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 | 1:28'00.90 | 1 | 1'51.90 | 4 | 1'56.15 | ||
2 | 6 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 1:28'16.25 | +15.35 | 4 | 1'52.68 | 6 | 1'56.41 | |
3 | 4 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 45 | 1:28'28.91 | +28.01 | 7 | 1'53.54 | 9 | 1'56.59 | |
4 | 3 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 1:28'37.78 | +36.88 | 10 | 1'54.03 | 5 | 1'56.34 | |
5 | 2 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 1:28'58.16 | +57.26 | 16 | 1'54.63 | 10 | 1'57.11 | |
6 | 1 | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 45 | 1:29'38.76 | +1'37.86 | 18 | 1'55.57 | 7 | 1'56.47 | |
7 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 45 | 1:29'40.43 | +1'39.53 | 5 | 1'52.84 | 12 | 1'57.26 | ||
8 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 45 | 1:29'57.77 | +1'56.87 | 15 | 1'54.40 | 2 | 1'55.80 | ||
9 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 44 | +1 lap | 14 | 1'54.34 | 16 | 1'57.76 | |||
10 | 32 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 42 | +3 laps | 19 | 1'55.57 | 8 | 1'56.53 | |||
11 | 23 | Harald Ertl (AUT) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 41 | +4 laps | 23 | 1'56.25 | 15 | 1'57.57 | |||
Retirement | ||||||||||||||
gearbox | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 36 | 2 | 1'51.99 | 1 | 1'55.62 | (26) | |||
fuel system | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 31 | 6 | 1'53.50 | 3 | 1'55.90 | ||||
engine | 22 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 31 | 21 | 1'56.15 | 19 | 1'59.16 | ||||
fuel system | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 24 | 20 | 1'55.86 | 18 | 1'59.06 | ||||
accident | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 11 | 1'54.04 | 14 | 1'57.55 | ||||
fuel system | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 14 | 12 | 1'54.17 | 17 | 1'58.26 | ||||
engine | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 11 | 3 | 1'52.29 | 11 | 1'57.12 | ||||
engine | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 5 | 9 | 1'53.61 | 13 | 1'57.41 | ||||
accident | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1 | 22 | 1'56.21 | ||||||
accident | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1 | 24 | 1'56.45 | ||||||
accident | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 13 | 1'54.32 | ||||||
Disqualified | ||||||||||||||
-- | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 42 | 17 | 1'55.18 | 1'58.08 | |||||
-- | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 34 | 8 | 1'53.54 | 1'55.84 | |||||
Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
-- | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'56.57 | ||||||||
-- | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'57.40 | ||||||||
-- | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'57.86 | ||||||||
-- | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'58.31 | ||||||||
Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
-- | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | |||||||||
-- | 31 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Martini MK23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear |