Season 1978 · Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

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1978-01-29 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 63Lap · 316.953km
11 Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari 1:49:59.860
Team win 9pt P1 · P13
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi +49.130
1 Niki Lauda
Brabham +57.020
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Hector Rebaque L40 Gilles Villeneuve L35 Patrick Tambay L34 James Hunt L25 Hans-Joachim Stuck L25 Jody Scheckter L16 Ronnie Peterson L15 Danny Ongais L13 Brett Lunger L11 Patrick Depailler L8 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 1/10 10%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
63Lap 316.953km 10 races held (1978–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Carlos Reutemann 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P5 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P16 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Reutemann · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Reutemann REU 1 Reutemann REU Fittipaldi · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Fittipaldi FIT 2 Fittipaldi FIT Lauda · P10 → P3 · +7 10 Lauda LAU 3 Lauda LAU Andretti · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Andretti AND 4 Andretti AND Regazzoni · P15 → P5 · +10 15 Regazzoni REG 5 Regazzoni REG Pironi · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Pironi PIR 6 Pironi PIR Mass · P20 → P7 · +13 20 Mass MAS 7 Mass MAS Watson · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Watson WAT 8 Watson WAT Laffite · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Laffite LAF 9 Laffite LAF Patrese · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Patrese PAT 10 Patrese PAT Jones · P8 → P11 · -3 8 Jones JON 11 Jones JON Rebaque · P22 → retired L40 Rebaque · retired L40 22 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Villeneuve · P6 → retired L35 Villeneuve · retired L35 6 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Tambay · P5 → retired L34 Tambay · retired L34 5 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Hunt · P2 → retired L25 Hunt · retired L25 2 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Stuck · P9 → retired L25 Stuck · retired L25 9 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Scheckter · P12 → retired L16 Scheckter · retired L16 12 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Peterson · P1 → retired L15 Peterson · retired L15 1 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Ongais · P23 → retired L13 Ongais · retired L13 23 Ongais ONG R Ongais ONG Lunger · P13 → retired L11 Lunger · retired L11 13 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Depailler · P11 → retired L8 Depailler · retired L8 11 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Keegan · P24 → retired L5 Keegan · retired L5 24 Keegan KEE R Keegan KEE Leoni · P17 → retired L0 Leoni · retired L0 17 Leoni LEO R Leoni LEO Jarier · P16 → P24 · -8 16 Jarier JAR 24 Jarier JAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 4 63 1:49:59.860 9
2 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 7 63 +49.130 6
3 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 10 63 +57.020 4
4 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 3 63 +1:33.120 3
5 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 62 +1 Lap 2
6 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 19 62 +1 Lap 1
7 9 Jochen Mass ATS 20 62 +1 Lap
8 2 John Watson Brabham 21 61 +2 Laps
9 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 61 +2 Laps
10 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 18 59 +4 Laps
11 27 Alan Jones Williams 8 58 +5 Laps
R 25 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 22 40 Physical
R 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6 35 Spun off
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 5 34 Spun off
R 7 James Hunt McLaren 2 25 Spun off
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 9 25 Fuel system
R 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 12 16 Accident
R 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 15 Collision
R 22 Danny Ongais Ensign 23 13 Brakes
R 23 Brett Lunger McLaren 13 11 Overheating
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11 8 Accident
R 18 Rupert Keegan Surtees 24 5 Accident
R 23 Lamberto Leoni Ensign 17 0 Transmission
W 55 Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 16 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Ronnie Peterson
2
7 James Hunt
3
5 Mario Andretti
4
11 Carlos Reutemann
5
8 Patrick Tambay
6
12 Gilles Villeneuve
7
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
8
27 Alan Jones
9
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
10
1 Niki Lauda
11
4 Patrick Depailler
12
20 Jody Scheckter
13
23 Brett Lunger
14
26 Jacques Laffite
15
17 Clay Regazzoni
16
55 Jean-Pierre Jarier
17
23 Lamberto Leoni
18
35 Riccardo Patrese
19
3 Didier Pironi
20
9 Jochen Mass
21
2 John Watson
22
25 Hector Rebaque
23
22 Danny Ongais
24
18 Rupert Keegan
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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