June 4, 1978 Circuito Permanente del Jarama | Lap distance 3.404 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1978 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:41'47.06 | 1 | 1'16.39 | 1 | 1'20.06 | (5) | |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:42'06.62 | +19.56 | 2 | 1'16.68 | 2 | 1'20.40 | |
| 3 | 4 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 75 | 1:42'24.30 | +37.24 | 10 | 1'18.42 | 8 | 1'21.10 | |
| 4 | 3 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:42'47.12 | +1'00.06 | 9 | 1'18.24 | 11 | 1'21.33 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 75 | 1:42'52.99 | +1'05.93 | 7 | 1'17.98 | 10 | 1'21.27 | |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 4 | 1'17.66 | 3 | 1'20.44 | ||
| 7 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'19.71 | 18 | 1'22.44 | |||
| 8 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 18 | 1'19.99 | 14 | 1'21.87 | |||
| 9 | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 17 | 1'19.98 | 15 | 1'22.04 | |||
| 10 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 74 | +1 lap | 5 | 1'17.76 | 7 | 1'20.94 | |||
| 11 | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 73 | +2 laps | 23 | 1'20.77 | 22 | 1'23.20 | |||
| 12 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 71 | +4 laps | 13 | 1'19.11 | 12 | 1'21.58 | |||
| 13 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 71 | +4 laps | 11 | 1'18.99 | 20 | 1'22.63 | |||
| 14 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 71 | +4 laps | 19 | 1'20.03 | 23 | 1'23.35 | |||
| 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 67 | +8 laps | 22 | 1'20.67 | 19 | 1'22.53 | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 22 | Jacky Ickx (BEL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 64 | 21 | 1'20.36 | 17 | 1'22.19 | ||||
| throttle | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 62 | 15 | 1'19.33 | 16 | 1'22.11 | ||||
| accident | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 57 | 3 | 1'17.40 | 4 | 1'20.78 | ||||
| engine | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 56 | 6 | 1'17.94 | 6 | 1'20.85 | ||||
| engine | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | 12 | 1'19.06 | 5 | 1'20.84 | ||||
| suspension | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 24 | 1'20.87 | 21 | 1'22.90 | ||||
| engine | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 21 | 8 | 1'18.14 | 9 | 1'21.14 | ||||
| exhaust | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 21 | 20 | 1'20.21 | 24 | 1'23.46 | ||||
| spun off | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 14 | 1'19.28 | 13 | 1'21.71 | ||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'20.91 | ||||||||
| -- | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.17 | ||||||||
| -- | 28 | Emilio de Villota (ESP) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.45 | ||||||||
| -- | 10 | Alberto Colombo (ITA) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.59 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 32 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Theodore TR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.25 | ||||||||
