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Event: Race of ChampionsDate: 15.4.1979
Track: Brands Hatch Circuit (United Kingdom), 4.206 kmsOrganiser: unknown

Race of Champions
Non championship race
Weather:unknown
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:40 laps
Attendance:unknown
Entered:unknown
Practiced:unknown
Started:unknown
Finished:unknown
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Race notes:
The race was a part of the Aurora F1 Championship. There was one grid slot left between FOCA F1 and the Aurora cars on the grid.
Winners:
Overall:12Ferrari 312 T3Gilles Villeneuve
Fastest Laps:
Overall:6Brabham BT48 Alfa RomeoNelson Piquet (BR)1:17.4600
Pole Positions:
Overall:1Lotus 79 FordMario Andretti (USA)1:17.5200
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Brabham (2), Lotus (2), Arrows (2), Fittipaldi (2), Tyrrell (2)
Top engines by numbers:Ford (15), Alfa Romeo (2)
Top car types by numbers:Brabham BT48 (2), Arrows A1 (2), Fittipaldi F5A (2), Tyrrell 008 (2)
Driver nationalities:GB (6), I (2), USA (2)
Engine positions:mid-engined (100%)
Average engine size:2993 cc
Oldest known drivers:Mario Andretti (39), Giacomo Agostini (37), Guy Edwards (37)
Youngest known drivers:Elio de Angelis (21), Rupert Keegan (24), Desiré Wilson (26)
Female drivers:Desiré Wilson

Official Race Programme:

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