July 16, 1978 Brands Hatch | Lap distance 4.206 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (8) | 1978 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 76 | 1:42'12.39 | 8 | 1'18.45 | 2 | 1'18.84 | (61) | |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 76 | 1:42'13.62 | +1.23 | 4 | 1'17.48 | 1 | 1'18.60 | (72) |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 76 | 1:42'49.64 | +37.25 | 9 | 1'18.57 | 8 | 1'19.83 | (67) |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 76 | 1:43'25.66 | +1'13.27 | 10 | 1'18.73 | 3 | 1'19.35 | (67) |
| 5 | 2 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:42'25.88 | +1 lap | 18 | 1'19.98 | 7 | 1'19.79 | (60) |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:42'27.51 | +1 lap | 20 | 1'20.14 | 4 | 1'19.39 | (64) |
| 7 | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli (ITA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:42'29.96 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'19.79 | 9 | 1'19.89 | (75) | |
| 8 | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:43'12.60 | +1 lap | 24 | 1'20.39 | 14 | 1'20.82 | (69) | |
| 9 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:43'33.99 | +1 lap | 25 | 1'20.70 | 19 | 1'21.15 | (64) | |
| 10 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 73 | 1:42'52.32 | +3 laps | 7 | 1'18.44 | 6 | 1'19.64 | (68) | |
| Not classified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 66 | 1:43'08.58 | 26 | 1'20.71 | 22 | 1'21.71 | (43) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| suspension | 10 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 22 | 1'20.27 | 18 | 1'21.05 | (48) | |||
| gearbox | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 49 | 17 | 1'19.83 | 11 | 1'20.39 | (42) | |||
| turbo | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 46 | 12 | 1'18.88 | 12 | 1'20.63 | (42) | |||
| suspension | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 5 | 1'18.28 | ||||||
| gearbox | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 19 | 1'19.99 | 21 | 1'21.40 | (24) | |||
| gearbox | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 36 | 3 | 1'17.37 | 16 | 1'20.91 | (31) | |||
| engine | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 32 | 11 | 1'18.78 | 14 | 1'20.82 | (31) | |||
| fuel pump | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 32 | 23 | 1'20.35 | 25 | 1'22.45 | (16) | |||
| wheel | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 30 | 15 | 1'19.13 | 20 | 1'21.19 | (26) | |||
| engine | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 28 | 2 | 1'17.06 | 4 | 1'19.39 | (28) | |||
| transmission | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 26 | 6 | 1'18.36 | 17 | 1'21.04 | (25) | |||
| transmission | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 19 | 13 | 1'18.99 | 13 | 1'20.75 | (14) | |||
| gearbox | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 15 | 21 | 1'20.24 | 23 | 1'21.88 | (10) | |||
| accident | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 8 | 14 | 1'19.05 | 24 | 1'21.92 | (4) | |||
| fuel system | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 6 | 1 | 1'16.80 | 10 | 1'20.15 | (6) | |||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'20.73 | ||||||||
| -- | 23 | Geoff Lees (GBR) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.05 | ||||||||
| -- | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.10 | ||||||||
| -- | 40 | Tony Trimmer (GBR) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.41 | ||||||||
