Season 1978 · Round 9

French Grand Prix

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1978-07-02 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 54Lap · 313.686km
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus 1:38:51.920
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus +2.930
7 James Hunt
McLaren +19.800
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Brett Lunger L45 Emerson Fittipaldi L43 Rupert Keegan L40 Bruno Giacomelli L28 Niki Lauda L10 Patrick Depailler L10 Clay Regazzoni L4 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
54Lap 313.686km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P7 Mario Andretti 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Ronnie Peterson 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Pole Position
P8 Niki Lauda 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P8 René Arnoux 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P14 Jacky Ickx 1 · → Ralf Schumacher -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P12 Niki Lauda 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Andretti · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Andretti AND 1 Andretti AND Peterson · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Peterson PET 2 Peterson PET Hunt · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Hunt HUN 3 Hunt HUN Watson · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Watson WAT 4 Watson WAT Jones · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Jones JON 5 Jones JON Scheckter · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Scheckter SCH 6 Scheckter SCH Laffite · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Laffite LAF 7 Laffite LAF Patrese · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Patrese PAT 8 Patrese PAT Tambay · P6 → P9 · -3 6 Tambay TAM 9 Tambay TAM Pironi · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Pironi PIR 10 Pironi PIR Stuck · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Stuck STU 11 Stuck STU Villeneuve · P9 → P12 · -3 9 Villeneuve VIL 12 Villeneuve VIL Mass · P25 → P13 · +12 25 Mass MAS 13 Mass MAS Arnoux · P18 → P14 · +4 18 Arnoux ARN 14 Arnoux ARN Stommelen · P21 → P15 · +6 21 Stommelen STO 15 Stommelen STO Rosberg · P26 → P16 · +10 26 Rosberg ROS 16 Rosberg ROS Brambilla · P19 → P17 · +2 19 Brambilla BRA 17 Brambilla BRA Reutemann · P8 → P18 · -10 8 Reutemann REU 18 Reutemann REU Lunger · P24 → retired L45 Lunger · retired L45 24 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Fittipaldi · P15 → retired L43 Fittipaldi · retired L43 15 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Keegan · P23 → retired L40 Keegan · retired L40 23 Keegan KEE R Keegan KEE Giacomelli · P22 → retired L28 Giacomelli · retired L28 22 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Lauda · P3 → retired L10 Lauda · retired L10 3 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Depailler · P13 → retired L10 Depailler · retired L10 13 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Regazzoni · P17 → retired L4 Regazzoni · retired L4 17 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Jabouille · P11 → retired L1 Jabouille · retired L1 11 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 54 1:38:51.920 9
2 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 5 54 +2.930 6
3 7 James Hunt McLaren 4 54 +19.800 4
4 2 John Watson Brabham 1 54 +36.880 3
5 27 Alan Jones Williams 14 54 +41.810 2
6 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 7 54 +54.530 1
7 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 54 +54.740
8 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 54 +1:24.880
9 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 6 54 +1:27.060
10 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 16 54 +1:29.980
11 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 20 53 +1 Lap
12 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 9 53 +1 Lap
13 9 Jochen Mass ATS 25 53 +1 Lap
14 18 René Arnoux Martini 18 53 +1 Lap
15 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 21 53 +1 Lap
16 10 Keke Rosberg ATS 26 52 +2 Laps
17 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 19 52 +2 Laps
18 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 49 +5 Laps
R 23 Brett Lunger McLaren 24 45 Engine
R 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 43 Suspension
R 18 Rupert Keegan Surtees 23 40 Engine
R 33 Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 22 28 Engine
R 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 10 Engine
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 10 Engine
R 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 17 4 Electrical
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 11 1 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 John Watson
2
5 Mario Andretti
3
1 Niki Lauda
4
7 James Hunt
5
6 Ronnie Peterson
6
8 Patrick Tambay
7
20 Jody Scheckter
8
11 Carlos Reutemann
9
12 Gilles Villeneuve
10
26 Jacques Laffite
11
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
12
35 Riccardo Patrese
13
4 Patrick Depailler
14
27 Alan Jones
15
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
16
3 Didier Pironi
17
17 Clay Regazzoni
18
18 René Arnoux
19
19 Vittorio Brambilla
20
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
21
36 Rolf Stommelen
22
33 Bruno Giacomelli
23
18 Rupert Keegan
24
23 Brett Lunger
25
9 Jochen Mass
26
10 Keke Rosberg
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