1978 Austrian Grand Prix

Sun, August 13th, 1978Round 12

Track:	Österreichring
Official race name:	XVI Großer Preis von Österreich
Round:	12 (of 16)
Race number:	309
Date:	Sun, August 13th, 1978
Time:	14.00
Track length:	5.942 km
Laps:	54
Race distance:	320.868 km
Weather:	Dry

For more detailed results, visit the Results pageResults in Brief

Race

Grid

Qualifying

Standings

P	Driver	Pts
1	Mario Andretti	54
2	Ronnie Peterson	45	9
3	Patrick Depailler	32	22
4	Carlos Reutemann	31	23
5	Niki Lauda	31	23
6	John Watson	16	38
7	Jacques Laffite	16	38
8	Jody Scheckter	14	40
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	13	41
10	Riccardo Patrese	8	46
11	James Hunt	8	46
12	Gilles Villeneuve	7	47
13	Didier Pironi	7	47
14	Alan Jones	5	49
15	Patrick Tambay	5	49
16	Clay Regazzoni	4	50
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	2	52
18	Vittorio Brambilla	1	53
19	Hector Rebaque	1	53
20	Brett Lunger	0	54
21	Bruno Giacomelli	0	54
22	Jochen Mass	0	54
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	0	54
24	Rolf Stommelen	0	54
25	René Arnoux	0	54
26	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	0	54
27	Keke Rosberg	0	54
28	Rupert Keegan	0	54
29	Harald Ertl	0	54
30	Jacky Ickx	0	54

P	Constructor	Pts
1	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	76
2	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	40	36
3	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	36	40
4	Ferrari	35	41
5	Ligier-Matra	16	60
6	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	14	62
7	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	13	63
8	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	12	64
9	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	8	68
10	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	6	70
11	Williams-Ford Cosworth	5	71
12	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1	75
13	ATS-Ford Cosworth	0	76
14	Martini-Ford Cosworth	0	76
15	Renault	0	76
16	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	0	76

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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	%	Avg Speed	Laps
1	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:37.71		100.0	218.925
2	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:37.76	0.05	100.1	218.813
3	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:38.32	0.61	100.6	217.567
4	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:38.50	0.79	100.8	217.170
5	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:38.71	1.00	101.0	216.708
6	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	1:38.77	1.06	101.1	216.576
7	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	1:38.85	1.14	101.2	216.401
8	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:39.10	1.39	101.4	215.855
9	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:39.23	1.52	101.6	215.572
10	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:39.35	1.64	101.7	215.312
11	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:39.40	1.69	101.7	215.203
12	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1:39.49	1.78	101.8	215.009
13	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:39.51	1.80	101.8	214.965
14	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:39.59	1.88	101.9	214.793
15	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:39.81	2.10	102.1	214.319
16	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:40.11	2.40	102.5	213.677
17	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:40.80	3.09	103.2	212.214
18	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:40.84	3.13	103.2	212.130
19	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1:41.02	3.31	103.4	211.752
20	29	Nelson Piquet	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:41.15	3.44	103.5	211.480
21	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1:41.16	3.45	103.5	211.459
22	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:41.42	3.71	103.8	210.917
23	16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1:41.58	3.87	104.0	210.585
24	23	Harald Ertl	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1:41.60	3.89	104.0	210.543
25	32	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	1:41.72	4.01	104.1	210.295
26	31	René Arnoux	Martini-Ford Cosworth	1:41.84	4.13	104.2	210.047
(27)	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	1:41.85	4.14	104.2	210.027
(28)	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:42.47	4.76	104.9	208.756
(29)	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1:43.06	5.35	105.5	207.561
(30)	10	Hans Binder	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:44.46	6.75	106.9	204.779
(31)	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:44.88	7.17	107.3	203.959
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