July 30, 1978 Hockenheimring | Lap distance 6.789 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 | 45 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.000000.900 | 4 | 6.000000.150 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 6.000000.250 | +5.000000.350 | 4 | 2.000000.680 | 6 | 6.000000.410 | |
| 3 | 4 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 45 | 8.000000.910 | +8.000000.010 | 7 | 3.000000.540 | 9 | 6.000000.590 | |
| 4 | 3 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 7.000000.780 | +6.000000.880 | 10 | 4.000000.030 | 5 | 6.000000.340 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 8.000000.160 | +7.000000.260 | 16 | 4.000000.630 | 10 | 7.000000.110 | |
| 6 | 1 | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 8.000000.760 | +7.000000.860 | 18 | 5.000000.570 | 7 | 6.000000.470 | |
| 7 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 45 | 0.00 | +9.000000.530 | 5 | 2.000000.840 | 12 | 7.000000.260 | ||
| 8 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 45 | 7.000000.770 | +6.000000.870 | 15 | 4.000000.400 | 2 | 5.000000.800 | ||
| 9 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 44 | +1 lap | 14 | 4.000000.340 | 16 | 7.000000.760 | |||
| 10 | 32 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 42 | +3 laps | 19 | 5.000000.570 | 8 | 6.000000.530 | |||
| 11 | 23 | Harald Ertl (AUT) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 41 | +4 laps | 23 | 6.000000.250 | 15 | 7.000000.570 | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| gearbox | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 36 | 2 | 1.000000.990 | 1 | 5.000000.620 | (26) | |||
| fuel system | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 31 | 6 | 3.000000.500 | 3 | 5.000000.900 | ||||
| engine | 22 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 31 | 21 | 6.000000.150 | 19 | 9.000000.160 | ||||
| fuel system | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 24 | 20 | 5.000000.860 | 18 | 9.000000.060 | ||||
| accident | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 11 | 4.000000.040 | 14 | 7.000000.550 | ||||
| fuel system | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 14 | 12 | 4.000000.170 | 17 | 8.000000.260 | ||||
| engine | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 11 | 3 | 2.000000.290 | 11 | 7.000000.120 | ||||
| engine | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 5 | 9 | 3.000000.610 | 13 | 7.000000.410 | ||||
| accident | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1 | 22 | 6.000000.210 | ||||||
| accident | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1 | 24 | 6.000000.450 | ||||||
| accident | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 13 | 4.000000.320 | ||||||
| Disqualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 42 | 17 | 5.000000.180 | 8.000000.080 | |||||
| -- | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 34 | 8 | 3.000000.540 | 5.000000.840 | |||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 6.000000.570 | ||||||||
| -- | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 7.000000.400 | ||||||||
| -- | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 7.000000.860 | ||||||||
| -- | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 8.000000.310 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | |||||||||
| -- | 31 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Martini MK23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | |||||||||
