March 4, 1978 Kyalami | Lap distance 4.104 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (5) | 1978 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'15.767 | 11 | 1'15.94 | 4 | 1'17.35 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'16.233 | +0.466 | 12 | 1'15.97 | 3 | 1'17.29 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'20.209 | +4.442 | 10 | 1'15.62 | 5 | 1'17.39 | |
| 4 | 3 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:42'54.753 | +38.986 | 18 | 1'17.16 | 7 | 1'17.48 | |
| 5 | 2 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS7/9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 78 | 1:43'24.985 | +1'09.218 | 14 | 1'16.40 | 13 | 1'17.96 | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 13 | 1'16.38 | 18 | 1'18.45 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 2 | 1'14.90 | 1 | 1'17.09 | (2) | ||
| 8 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 17 | 1'17.12 | 12 | 1'17.93 | |||
| 9 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 21 | 1'17.49 | 10 | 1'17.86 | |||
| 10 | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 22 | 1'17.50 | 24 | 1'19.53 | |||
| 11 | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 19 | 1'17.30 | 14 | 1'18.11 | |||
| 12 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 20 | 1'17.32 | 23 | 1'19.34 | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 63 | 7 | 1'15.48 | 2 | 1'17.15 | ||||
| spun off | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 5 | 1'15.32 | 9 | 1'17.51 | ||||
| accident | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 56 | 4 | 1'15.30 | 11 | 1'17.89 | ||||
| oil leak | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 55 | 8 | 1'15.50 | 17 | 1'18.29 | ||||
| spun off | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 55 | 9 | 1'15.52 | 15 | 1'18.13 | ||||
| engine | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 52 | 1 | 1'14.65 | 6 | 1'17.43 | ||||
| engine | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 23 | 1'17.57 | 22 | 1'19.29 | ||||
| engine | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 43 | 16 | 1'16.60 | 20 | 1'18.63 | ||||
| suspension | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 39 | 26 | 1'18.15 | 26 | 1'20.27 | ||||
| engine | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 38 | 6 | 1'15.36 | 15 | 1'18.13 | ||||
| clutch | 32 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Theodore TR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 15 | 24 | 1'17.62 | 25 | 1'19.55 | ||||
| transmission | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 9 | 15 | 1'16.47 | 21 | 1'18.72 | ||||
| oil leak | 24 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Hesketh 308E | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 8 | 25 | 1'17.83 | 19 | 1'18.50 | ||||
| engine | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 5 | 3 | 1'15.14 | 8 | 1'17.49 | ||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 31 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Martini MK23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'18.21 | ||||||||
| -- | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'18.30 | ||||||||
| -- | 22 | Lamberto Leoni (ITA) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'18.38 | ||||||||
| -- | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN8 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'18.45 | ||||||||
