July 2, 1978 Circuit Paul Ricard | Lap distance 5.810 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 | 54 | 1.000000.920 | 2 | 4.000000.460 | 3 | 8.000000.790 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 4.000000.850 | +2.000000.930 | 5 | 4.000000.980 | 4 | 8.000000.940 | |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 1.000000.720 | +9.000000.800 | 4 | 4.000000.920 | 2 | 8.000000.770 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 54 | 8.000000.800 | +6.000000.880 | 1 | 4.000000.410 | 9 | 9.000000.850 | |
| 5 | 2 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 3.000000.730 | +1.000000.810 | 14 | 6.000000.400 | 6 | 9.000000.760 | |
| 6 | 1 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 6.000000.450 | +4.000000.530 | 7 | 5.000000.200 | 10 | 9.000000.980 | |
| 7 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 54 | 6.000000.660 | +4.000000.740 | 10 | 5.000000.680 | 11 | 0.00 | ||
| 8 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 6.000000.800 | +4.000000.880 | 12 | 6.000000.320 | 13 | 0.00 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 8.000000.980 | +7.000000.060 | 6 | 5.000000.070 | 7 | 9.000000.780 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 1.000000.900 | +9.000000.980 | 16 | 7.000000.120 | 15 | 0.00 | ||
| 11 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 20 | 8.000000.890 | 17 | 1.000000.330 | |||
| 12 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 53 | +1 lap | 9 | 5.000000.550 | 5 | 9.000000.750 | |||
| 13 | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 25 | 9.000000.900 | 18 | 1.000000.440 | |||
| 14 | 31 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Martini MK23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 18 | 8.000000.680 | 20 | 1.000000.920 | |||
| 15 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | +1 lap | 21 | 9.000000.140 | 21 | 2.000000.010 | |||
| 16 | 10 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | +2 laps | 26 | 0.00 | 24 | 2.000000.900 | |||
| 17 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | +2 laps | 19 | 8.000000.680 | 22 | 2.000000.120 | |||
| 18 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 49 | +5 laps | 8 | 5.000000.350 | 1 | 8.000000.560 | (48) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 24 | 9.000000.550 | 16 | 1.000000.290 | ||||
| suspension | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 43 | 15 | 6.000000.700 | 12 | 0.00 | ||||
| engine | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 23 | 9.000000.540 | 19 | 1.000000.870 | ||||
| engine | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli (ITA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 28 | 22 | 9.000000.530 | 23 | 2.000000.130 | ||||
| engine | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 10 | 3 | 4.000000.710 | 7 | 9.000000.780 | ||||
| engine | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 10 | 13 | 6.000000.370 | 14 | 0.00 | ||||
| electrical | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 17 | 8.000000.550 | 25 | 9.000000.310 | ||||
| engine | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 1 | 11 | 5.000000.730 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0.00 | ||||||||
| -- | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0.00 | ||||||||
| -- | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0.00 | ||||||||
