Season 1978 · Round 6

Belgian Grand Prix

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1978-05-21 · Zolder · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 70Lap · 298.340km
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus 1:39:52.020
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus +9.900
11 Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari +24.340
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Hans-Joachim Stuck L56 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L56 Jody Scheckter L53 Patrick Depailler L51 Clay Regazzoni L40 Riccardo Patrese L31 Rolf Stommelen L26 John Watson L18 Niki Lauda L0 James Hunt L0 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 5/10 50%
Circuit Info
Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
70Lap 298.340km 10 races held (1973–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P10 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Mario Andretti 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P3 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -3
P21 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P21 Nelson Piquet 12 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Andretti · P1 → P1 1 Andretti AND 1 Andretti AND Peterson · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Peterson PET 2 Peterson PET Reutemann · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Villeneuve · P4 → P4 4 Villeneuve VIL 4 Villeneuve VIL Laffite · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Laffite LAF 5 Laffite LAF Pironi · P23 → P6 · +17 23 Pironi PIR 6 Pironi PIR Lunger · P24 → P7 · +17 24 Lunger LUN 7 Lunger LUN Giacomelli · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Giacomelli GIA 8 Giacomelli GIA Arnoux · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Arnoux ARN 9 Arnoux ARN Jones · P11 → P10 · +1 11 Jones JON 10 Jones JON Mass · P16 → P11 · +5 16 Mass MAS 11 Mass MAS Ickx · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Ickx ICK 12 Ickx ICK Brambilla · P12 → P13 · -1 12 Brambilla BRA 13 Brambilla BRA Stuck · P10 → retired L56 Stuck · retired L56 10 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Jabouille · P20 → retired L56 Jabouille · retired L56 20 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Scheckter · P5 → retired L53 Scheckter · retired L53 5 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Depailler · P13 → retired L51 Depailler · retired L51 13 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Regazzoni · P18 → retired L40 Regazzoni · retired L40 18 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Patrese · P8 → retired L31 Patrese · retired L31 8 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Stommelen · P17 → retired L26 Stommelen · retired L26 17 Stommelen STO R Stommelen STO Watson · P9 → retired L18 Watson · retired L18 9 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Lauda · P3 → retired L0 Lauda · retired L0 3 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Hunt · P6 → retired L0 Hunt · retired L0 6 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Fittipaldi · P15 → retired L0 Fittipaldi · retired L0 15 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 70 1:39:52.020 9
2 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 7 70 +9.900 6
3 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 2 70 +24.340 4
4 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 4 70 +47.040 3
5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 69 Accident 2
6 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 23 69 +1 Lap 1
7 23 Brett Lunger McLaren 24 69 +1 Lap
8 33 Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 21 69 +1 Lap
9 18 René Arnoux Martini 19 68 +2 Laps
10 27 Alan Jones Williams 11 68 +2 Laps
11 9 Jochen Mass ATS 16 68 +2 Laps
12 22 Jacky Ickx Ensign 22 64 +6 Laps
13 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 12 63 Engine
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 10 56 Spun off
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 20 56 Not classified
R 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 5 53 Spun off
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 51 Gearbox
R 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 18 40 Transmission
R 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8 31 Suspension
R 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 17 26 Spun off
R 2 John Watson Brabham 9 18 Accident
R 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 0 Accident
R 7 James Hunt McLaren 6 0 Accident
R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Mario Andretti
2
11 Carlos Reutemann
3
1 Niki Lauda
4
12 Gilles Villeneuve
5
20 Jody Scheckter
6
7 James Hunt
7
6 Ronnie Peterson
8
35 Riccardo Patrese
9
2 John Watson
10
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
11
27 Alan Jones
12
19 Vittorio Brambilla
13
4 Patrick Depailler
14
26 Jacques Laffite
15
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
16
9 Jochen Mass
17
36 Rolf Stommelen
18
17 Clay Regazzoni
19
18 René Arnoux
20
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
21
33 Bruno Giacomelli
22
22 Jacky Ickx
23
3 Didier Pironi
24
23 Brett Lunger
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