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1978 Argentine Grand Prix
Sun, January 15th, 1978
Round 1
Track:
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
Official race name:
XIV Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Round:
1
(of 16)
Race number:
298
Date:
Sun, January 15th, 1978
Time:
14.00
Track length:
5.968 km
Laps:
52
Race distance:
310.336 km
Weather:
Sunny, hot and dry
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qualifying
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
52
1:37:04.47
191.813
1
9
2
1
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
52
+ 13.21 secs
191.379
5
6
3
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
52
+ 13.64 secs
191.365
10
4
4
7
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
52
+ 16.05 secs
191.286
6
3
5
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
52
+ 1m 14.85 secs
189.379
3
2
6
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
52
+ 1m 19.90 secs
189.217
9
1
7
11
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
52
+ 1m 22.60 secs
189.131
2
8
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
52
+ 1m 38.88 secs
188.611
7
9
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
52
+ 1m 40.60 secs
188.556
17
10
20
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
52
+ 1m 43.50 secs
188.464
15
11
9
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
52
+ 1m 49.07 secs
188.287
13
12
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
51
+ 1 Lap
11
13
30
Brett Lunger
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
51
+ 1 Lap
24
14
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
51
+ 1 Lap
23
15
17
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
51
+ 1 Lap
16
16
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
50
Engine
8
17
16
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
50
+ 2 Laps
18
18
19
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
50
+ 2 Laps
12
Ret
2
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
41
Engine
4
Ret
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
36
Fuel system
14
Ret
22
Danny Ongais
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
35
Distributor
21
Ret
23
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
28
Engine
22
Ret
37
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
9
Differential
20
Ret
18
Rupert Keegan
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
4
Overheating
19
DNQ
25
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
32
Eddie Cheever
Theodore-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
24
Divina Galica
Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:
1:49.76 -
Gilles Villeneuve
(Lap 3)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
2
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:47.84
1
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:47.75
R
o
w
2
4
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:48.42
3
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:48.39
R
o
w
3
6
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:48.72
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:48.70
R
o
w
4
8
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
1:49.13
7
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:48.97
R
o
w
5
10
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:49.69
9
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:49.47
R
o
w
6
12
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:49.91
11
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:49.77
R
o
w
7
14
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:50.11
13
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:50.06
R
o
w
8
16
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:50.45
15
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:50.35
R
o
w
9
18
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:51.16
17
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:50.82
R
o
w
10
20
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:51.68
19
Rupert Keegan
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:51.42
R
o
w
11
22
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:51.94
21
Danny Ongais
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:51.71
R
o
w
12
24
Brett Lunger
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:52.27
23
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:51.99
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:47.75
100.0
199.395
2
11
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:47.84
0.09
100.1
199.228
3
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:48.39
0.64
100.6
198.218
4
2
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:48.42
0.67
100.6
198.163
5
1
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:48.70
0.95
100.9
197.652
6
7
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:48.72
0.97
100.9
197.616
7
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:48.97
1.22
101.1
197.163
8
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
1:49.13
1.38
101.3
196.873
9
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:49.47
1.72
101.6
196.262
10
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:49.69
1.94
101.8
195.868
11
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:49.77
2.02
101.9
195.726
12
19
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:49.91
2.16
102.0
195.476
13
9
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:50.06
2.31
102.1
195.210
14
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:50.11
2.36
102.2
195.121
15
20
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:50.35
2.60
102.4
194.697
16
17
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:50.45
2.70
102.5
194.521
17
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:50.82
3.07
102.8
193.871
18
16
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:51.16
3.41
103.2
193.278
19
18
Rupert Keegan
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:51.42
3.67
103.4
192.827
20
37
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:51.68
3.93
103.6
192.378
21
22
Danny Ongais
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:51.71
3.96
103.7
192.327
22
23
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:51.94
4.19
103.9
191.931
23
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:51.99
4.24
103.9
191.846
24
30
Brett Lunger
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:52.27
4.52
104.2
191.367
(25)
25
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:52.52
4.77
104.4
190.942
(26)
32
Eddie Cheever
Theodore-Ford Cosworth
1:53.25
5.50
105.1
189.711
(27)
24
Divina Galica
Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
1:56.69
8.94
108.3
184.119
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Mario Andretti
9
2
Niki Lauda
6
3
3
Patrick Depailler
4
5
4
James Hunt
3
6
5
Ronnie Peterson
2
7
6
Patrick Tambay
1
8
7
Carlos Reutemann
0
9
8
Gilles Villeneuve
0
9
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
0
9
10
Jody Scheckter
0
9
11
Jochen Mass
0
9
12
Jean-Pierre Jarier
0
9
13
Brett Lunger
0
9
14
Didier Pironi
0
9
15
Clay Regazzoni
0
9
16
Jacques Laffite
0
9
17
Hans-Joachim Stuck
0
9
18
Vittorio Brambilla
0
9
P
Constructor
Pts
1
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
9
2
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
6
3
3
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
4
5
4
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
3
6
5
Ferrari
0
9
6
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
0
9
7
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
0
9
8
ATS-Ford Cosworth
0
9
9
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
0
9
10
Ligier-Matra
0
9
11
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
0
9
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