Season 1978 · Round 7

Spanish Grand Prix

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1978-06-04 · Jarama · Spain · Spanish Grand Prix · 75Lap · 255.300km
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus 1:41:47.060
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P23 1-2
6 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus +19.560
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +37.240
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Jacky Ickx L64 Emerson Fittipaldi L62 Carlos Reutemann L57 Niki Lauda L56 Patrick Depailler L51 Hans-Joachim Stuck L45 Riccardo Patrese L21 Hector Rebaque L21 Patrick Tambay L16
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Closest finish · all-time P15
Circuit Info
Jarama Madrid, Spain
75Lap 255.300km 9 races held (1968–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P8 Mario Andretti 2 wins · → Mika Häkkinen -1
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 wins · → Mika Häkkinen -1
P13 Niki Lauda 1 wins · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Starts
P19 Riccardo Patrese 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P25 Jacky Ickx 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
P30 Mario Andretti 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -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 Laffite · P10 → P3 · +7 10 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Scheckter · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Scheckter SCH 4 Scheckter SCH Watson · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Watson WAT 5 Watson WAT Hunt · P4 → P6 · -2 4 Hunt HUN 6 Hunt HUN Brambilla · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Brambilla BRA 7 Brambilla BRA Jones · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Jones JON 8 Jones JON Mass · P17 → P9 · +8 17 Mass MAS 9 Mass MAS Villeneuve · P5 → P10 · -5 5 Villeneuve VIL 10 Villeneuve VIL Keegan · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Keegan KEE 11 Keegan KEE Pironi · P13 → P12 · +1 13 Pironi PIR 12 Pironi PIR Jabouille · P11 → P13 · -2 11 Jabouille JAB 13 Jabouille JAB Stommelen · P19 → P14 · +5 19 Stommelen STO 14 Stommelen STO Regazzoni · P22 → P15 · +7 22 Regazzoni REG 15 Regazzoni REG Ickx · P21 → retired L64 Ickx · retired L64 21 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Fittipaldi · P15 → retired L62 Fittipaldi · retired L62 15 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Reutemann · P3 → retired L57 Reutemann · retired L57 3 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Lauda · P6 → retired L56 Lauda · retired L56 6 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Depailler · P12 → retired L51 Depailler · retired L51 12 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Stuck · P24 → retired L45 Stuck · retired L45 24 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Patrese · P8 → retired L21 Patrese · retired L21 8 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Rebaque · P20 → retired L21 Rebaque · retired L21 20 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB Tambay · P14 → retired L16 Tambay · retired L16 14 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 75 1:41:47.060 9
2 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 75 +19.560 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 75 +37.240 4
4 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 75 +1:00.060 3
5 2 John Watson Brabham 7 75 +1:05.930 2
6 7 James Hunt McLaren 4 74 +1 Lap 1
7 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 16 74 +1 Lap
8 27 Alan Jones Williams 18 74 +1 Lap
9 9 Jochen Mass ATS 17 74 +1 Lap
10 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 74 +1 Lap
11 18 Rupert Keegan Surtees 23 73 +2 Laps
12 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 13 71 +4 Laps
13 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 11 71 +4 Laps
14 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 19 71 +4 Laps
15 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 22 67 Fuel pipe
R 22 Jacky Ickx Ensign 21 64 Engine
R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 62 Throttle
R 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 3 57 Accident
R 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 6 56 Engine
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 51 Engine
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 24 45 Suspension
R 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8 21 Engine
R 25 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 20 21 Exhaust
R 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 16 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Mario Andretti
2
6 Ronnie Peterson
3
11 Carlos Reutemann
4
7 James Hunt
5
12 Gilles Villeneuve
6
1 Niki Lauda
7
2 John Watson
8
35 Riccardo Patrese
9
20 Jody Scheckter
10
26 Jacques Laffite
11
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
12
4 Patrick Depailler
13
3 Didier Pironi
14
8 Patrick Tambay
15
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
16
19 Vittorio Brambilla
17
9 Jochen Mass
18
27 Alan Jones
19
36 Rolf Stommelen
20
25 Hector Rebaque
21
22 Jacky Ickx
22
17 Clay Regazzoni
23
18 Rupert Keegan
24
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
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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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