Season 1978 · Round 11

German Grand Prix

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1978-07-30 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 45Lap · 305.505km
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus 1:28:00.900
Team win 10pt P1 · P6 · P13
20 Jody Scheckter
Wolf +15.350
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +28.010
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Ronnie Peterson L36 Alan Jones L31 Nelson Piquet L31 Vittorio Brambilla L24 Patrick Tambay L16 Carlos Reutemann L14 Niki Lauda L11 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L5 Jochen Mass L1 Hans-Joachim Stuck L1 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
45Lap 305.505km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Jacky Ickx 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Pole Position
P1 Jacky Ickx 4 · GP #1
P8 Niki Lauda 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P15 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L45 Andretti · P1 → P1 1 Andretti AND 1 Andretti AND Scheckter · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Scheckter SCH 2 Scheckter SCH Laffite · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Fittipaldi · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Fittipaldi FIT 4 Fittipaldi FIT Pironi · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Pironi PIR 5 Pironi PIR Rebaque · P18 → P6 · +12 18 Rebaque REB 6 Rebaque REB Watson · P5 → P7 · -2 5 Watson WAT 7 Watson WAT Villeneuve · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Villeneuve VIL 8 Villeneuve VIL Patrese · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Patrese PAT 9 Patrese PAT Rosberg · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Rosberg ROS 10 Rosberg ROS Ertl · P17 → P11 · +6 17 Ertl ERT 11 Ertl ERT Stommelen · P23 → P12 · +11 23 Stommelen STO 12 Stommelen STO Peterson · P2 → retired L36 Peterson · retired L36 2 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Hunt · P8 → P14 · -6 8 Hunt HUN 14 Hunt HUN Jones · P6 → retired L31 Jones · retired L31 6 Jones JON R Jones JON Piquet · P21 → retired L31 Piquet · retired L31 21 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Brambilla · P20 → retired L24 Brambilla · retired L24 20 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Tambay · P11 → retired L16 Tambay · retired L16 11 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Reutemann · P12 → retired L14 Reutemann · retired L14 12 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Lauda · P3 → retired L11 Lauda · retired L11 3 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Jabouille · P9 → retired L5 Jabouille · retired L5 9 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Mass · P22 → retired L1 Mass · retired L1 22 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Stuck · P24 → retired L1 Stuck · retired L1 24 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Depailler · P13 → retired L0 Depailler · retired L0 13 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 45 1:28:00.900 9
2 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 4 45 +15.350 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 45 +28.010 4
4 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 10 45 +36.880 3
5 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 16 45 +57.260 2
6 25 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 18 45 +1:37.860 1
7 2 John Watson Brabham 5 45 +1:39.530
8 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 15 45 +1:56.870
9 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 44 +1 Lap
10 10 Keke Rosberg Wolf 19 42 +3 Laps
11 23 Harald Ertl Ensign 17 41 Engine
D 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 23 42 Disqualified
R 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 36 Gearbox
D 7 James Hunt McLaren 8 34 Disqualified
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 6 31 Fuel system
R 66 Nelson Piquet Ensign 21 31 Engine
R 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 20 24 Fuel system
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 16 Accident
R 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 12 14 Fuel system
R 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 11 Engine
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 5 Engine
R 9 Jochen Mass ATS 22 1 Accident
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 24 1 Accident
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Mario Andretti
2
6 Ronnie Peterson
3
1 Niki Lauda
4
20 Jody Scheckter
5
2 John Watson
6
27 Alan Jones
7
26 Jacques Laffite
8
7 James Hunt
9
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
10
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
11
8 Patrick Tambay
12
11 Carlos Reutemann
13
4 Patrick Depailler
14
35 Riccardo Patrese
15
12 Gilles Villeneuve
16
3 Didier Pironi
17
23 Harald Ertl
18
25 Hector Rebaque
19
10 Keke Rosberg
20
19 Vittorio Brambilla
21
66 Nelson Piquet
22
9 Jochen Mass
23
36 Rolf Stommelen
24
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
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.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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