Season 1978 · Round 10

British Grand Prix

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1978-07-16 · Brands Hatch · UK · British Grand Prix · 76Lap · 319.656km
11 Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari 1:42:12.390
1 Niki Lauda
Brabham +1.230
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
2 John Watson
Brabham +37.250
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Jochen Mass L65 Keke Rosberg L59 Clay Regazzoni L49 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L46 Riccardo Patrese L40 Didier Pironi L40 Jody Scheckter L36 Emerson Fittipaldi L32 Arturo Merzario L32 Derek Daly L30 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 4/14 28.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Brands Hatch Kent, UK
76Lap 319.656km 14 races held (1964–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P17 Clay Regazzoni 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P18 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P24 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L76 Reutemann · P8 → P1 · +7 8 Reutemann REU 1 Reutemann REU Lauda · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Lauda LAU 2 Lauda LAU Watson · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Watson WAT 3 Watson WAT Depailler · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Depailler DEP 4 Depailler DEP Stuck · P18 → P5 · +13 18 Stuck STU 5 Stuck STU Tambay · P20 → P6 · +14 20 Tambay TAM 6 Tambay TAM Giacomelli · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Giacomelli GIA 7 Giacomelli GIA Lunger · P24 → P8 · +16 24 Lunger LUN 8 Lunger LUN Brambilla · P25 → P9 · +16 25 Brambilla BRA 9 Brambilla BRA Laffite · P7 → P10 · -3 7 Laffite LAF 10 Laffite LAF Mass · P26 → retired L65 Mass · retired L65 26 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Rosberg · P22 → retired L59 Rosberg · retired L59 22 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Regazzoni · P17 → retired L49 Regazzoni · retired L49 17 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Jabouille · P12 → retired L46 Jabouille · retired L46 12 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Patrese · P5 → retired L40 Patrese · retired L40 5 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Pironi · P19 → retired L40 Pironi · retired L40 19 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Scheckter · P3 → retired L36 Scheckter · retired L36 3 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Fittipaldi · P11 → retired L32 Fittipaldi · retired L32 11 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Merzario · P23 → retired L32 Merzario · retired L32 23 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Daly · P15 → retired L30 Daly · retired L30 15 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Andretti · P2 → retired L28 Andretti · retired L28 2 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Jones · P6 → retired L26 Jones · retired L26 6 Jones JON R Jones JON Villeneuve · P13 → retired L19 Villeneuve · retired L19 13 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Rebaque · P21 → retired L15 Rebaque · retired L15 21 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Hunt · P14 → retired L7 Hunt · retired L7 14 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Peterson · P1 → retired L6 Peterson · retired L6 1 Peterson PET R Peterson PET
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 76 1:42:12.390 9
2 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 4 76 +1.230 6
3 2 John Watson Brabham 9 76 +37.250 4
4 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 10 76 +1:13.270 3
5 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 18 75 +1 Lap 2
6 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 20 75 +1 Lap 1
7 33 Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 16 75 +1 Lap
8 23 Brett Lunger McLaren 24 75 +1 Lap
9 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 25 75 +1 Lap
10 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 73 +3 Laps
R 9 Jochen Mass ATS 26 65 +11 Laps
R 10 Keke Rosberg ATS 22 59 Suspension
R 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 17 49 Gearbox
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 46 Turbo
R 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 5 40 Suspension
R 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 19 40 Gearbox
R 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 3 36 Gearbox
R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 11 32 Engine
R 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario 23 32 Fuel system
R 22 Derek Daly Ensign 15 30 Wheel
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 28 Engine
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 6 26 Transmission
R 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 13 19 Transmission
R 25 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 21 15 Gearbox
R 7 James Hunt McLaren 14 7 Accident
R 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 6 Fuel system
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Ronnie Peterson
2
5 Mario Andretti
3
20 Jody Scheckter
4
1 Niki Lauda
5
35 Riccardo Patrese
6
27 Alan Jones
7
26 Jacques Laffite
8
11 Carlos Reutemann
9
2 John Watson
10
4 Patrick Depailler
11
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
12
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
13
12 Gilles Villeneuve
14
7 James Hunt
15
22 Derek Daly
16
33 Bruno Giacomelli
17
17 Clay Regazzoni
18
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
19
3 Didier Pironi
20
8 Patrick Tambay
21
25 Hector Rebaque
22
10 Keke Rosberg
23
37 Arturo Merzario
24
23 Brett Lunger
25
19 Vittorio Brambilla
26
9 Jochen Mass
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15