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 | 1:37'04.47 | 1 | 1'47.75 | 7 | 1'50.95 | (12) | |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT45C | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 52 | 1:37'17.68 | +13.21 | 5 | 1'48.70 | 6 | 1'50.94 | (50) |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:37'18.11 | +13.64 | 10 | 1'49.69 | 2 | 1'50.06 | (2) |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:37'20.52 | +16.05 | 6 | 1'48.72 | 3 | 1'50.58 | (44) |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:38'19.32 | +1'14.85 | 3 | 1'48.39 | 12 | 1'52.16 | (20) |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:38'24.37 | +1'19.90 | 9 | 1'49.47 | 8 | 1'51.09 | (47) |
| 7 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T2 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 52 | 1:38'27.07 | +1'22.60 | 2 | 1'47.84 | 5 | 1'50.93 | (46) | |
| 8 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T2 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 52 | 1:38'43.35 | +1'38.88 | 7 | 1'48.97 | 1 | 1'49.76 | (3) | |
| 9 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:38'45.07 | +1'40.60 | 17 | 1'50.82 | 13 | 1'52.47 | (51) | |
| 10 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:38'47.97 | +1'43.50 | 15 | 1'50.35 | 4 | 1'50.75 | (3) | |
| 11 | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:38'53.54 | +1'49.07 | 13 | 1'50.06 | 17 | 1'52.75 | (46) | |
| 12 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 11 | 1'49.77 | 15 | 1'52.69 | (42) | ||
| 13 | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 24 | 1'52.27 | 14 | 1'52.55 | (47) | ||
| 14 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 23 | 1'51.99 | 11 | 1'51.83 | (3) | ||
| 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'50.45 | 19 | 1'52.77 | (20) | ||
| 16 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS7 | Matra MS76 | Goodyear | 50 | +2 laps | 8 | 1'49.13 | 10 | 1'51.72 | (43) | ||
| 17 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 50 | +2 laps | 18 | 1'51.16 | 24 | 1'54.54 | (3) | ||
| 18 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 50 | +2 laps | 12 | 1'49.91 | 20 | 1'52.92 | (3) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT45C | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 41 | 4 | 1'48.42 | 9 | 1'51.38 | (21) | |||
| fuel system | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 36 | 14 | 1'50.11 | 18 | 1'52.76 | (23) | |||
| distributor | 22 | Danny Ongais (USA) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 35 | 21 | 1'51.71 | 22 | 1'53.47 | (26) | |||
| engine | 23 | Lamberto Leoni (ITA) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 28 | 22 | 1'51.94 | 21 | 1'53.26 | (15) | |||
| differential | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 9 | 20 | 1'51.68 | 23 | 1'53.53 | (3) | |||
| overheating | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 19 | 1'51.42 | 16 | 1'52.73 | (2) | |||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'52.52 | ||||||||
| -- | 32 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Theodore TR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'53.25 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Divina Galica (GBR) | Hesketh 308E | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'56.69 | ||||||||
