January 15, 1978 Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez | Lap distance 5.968 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (14) | 1978 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 4.000000.470 | 1 | 7.000000.750 | 7 | 0.00 | (12) | |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT45C | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 52 | 7.000000.680 | +3.000000.210 | 5 | 8.000000.700 | 6 | 0.00 | (50) |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 8.000000.110 | +3.000000.640 | 10 | 9.000000.690 | 2 | 0.00 | (2) |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 0.00 | +6.000000.050 | 6 | 8.000000.720 | 3 | 0.00 | (44) |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 9.000000.320 | +4.000000.850 | 3 | 8.000000.390 | 12 | 2.000000.160 | (20) |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 4.000000.370 | +9.000000.900 | 9 | 9.000000.470 | 8 | 1.000000.090 | (47) |
| 7 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T2 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 52 | 7.000000.070 | +2.000000.600 | 2 | 7.000000.840 | 5 | 0.00 | (46) | |
| 8 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T2 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 52 | 3.000000.350 | +8.000000.880 | 7 | 8.000000.970 | 1 | 9.000000.760 | (3) | |
| 9 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 5.000000.070 | +0.00 | 17 | 0.00 | 13 | 2.000000.470 | (51) | |
| 10 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 7.000000.970 | +3.000000.500 | 15 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.00 | (3) | |
| 11 | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 3.000000.540 | +9.000000.070 | 13 | 0.00 | 17 | 2.000000.750 | (46) | |
| 12 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 11 | 9.000000.770 | 15 | 2.000000.690 | (42) | ||
| 13 | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 24 | 2.000000.270 | 14 | 2.000000.550 | (47) | ||
| 14 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 23 | 1.000000.990 | 11 | 1.000000.830 | (3) | ||
| 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 16 | 0.00 | 19 | 2.000000.770 | (20) | ||
| 16 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS7 | Matra MS76 | Goodyear | 50 | +2 laps | 8 | 9.000000.130 | 10 | 1.000000.720 | (43) | ||
| 17 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 50 | +2 laps | 18 | 1.000000.160 | 24 | 4.000000.540 | (3) | ||
| 18 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 50 | +2 laps | 12 | 9.000000.910 | 20 | 2.000000.920 | (3) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT45C | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 41 | 4 | 8.000000.420 | 9 | 1.000000.380 | (21) | |||
| fuel system | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 36 | 14 | 0.00 | 18 | 2.000000.760 | (23) | |||
| distributor | 22 | Danny Ongais (USA) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 35 | 21 | 1.000000.710 | 22 | 3.000000.470 | (26) | |||
| engine | 23 | Lamberto Leoni (ITA) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 28 | 22 | 1.000000.940 | 21 | 3.000000.260 | (15) | |||
| differential | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 9 | 20 | 1.000000.680 | 23 | 3.000000.530 | (3) | |||
| overheating | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 19 | 1.000000.420 | 16 | 2.000000.730 | (2) | |||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2.000000.520 | ||||||||
| -- | 32 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Theodore TR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3.000000.250 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Divina Galica (GBR) | Hesketh 308E | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 6.000000.690 | ||||||||
