1978 Argentine Grand Prix

Race

P	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Time	Gap	Avg Speed	Race
1	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	1:49.76		195.743	8
2	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2	1:50.06	0.30	195.210	3
3	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	44	1:50.58	0.82	194.292	4
4	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	3	1:50.75	0.99	193.994	10
5	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	46	1:50.93	1.17	193.679	7
6	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	50	1:50.94	1.18	193.661	2
7	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	12	1:50.95	1.19	193.644	1
8	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	47	1:51.09	1.33	193.400	6
9	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	21	1:51.38	1.62	192.896	Ret
10	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	43	1:51.72	1.96	192.309	16
11	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	3	1:51.83	2.07	192.120	14
12	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	20	1:52.16	2.40	191.555	5
13	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	51	1:52.47	2.71	191.027	9
14	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	47	1:52.55	2.79	190.891	13
15	10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford Cosworth	42	1:52.69	2.93	190.654	12
16	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	2	1:52.73	2.97	190.586	Ret
17	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford Cosworth	46	1:52.75	2.99	190.553	11
18	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	23	1:52.76	3.00	190.536	Ret
19	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	20	1:52.77	3.01	190.519	15
20	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	3	1:52.92	3.16	190.266	18
21	23	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	15	1:53.26	3.50	189.695	Ret
22	22	Danny Ongais	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	26	1:53.47	3.71	189.343	Ret
23	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	3	1:53.53	3.77	189.243	Ret
24	16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	3	1:54.54	4.78	187.575	17

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1978 Argentine Grand Prix

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)