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1978 Argentine Grand Prix
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29 Jul 2012
Hungary: FIA post-race press conference
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Lotus fail to stop Hamilton's march to victory
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1978 Argentine Grand Prix
Overview
Grid
Race Entries
Race
Qualifying
Result
Fastest laps
Leaders
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)
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
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Lap
count
Distance
(km)
1
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1 – 52
52
310.336
Manipe F1
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