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1978 South African 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
28 Jul 2012
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1978 South African Grand Prix
Overview
Grid
Race Entries
Race
Qualifying
Result
Fastest laps
Leaders
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)
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Lap
Time
Gap
Avg
Speed
Race
1
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2
1:17.090
191.651
7
2
35
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
0
1:17.150
0.060
191.502
Ret
3
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
0
1:17.290
0.200
191.155
2
4
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
0
1:17.350
0.260
191.007
1
5
2
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
1:17.390
0.300
190.908
3
6
1
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
1:17.430
0.340
190.810
Ret
7
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
0
1:17.480
0.390
190.687
4
8
7
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
0
1:17.490
0.400
190.662
Ret
9
20
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
0
1:17.510
0.420
190.613
Ret
10
36
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
0
1:17.860
0.770
189.756
9
11
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
0
1:17.890
0.800
189.683
Ret
12
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
0
1:17.930
0.840
189.586
8
13
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
0
1:17.960
0.870
189.513
5
14
30
Brett Lunger
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
0
1:18.110
1.020
189.149
11
15
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
1:18.130
1.040
189.100
Ret
16
11
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
0
1:18.130
1.040
189.100
Ret
17
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
0
1:18.290
1.200
188.714
Ret
18
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
0
1:18.450
1.360
188.329
6
19
24
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
0
1:18.500
1.410
188.209
Ret
20
9
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
0
1:18.630
1.540
187.898
Ret
21
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
0
1:18.720
1.630
187.683
Ret
22
18
Rupert Keegan
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
0
1:19.290
2.200
186.334
Ret
23
19
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
0
1:19.340
2.250
186.216
12
24
25
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
0
1:19.530
2.440
185.771
10
25
32
Keke Rosberg
Theodore-Ford Cosworth
0
1:19.550
2.460
185.725
Ret
26
37
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
0
1:20.270
3.180
184.059
Ret
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Lap
count
Distance
(km)
1
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1 – 20
20
82.080
2
20
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
21 – 26
6
24.624
3
35
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
27 – 63
37
151.848
4
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
64 – 77
14
57.456
5
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
78
1
4.104
No
Driver
Total Laps
Total
Distance
1
35
Riccardo Patrese
37
151.848
2
5
Mario Andretti
20
82.080
3
4
Patrick Depailler
14
57.456
4
20
Jody Scheckter
6
24.624
5
6
Ronnie Peterson
1
4.104
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