag, ahead of

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. However, Elgh's team, Marlboro Team Tiga successfully appealed against Henton using an escape road on the first lap to avoid an accident. Despite being delayed by the first corner incident, Derek Daly followed Elgh home, with his teammate

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next home. Elgh won in a time of 1hr 11:02.09mins., averaging a speed of 117.564 mph.

Classification

Race Result

* Fastest lap:

, 1:33.20secs. (118.81 mph) Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)

References

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Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...