Ferrari a winner
NZPA Brands Hatch Gilles Villeneuve of Canada, one of international ; motor racing’s fastest rising stars, won the Formula One Race of Champions at Brands Hatch yesterday. The 27-year-old Canadian, 1 driving a Ferrari, had 15 seconds to spare at the fin-j ish of the non-championship ‘
race over the runner-up Nelson Piquet, the promising young Brazilian driver. Piquet, in a Brabham, was followed over the line by the reigning world champion. Mario Andretti, of the United States, in a Lotus. Villeneuve completed the i 167 kilometres in 53 minutes • 17.12 seconds at 189.4km/h.
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Press, 17 April 1979, Page 6
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