Season 1978 · Round 12

Austrian Grand Prix

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1978-08-13 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 54Lap · 320.814km
6 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus 1:41:21.570
Team win 9pt P1 · P23 · P26
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell +47.440
12 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari +1:39.760
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
15
Clay Regazzoni L50 Keke Rosberg L49 Patrick Tambay L40 Hans-Joachim Stuck L33 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L31 Niki Lauda L27 Didier Pironi L20 James Hunt L7 Alan Jones L7 Riccardo Patrese L7 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
54Lap 320.814km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P3 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P3 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P8 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Peterson · P1 → P1 1 Peterson PET 1 Peterson PET Depailler · P14 → P2 · +12 14 Depailler DEP 2 Depailler DEP Villeneuve · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Villeneuve VIL 3 Villeneuve VIL Fittipaldi · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Fittipaldi FIT 4 Fittipaldi FIT Laffite · P5 → P5 5 Laffite LAF 5 Laffite LAF Brambilla · P21 → P6 · +15 21 Brambilla BRA 6 Brambilla BRA Watson · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Watson WAT 7 Watson WAT Lunger · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Lunger LUN 8 Lunger LUN Arnoux · P26 → P9 · +17 26 Arnoux ARN 9 Arnoux ARN Regazzoni · P22 → retired L50 Regazzoni · retired L50 22 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Rosberg · P25 → retired L49 Rosberg · retired L49 25 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Daly · P19 → P12 · +7 19 Daly DAL 12 Daly DAL Tambay · P14 → retired L40 Tambay · retired L40 14 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Stuck · P23 → retired L33 Stuck · retired L33 23 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Jabouille · P3 → retired L31 Jabouille · retired L31 3 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Reutemann · P12 → P16 · -4 12 Reutemann REU 16 Reutemann REU Lauda · P4 → retired L27 Lauda · retired L27 4 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Pironi · P9 → retired L20 Pironi · retired L20 9 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Hunt · P8 → retired L7 Hunt · retired L7 8 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Jones · P15 → retired L7 Jones · retired L7 15 Jones JON R Jones JON Patrese · P16 → retired L7 Patrese · retired L7 16 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Ertl · P24 → retired L7 Ertl · retired L7 24 Ertl ERT R Ertl ERT Rebaque · P18 → retired L4 Rebaque · retired L4 18 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Piquet · P20 → retired L4 Piquet · retired L4 20 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Scheckter · P7 → retired L3 Scheckter · retired L3 7 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Andretti · P2 → retired L0 Andretti · retired L0 2 Andretti AND R Andretti AND
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 54 1:41:21.570 9
2 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 14 54 +47.440 6
3 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 11 54 +1:39.760 4
4 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6 53 +1 Lap 3
5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 53 +1 Lap 2
6 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 21 53 +1 Lap 1
7 2 John Watson Brabham 10 53 +1 Lap
8 23 Brett Lunger McLaren 17 52 +2 Laps
9 18 René Arnoux Martini 26 52 +2 Laps
R 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 22 50 +7 Laps
R 10 Keke Rosberg Wolf 25 49 +7 Laps
D 22 Derek Daly Ensign 19 41 Disqualified
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 40 Accident
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 23 33 Accident
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 31 Gearbox
D 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 12 28 Disqualified
R 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 4 27 Accident
R 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 9 20 Accident
R 7 James Hunt McLaren 8 7 Accident
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 15 7 Accident
R 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 7 Accident
R 23 Harald Ertl Ensign 24 7 Accident
R 25 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 18 4 Accident
R 66 Nelson Piquet McLaren 20 4 Accident
R 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 7 3 Accident
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Ronnie Peterson
2
5 Mario Andretti
3
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
4
1 Niki Lauda
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
7
20 Jody Scheckter
8
7 James Hunt
9
3 Didier Pironi
10
2 John Watson
11
12 Gilles Villeneuve
12
11 Carlos Reutemann
14
4 Patrick Depailler
14
8 Patrick Tambay
15
27 Alan Jones
16
35 Riccardo Patrese
17
23 Brett Lunger
18
25 Hector Rebaque
19
22 Derek Daly
20
66 Nelson Piquet
21
19 Vittorio Brambilla
22
17 Clay Regazzoni
23
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
24
23 Harald Ertl
25
10 Keke Rosberg
26
18 René Arnoux
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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