Season 1978 · Round 16

Canadian Grand Prix

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1978-10-08 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada · Canadian Grand Prix · 70Lap · 315.000km
12 Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari 1:57:49.196
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
20 Jody Scheckter
Wolf +13.372
11 Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari +19.408
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Keke Rosberg L58 Jacques Laffite L52 James Hunt L51 Jean-Pierre Jarier L49 René Arnoux L37 Bobby Rahal L16 John Watson L8 Niki Lauda L5 Hans-Joachim Stuck L1 Emerson Fittipaldi L0
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 22/45 48.9%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P8
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
70Lap 315.000km 45 races held (1978–) Lap record 1:13.078 · Valtteri Bottas (2019)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -4
P5 Jacky Ickx 2 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P5 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P12 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P15 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Villeneuve · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Villeneuve VIL 1 Villeneuve VIL Scheckter · P2 → P2 2 Scheckter SCH 2 Scheckter SCH Reutemann · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Patrese · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Patrese PAT 4 Patrese PAT Depailler · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Depailler DEP 5 Depailler DEP Daly · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Daly DAL 6 Daly DAL Pironi · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Pironi PIR 7 Pironi PIR Tambay · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Tambay TAM 8 Tambay TAM Jones · P5 → P9 · -4 5 Jones JON 9 Jones JON Andretti · P9 → P10 · -1 9 Andretti AND 10 Andretti AND Piquet · P14 → P11 · +3 14 Piquet PIQ 11 Piquet PIQ Jabouille · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Jabouille JAB 12 Jabouille JAB Rosberg · P21 → retired L58 Rosberg · retired L58 21 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Laffite · P10 → retired L52 Laffite · retired L52 10 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Hunt · P19 → retired L51 Hunt · retired L51 19 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Jarier · P1 → retired L49 Jarier · retired L49 1 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Arnoux · P16 → retired L37 Arnoux · retired L37 16 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Rahal · P20 → retired L16 Rahal · retired L16 20 Rahal RAH R Rahal RAH Watson · P4 → retired L8 Watson · retired L8 4 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Lauda · P7 → retired L5 Lauda · retired L5 7 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Stuck · P8 → retired L1 Stuck · retired L1 8 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Fittipaldi · P6 → retired L0 Fittipaldi · retired L0 6 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 70 1:57:49.196 9
2 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 2 70 +13.372 6
3 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 11 70 +19.408 4
4 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 70 +24.667 3
5 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 70 +28.558 2
6 22 Derek Daly Ensign 15 70 +54.476 1
7 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 18 70 +1:21.250
8 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 17 70 +1:26.560
9 27 Alan Jones Williams 5 70 +1:28.942
10 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 69 +1 Lap
11 66 Nelson Piquet Brabham 14 69 +1 Lap
12 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 22 65 +5 Laps
R 10 Keke Rosberg ATS 21 58 +12 Laps
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 52 Transmission
R 7 James Hunt McLaren 19 51 Spun off
R 55 Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus 1 49 Oil leak
R 18 René Arnoux Surtees 16 37 Engine
R 21 Bobby Rahal Wolf 20 16 Fuel system
R 2 John Watson Brabham 4 8 Accident
R 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 7 5 Brakes
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 8 1 Accident
R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
55 Jean-Pierre Jarier
2
20 Jody Scheckter
3
12 Gilles Villeneuve
4
2 John Watson
5
27 Alan Jones
6
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
7
1 Niki Lauda
8
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
9
5 Mario Andretti
10
26 Jacques Laffite
11
11 Carlos Reutemann
12
35 Riccardo Patrese
13
4 Patrick Depailler
14
66 Nelson Piquet
15
22 Derek Daly
16
18 René Arnoux
17
8 Patrick Tambay
18
3 Didier Pironi
19
7 James Hunt
20
21 Bobby Rahal
21
10 Keke Rosberg
22
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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