1979 Hitachi Trophy

The Formula Atlantic class win went to Ray Mallock, who finished in fourth place in the overall standings.

[1] Only nine F2 cars were entered for the event, however of those, only seven took part in qualifying and race compared with the maximum grid of 26 starters which took part in the European Formula 2 race at Thruxton the next day.

John Cooper was only one tenth of a second behind in his March-Hart 792, with Divina Galica took an encouraging third place.

Next up was Ray Mallock's Ralt-Ford RT1 who was the top Formula Atlantic qualifier in fourth place.

[4][5][6] After 25 laps of the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, Dickson took the chequered flag after 35:16.1 mins.