Season 1978 · Round 14

Italian Grand Prix

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1978-09-10 · Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Italy · Italian Grand Prix · 40Lap · 232.000km
1 Niki Lauda
Brabham 1:07:04.540
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
2 John Watson
Brabham +1.480
11 Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari +20.470
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Clay Regazzoni L33 Riccardo Patrese L28 James Hunt L19 Arturo Merzario L14 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L6 Ronnie Peterson L0 Didier Pironi L0 Hans-Joachim Stuck L0 Brett Lunger L0 Vittorio Brambilla L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Nelson Piquet active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 26/75 34.7%
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Closest finish · all-time P1
Circuit Info
40Lap 232.000km 76 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:20.901 · Lando Norris (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 4 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P4 Ronnie Peterson 3 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P11 Clay Regazzoni 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P12 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P24 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L40 Lauda · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Watson · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Watson WAT 2 Watson WAT Reutemann · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Laffite · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Laffite LAF 4 Laffite LAF Tambay · P19 → P5 · +14 19 Tambay TAM 5 Tambay TAM Andretti · P1 → P6 · -5 1 Andretti AND 6 Andretti AND Villeneuve · P2 → P7 · -5 2 Villeneuve VIL 7 Villeneuve VIL Fittipaldi · P13 → P8 · +5 13 Fittipaldi FIT 8 Fittipaldi FIT Piquet · P24 → P9 · +15 24 Piquet PIQ 9 Piquet PIQ Daly · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Daly DAL 10 Daly DAL Depailler · P16 → P11 · +5 16 Depailler DEP 11 Depailler DEP Scheckter · P9 → P12 · -3 9 Scheckter SCH 12 Scheckter SCH Jones · P6 → P13 · -7 6 Jones JON 13 Jones JON Giacomelli · P20 → P14 · +6 20 Giacomelli GIA 14 Giacomelli GIA Regazzoni · P15 → retired L33 Regazzoni · retired L33 15 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Patrese · P12 → retired L28 Patrese · retired L28 12 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Hunt · P10 → retired L19 Hunt · retired L19 10 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Merzario · P22 → retired L14 Merzario · retired L14 22 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Jabouille · P3 → retired L6 Jabouille · retired L6 3 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Peterson · P5 → retired L0 Peterson · retired L0 5 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Pironi · P14 → retired L0 Pironi · retired L0 14 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Stuck · P17 → retired L0 Stuck · retired L0 17 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Lunger · P21 → retired L0 Lunger · retired L0 21 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Brambilla · P23 → retired L0 Brambilla · retired L0 23 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 4 40 1:07:04.540 9
2 2 John Watson Brabham 7 40 +1.480 6
3 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 11 40 +20.470 4
4 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 40 +37.530 3
5 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 19 40 +40.390 2
6 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 40 +46.330 1
7 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 40 +48.480
8 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 40 +55.240
9 66 Nelson Piquet McLaren 24 40 +1:06.830
10 22 Derek Daly Ensign 18 40 +1:09.110
11 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 16 40 +1:16.570
12 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 39 +1 Lap
13 27 Alan Jones Williams 6 39 +1 Lap
14 33 Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 20 39 +1 Lap
R 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 33 +7 Laps
R 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 28 Engine
R 7 James Hunt McLaren 10 19 Distributor
R 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 14 Engine
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 6 Engine
R 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 5 0 Accident
R 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 14 0 Accident
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 17 0 Accident
R 23 Brett Lunger McLaren 21 0 Accident
R 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 23 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Mario Andretti
2
12 Gilles Villeneuve
3
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
4
1 Niki Lauda
5
6 Ronnie Peterson
6
27 Alan Jones
7
2 John Watson
8
26 Jacques Laffite
9
20 Jody Scheckter
10
7 James Hunt
11
11 Carlos Reutemann
12
35 Riccardo Patrese
13
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
14
3 Didier Pironi
15
17 Clay Regazzoni
16
4 Patrick Depailler
17
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
18
22 Derek Daly
19
8 Patrick Tambay
20
33 Bruno Giacomelli
21
23 Brett Lunger
22
37 Arturo Merzario
23
19 Vittorio Brambilla
24
66 Nelson Piquet
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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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