1978 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race

P	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Avg Speed	Grid	Pts
1	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	63	1:49:59.86	172.887	4	9
2	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar-Ford Cosworth	63	+ 49.13 secs	171.610	7	6
3	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	63	+ 57.02 secs	171.406	10	4
4	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	63	+ 1m 33.12 secs	170.482	3	3
5	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	62	+ 1 Lap		15	2
6	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	62	+ 1 Lap		19	1
7	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford Cosworth	62	+ 1 Lap		20
8	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	61	+ 2 Laps		21
9	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	61	+ 2 Laps		14
10	36	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	59	+ 4 Laps		18
11	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	58	+ 5 Laps		8
Ret	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	40	Exhaustion		22
Ret	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	35	Spun off		6
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	34	Spun off		5
Ret	16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	25	Fuel system		9
Ret	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	25	Spun off		2
Ret	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	16	Accident		12
Ret	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	15	Collision		1
Ret	22	Danny Ongais	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	13	Brakes		23
Ret	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	11	Overheating		13
Ret	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	8	Accident		11
Ret	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	5	Accident		24

DNS	23	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth		Driveshaft		17
DNS	10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford Cosworth		Car raced by Mass		16
DNQ	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth
DNQ	32	Eddie Cheever	Theodore-Ford Cosworth
DNQ	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
DNQ	24	Divina Galica	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth

Fastest lap: 1:43.07 - Carlos Reutemann (Lap 35)

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