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1978 South African Grand Prix
Sat, March 4th, 1978
Round 3
Track:
Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Official race name:
XXIV Citizen & Asseng South African Grand Prix
Round:
3
(of 16)
Race number:
300
Date:
Sat, March 4th, 1978
Time:
14.00
Track length:
4.104 km
Laps:
78
Race distance:
320.112 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
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
78
1:42:15.767
187.817
11
9
2
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
78
+ 0.466 secs
187.803
12
6
3
2
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
78
+ 4.442 secs
187.681
10
4
4
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
78
+ 38.986 secs
186.631
18
3
5
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
78
+ 1m 9.218 secs
185.722
14
2
6
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
77
+ 1 Lap
13
1
7
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
77
+ 1 Lap
2
8
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
77
+ 1 Lap
17
9
36
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
77
+ 1 Lap
21
10
25
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
77
+ 1 Lap
22
11
30
Brett Lunger
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
76
+ 2 Laps
19
12
19
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
76
+ 2 Laps
20
Ret
35
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
63
Engine
7
Ret
20
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
59
Spun off
5
Ret
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
56
Accident
4
Ret
11
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
55
Spun off
9
Ret
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
55
Oil leak
8
Ret
1
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
52
Engine
1
Ret
18
Rupert Keegan
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
52
Engine
23
Ret
9
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
43
Engine
16
Ret
37
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
39
Front suspension
26
Ret
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
38
Engine
6
Ret
32
Keke Rosberg
Theodore-Ford Cosworth
15
Clutch
24
Ret
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
9
Transmission
15
Ret
24
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
8
Oil leak
25
Ret
7
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
5
Engine
3
DNQ
31
René Arnoux
Martini-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
17
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
22
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
16
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:
1:17.090 -
Mario Andretti
(Lap 2)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
1
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:14.650
2
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:14.900
R
o
w
2
3
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:15.140
4
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:15.300
R
o
w
3
5
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:15.320
6
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:15.360
R
o
w
4
7
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:15.480
8
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:15.500
R
o
w
5
9
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:15.520
10
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:15.620
R
o
w
6
11
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:15.940
12
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:15.970
R
o
w
7
13
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:16.380
14
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
1:16.400
R
o
w
8
15
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:16.470
16
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:16.600
R
o
w
9
17
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:17.120
18
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:17.160
R
o
w
10
19
Brett Lunger
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:17.300
20
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:17.320
R
o
w
11
21
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:17.490
22
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:17.500
R
o
w
12
23
Rupert Keegan
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:17.570
24
Keke Rosberg
Theodore-Ford Cosworth
1:17.620
R
o
w
13
25
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
1:17.830
26
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:18.150
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
1
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:14.650
100.0
197.916
2
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:14.900
0.250
100.3
197.255
3
7
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:15.140
0.490
100.7
196.625
4
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:15.300
0.650
100.9
196.207
5
20
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:15.320
0.670
100.9
196.155
6
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:15.360
0.710
101.0
196.051
7
35
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:15.480
0.830
101.1
195.739
8
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:15.500
0.850
101.1
195.687
9
11
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:15.520
0.870
101.2
195.636
10
2
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:15.620
0.970
101.3
195.377
11
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:15.940
1.290
101.7
194.554
12
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:15.970
1.320
101.8
194.477
13
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:16.380
1.730
102.3
193.433
14
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
1:16.400
1.750
102.3
193.382
15
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:16.470
1.820
102.4
193.205
16
9
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:16.600
1.950
102.6
192.877
17
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:17.120
2.470
103.3
191.577
18
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:17.160
2.510
103.4
191.477
19
30
Brett Lunger
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:17.300
2.650
103.5
191.131
20
19
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:17.320
2.670
103.6
191.081
21
36
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:17.490
2.840
103.8
190.662
22
25
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:17.500
2.850
103.8
190.637
23
18
Rupert Keegan
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:17.570
2.920
103.9
190.465
24
32
Keke Rosberg
Theodore-Ford Cosworth
1:17.620
2.970
104.0
190.343
25
24
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
1:17.830
3.180
104.3
189.829
26
37
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:18.150
3.500
104.7
189.052
(27)
31
René Arnoux
Martini-Ford Cosworth
1:18.210
3.560
104.8
188.907
(28)
17
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:18.300
3.650
104.9
188.690
(29)
22
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:18.380
3.730
105.0
188.497
(30)
16
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:18.450
3.800
105.1
188.329
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Mario Andretti
12
2
Ronnie Peterson
11
1
3
Niki Lauda
10
2
4
Patrick Depailler
10
2
5
Carlos Reutemann
9
3
6
Emerson Fittipaldi
6
6
7
John Watson
4
8
8
Alan Jones
3
9
9
James Hunt
3
9
10
Jacques Laffite
2
10
11
Clay Regazzoni
2
10
12
Didier Pironi
2
10
13
Patrick Tambay
1
11
14
Jochen Mass
0
12
15
Jean-Pierre Jarier
0
12
16
Gilles Villeneuve
0
12
17
Rolf Stommelen
0
12
18
Jody Scheckter
0
12
19
Riccardo Patrese
0
12
20
Hector Rebaque
0
12
21
Brett Lunger
0
12
22
Vittorio Brambilla
0
12
23
Hans-Joachim Stuck
0
12
P
Constructor
Pts
1
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
21
2
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
14
7
3
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11
10
4
Ferrari
9
12
5
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
6
15
6
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
3
18
7
Williams-Ford Cosworth
3
18
8
Ligier-Matra
2
19
9
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
2
19
10
ATS-Ford Cosworth
0
21
11
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
0
21
12
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
0
21
13
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
0
21
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