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1978 results

RdGrand PrixWinner2nd3rdFastest lapPole position
1Argentina

(Buenos Aires)		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:37:04.47
191.813 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+ 13.21 secs
191.379 km/h		Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
+ 13.64 secs
191.365 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:49.76
195.743 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:47.75
199.395 km/h
2Brazil

(Jacarepaguá)		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:49:59.86
172.887 km/h		Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
+ 49.13 secs
171.610 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+ 57.02 secs
171.406 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:43.07
175.721 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:40.45
180.305 km/h
3South Africa

(Kyalami)		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:42:15.767
187.817 km/h		Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
+ 0.466 secs
187.803 km/h		John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+ 4.442 secs
187.681 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:17.090
191.651 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:14.650
197.916 km/h
4United States West

(Long Beach)		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:52:01.301
140.172 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 11.061 secs
139.942 km/h		Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
+ 28.951 secs
139.571 km/h		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:22.215
142.354 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:20.636
145.141 km/h
5Monaco

(Monte-Carlo)		Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:55:14.66
129.325 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+ 22.45 secs
128.907 km/h		Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
+ 32.29 secs
128.724 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:28.65
134.497 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:28.34
134.969 km/h
6Belgium

(Zolder)		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:39:52.02
179.242 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 9.90 secs
178.947 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
+ 24.34 secs
178.517 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:23.13
184.569 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:20.90
189.656 km/h
7Spain

(Jarama)		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:41:47.06
150.495 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 19.56 secs
150.014 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
+ 37.24 secs
149.583 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:20.06
153.065 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:16.39
160.419 km/h
8Sweden

(Anderstorp)		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:41:00.606
167.609 km/h		Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
+ 34.019 secs
166.673 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 34.105 secs
166.671 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:24.836
171.055 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:22.058
176.846 km/h
9France

(Le Castellet)		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:38:51.92
190.404 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 2.93 secs
190.310 km/h		James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
+ 19.80 secs
189.771 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:48.56
192.668 km/h		John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:44.41
200.326 km/h
10Great Britain

(Brands Hatch)		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:42:12.39
187.698 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+ 1.23 secs
187.660 km/h		John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+ 37.25 secs
186.564 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:18.60
192.687 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:16.80
197.203 km/h
11Germany

(Hockenheim)		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:28:00.90
208.263 km/h		Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
+ 15.35 secs
207.660 km/h		Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
+ 28.01 secs
207.165 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:55.62
211.386 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:51.90
218.413 km/h
12Austria

(Spielberg)		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:41:21.57
189.939 km/h		Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
+ 47.44 secs
188.468 km/h		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+ 1m 39.76 secs
186.873 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:43.12
207.440 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:37.71
218.925 km/h
13Netherlands

(Zandvoort)		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:41:04.23
188.156 km/h		Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
+ 0.32 secs
188.146 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+ 12.21 secs
187.778 km/h		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:19.57
191.198 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:16.36
199.235 km/h
14Italy

(Monza)		Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:07:04.540
207.527 km/h		John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
+ 1.480 secs
207.451 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
+ 20.470 secs
206.477 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:38.230
212.562 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:37.520
214.110 km/h
15United States

(Watkins Glen)		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:40:48.800
190.847 km/h		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
+ 19.739 secs
190.226 km/h		Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
+ 45.701 secs
189.416 km/h		Jean-Pierre Jarier
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:39.557
196.531 km/h		Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:38.114
199.421 km/h
16Canada

(Montréal)		Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:57:49.196
160.414 km/h		Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
+ 13.372 secs
160.111 km/h		Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
+ 19.408 secs
159.975 km/h		Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:38.072
165.185 km/h		Jean-Pierre Jarier
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:38.015
165.281 km/h