Season 29 · 16 Rounds

1978 Season

Rounds

16/16

rounds completed / total

Winners

different winners

Sprints

Sprint

DNF Rate

44.2%

DNF 173 / Starts 391

Season Results · every round at a glance

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Wins	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points
1	Andretti	Team Lotus	6	1	4	7	2	11	1	1	R	1	R	1	R	1	6	R	10	64
2	Peterson	Team Lotus	2	5	R	1	4	R	2	2	3	2	R	R	1	2	R			51
3	Reutemann	Ferrari	4	7	1	R	1	8	3	R	10	18	1	R	D	7	3	1	3	48
4	Lauda	Brabham	2	2	3	R	R	2	R	R	1	R	2	R	R	3	1	R	R	44
5	Depailler	Tyrrell	1	3	R	2	3	1	R	R	R	R	4	R	2	R	11	R	5	34
6	Watson	Brabham		R	8	3	R	4	R	5	R	4	3	7	7	4	2	R	R	25
7	Scheckter	Wolf		10	R	R	R	3	R	4	R	6	R	2	R	12	12	3	2	24
8	Laffite	Ligier		16	9	5	5	R	5	3	7	7	10	3	5	8	4	11	R	19
9	Villeneuve	Ferrari	1	8	R	R	R	R	4	10	9	12	R	8	3	6	7	R	1	17
10	Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi		9	2	R	8	9	R	R	6	R	R	4	4	5	8	5	R	17
11	Jones	Williams		R	11	4	7	R	10	8	R	5	R	R	R	R	13	2	9	11
12	Patrese	Arrows			10	R	6	6	R	R	2	8	R	9	R	R	R		4	11
13	Hunt	McLaren		4	R	R	R	R	R	6	8	3	R	D	R	10	R	7	R	8
14	Tambay	McLaren		6	R	R	12	7		R	4	9	6	R	R	9	5	6	8	8
15	Pironi	Tyrrell		14	6	6	R	5	6	12	R	10	R	5	R	R	R	10	7	7
16	Regazzoni	Shadow		15	5		10		R	15	5	R	R		R		R	14		4
17	Jabouille	Renault				R	R	10	R	13	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	4	12	3
18	Stuck	Shadow		17	R		W	R	R	R	11	11	5	R	R	R	R	R	R	2
19	Brambilla	Surtees		18		12	R		13	7	R	17	9	R	6	D	R			1
20	Daly	Ensign											R		D	R	10	8	6	1
21	Rebaque	Team Lotus			R	10				R	12		R	6	R	11		R		1
-	Cheever	Hesketh				R														0
-	Arnoux	Surtees							9			14			9	R		9	R	0
-	Piquet	Brabham												R	R	R	9		11	0
-	Rahal	Wolf																12	R	0
-	Ickx	Ensign						R	12	R										0
-	Ongais	Shadow		R	R															0
-	Leoni	Ensign		R	R															0
-	Stommelen	Arrows				9	9	R	R	14	14	15		D				16		0
-	Jarier	Team Lotus		12	W	8	11											15	R	0
-	Merzario	Merzario		R		R	R				R		R			R	R	R		0
-	Mass	ATS		11	7	R	R		11	9	13	13	R	R						0
-	Ertl	ATS												11	R					0
-	Lunger	Ensign		13	R	11			7			R	8		8	R	R	13		0
-	Bleekemolen	ATS																R		0
-	Giacomelli	McLaren							8			R	7			R	14			0
-	Keegan	Surtees		R	R	R	W	R		11		R				W				0
-	Rosberg	Wolf				R					15	16	R	10	R	R		R	R	0

Win Podium 4–6 7–10 11+ retired W · withdrew D · disqualified

Championship Progression · points progression, top 8

Mario Andretti 64 Ronnie Peterson 51 Carlos Reutemann 48 Niki Lauda 44 Patrick Depailler 34 John Watson 25 Jody Scheckter 24 Jacques Laffite 19

Championship Progression · points progression

Team Lotus 86 Ferrari 58 Brabham 53 Tyrrell 38 Wolf 24 Ligier 19 Fittipaldi 17 McLaren 15 Williams 11 Arrows 11 Shadow 6 Renault 3 Surtees 1 Ensign 1 Hesketh 0 ATS 0 Martini 0 Merzario 0 Theodore 0

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points	Who scored them
1	Team Lotus	8	86	AND PET REB
2	Ferrari	5	58	REU VIL
3	Brabham	2	53	LAU WAT
4	Tyrrell	1	38	DEP PIR
5	Wolf	0	24	SCH
6	Ligier	0	19	LAF
7	Fittipaldi	0	17	FIT
8	McLaren	0	15	HUN TAM
9	Williams	0	11	JON
10	Arrows	0	11	PAT
11	Shadow	0	6	REG STU
12	Renault	0	3	JAB
13	Surtees	0	1	BRA
14	Ensign	0	1	DAL
-	Hesketh	0	0
-	ATS	0	0
-	Martini	0	0
-	Merzario	0	0
-	Theodore	0	0

R	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Wins
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina	1978-01-15	5 Mario Andretti
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil	1978-01-29	11 Carlos Reutemann
3	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami · South Africa	1978-03-04	6 Ronnie Peterson
4	United States Grand Prix West	Long Beach · USA	1978-04-02	11 Carlos Reutemann
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco · Monaco	1978-05-07	4 Patrick Depailler
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Zolder · Belgium	1978-05-21	5 Mario Andretti
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama · Spain	1978-06-04	5 Mario Andretti
8	Swedish Grand Prix	Scandinavian Raceway · Sweden	1978-06-17	1 Niki Lauda
9	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard · France	1978-07-02	5 Mario Andretti
10	British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch · UK	1978-07-16	11 Carlos Reutemann
11	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring · Germany	1978-07-30	5 Mario Andretti
12	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring · Austria	1978-08-13	6 Ronnie Peterson
13	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort · Netherlands	1978-08-27	5 Mario Andretti
14	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Italy	1978-09-10	1 Niki Lauda
15	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen · USA	1978-10-01	11 Carlos Reutemann
16	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada	1978-10-08	12 Gilles Villeneuve

Most wins

5 Mario Andretti	6
11 Carlos Reutemann	4
6 Ronnie Peterson	2
1 Niki Lauda	2
4 Patrick Depailler	1
12 Gilles Villeneuve	1

Most poles

5 Mario Andretti	8
6 Ronnie Peterson	3
11 Carlos Reutemann	2
1 Niki Lauda	1
2 John Watson	1
55 Jean-Pierre Jarier	1

Most podiums

5 Mario Andretti	7
1 Niki Lauda	7
11 Carlos Reutemann	7
6 Ronnie Peterson	7
4 Patrick Depailler	5
20 Jody Scheckter	4
2 John Watson	3
26 Jacques Laffite	2
12 Gilles Villeneuve	2
14 Emerson Fittipaldi	1

Most fastest laps

No records

Max Winning Margin · Biggest winning margin

49.13s

Brazilian Grand Prix · P1·P2 same-lap finishes only

Most Retirements · Most DNFs in one race

British Grand Prix	16 cars
Austrian Grand Prix	15 cars
South African Grand Prix	14 cars

Record Basis · Calculation basis

Scope: 1978 World Championship · standings as of the latest collected round · Pole Position = Grid P1 · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) statuses (incl. DSQ) · winning margin from P1·P2 compares same-lap finishes only
Source: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast-compatible API) · last fetch: 2026-09-05 14:15