Season 1978 · Round 13

Dutch Grand Prix

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1978-08-27 · Circuit Park Zandvoort · Netherlands · Dutch Grand Prix · 75Lap · 316.950km
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus 1:41:04.230
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P11 1-2
6 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus +0.320
1 Niki Lauda
Brabham +12.210
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Bruno Giacomelli L60 Hans-Joachim Stuck L56 René Arnoux L40 Arturo Merzario L40 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L35 Brett Lunger L35 Keke Rosberg L21 Alan Jones L17 Nelson Piquet L16 Patrick Depailler L13 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 18/36 50%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P17
Most lead changes · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands
75Lap 316.950km 36 races held (1952–) Lap record 1:11.097 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P5 James Hunt 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P10 Jacky Ickx 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Niki Lauda 6 · GP #1
P7 James Hunt 3 · → Clay Regazzoni -1
Starts
P3 Jacques Laffite 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P5 Niki Lauda 10 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P5 John Watson 10 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Andretti · P1 → P1 1 Andretti AND 1 Andretti AND Peterson · P2 → P2 2 Peterson PET 2 Peterson PET Lauda · P3 → P3 3 Lauda LAU 3 Lauda LAU Watson · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Watson WAT 4 Watson WAT Fittipaldi · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Fittipaldi FIT 5 Fittipaldi FIT Villeneuve · P5 → P6 · -1 5 Villeneuve VIL 6 Villeneuve VIL Reutemann · P4 → P7 · -3 4 Reutemann REU 7 Reutemann REU Laffite · P6 → P8 · -2 6 Laffite LAF 8 Laffite LAF Tambay · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Tambay TAM 9 Tambay TAM Hunt · P7 → P10 · -3 7 Hunt HUN 10 Hunt HUN Rebaque · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Rebaque REB 11 Rebaque REB Scheckter · P15 → P12 · +3 15 Scheckter SCH 12 Scheckter SCH Giacomelli · P19 → retired L60 Giacomelli · retired L60 19 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Stuck · P18 → retired L56 Stuck · retired L56 18 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Arnoux · P23 → retired L40 Arnoux · retired L40 23 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Merzario · P26 → retired L40 Merzario · retired L40 26 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Brambilla · P22 → P17 · +5 22 Brambilla BRA 17 Brambilla BRA Jabouille · P9 → retired L35 Jabouille · retired L35 9 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Lunger · P21 → retired L35 Lunger · retired L35 21 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Rosberg · P24 → retired L21 Rosberg · retired L21 24 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Jones · P11 → retired L17 Jones · retired L17 11 Jones JON R Jones JON Piquet · P25 → retired L16 Piquet · retired L16 25 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Depailler · P12 → retired L13 Depailler · retired L13 12 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Daly · P16 → retired L10 Daly · retired L10 16 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Patrese · P13 → retired L0 Patrese · retired L0 13 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Pironi · P17 → retired L0 Pironi · retired L0 17 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Keegan · pit lane → P27 · +1 — Keegan KEE 27 Keegan KEE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 75 1:41:04.230 9
2 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 75 +0.320 6
3 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 75 +12.210 4
4 2 John Watson Brabham 8 75 +20.920 3
5 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 10 75 +21.500 2
6 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 75 +45.950 1
7 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 4 75 +1:00.520
8 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 74 +1 Lap
9 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 74 +1 Lap
10 7 James Hunt McLaren 7 74 +1 Lap
11 25 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 20 74 +1 Lap
12 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 15 73 +2 Laps
R 33 Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 19 60 Spun off
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 18 56 Transmission
R 18 René Arnoux Martini 23 40 Chassis
R 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario 26 40 Engine
D 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 22 37 Disqualified
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 35 Engine
R 23 Brett Lunger McLaren 21 35 Engine
R 10 Keke Rosberg Wolf 24 21 Accident
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 11 17 Throttle
R 66 Nelson Piquet McLaren 25 16 Transmission
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 13 Engine
R 22 Derek Daly Ensign 16 10 Transmission
R 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 0 Accident
R 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 0 Accident
W 18 Rupert Keegan Surtees 0 0 Withdrew
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
11 Carlos Reutemann
5
12 Gilles Villeneuve
6
26 Jacques Laffite
7
7 James Hunt
8
2 John Watson
9
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
10
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
11
27 Alan Jones
12
4 Patrick Depailler
13
35 Riccardo Patrese
14
8 Patrick Tambay
15
20 Jody Scheckter
16
22 Derek Daly
17
3 Didier Pironi
18
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
19
33 Bruno Giacomelli
20
25 Hector Rebaque
21
23 Brett Lunger
22
19 Vittorio Brambilla
23
18 René Arnoux
24
10 Keke Rosberg
25
66 Nelson Piquet
26
37 Arturo Merzario
PIT
18 Rupert Keegan pit lane start
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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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