August 13, 1978 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | Lap distance 5.942 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1978 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 1:41'21.57 | 1 | 1'37.71 | 1 | 1'43.12 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 54 | 1:42'09.01 | +47.44 | 13 | 1'39.51 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 54 | 1:43'01.33 | +1'39.76 | 11 | 1'39.40 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 1:42'45.99 | +1 lap | 6 | 1'38.77 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 53 | 1:42'46.57 | +1 lap | 5 | 1'38.71 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 53 | 1:43'05.46 | +1 lap | 21 | 1'41.16 | |||
| 7 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 53 | 1:43'11.02 | +1 lap | 10 | 1'39.35 | ||||
| 8 | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:42'25.99 | +2 laps | 17 | 1'40.80 | ||||
| 9 | 31 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Martini MK23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 52 | 1:43'26.87 | +2 laps | 26 | 1'41.84 | ||||
| Not classified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 50 | 1:42'13.06 | 22 | 1'41.42 | |||||
| -- | 32 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 49 | 1:42'17.15 | 25 | 1'41.72 | |||||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| accident | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 14 | 1'39.59 | ||||||
| accident | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 33 | 23 | 1'41.58 | ||||||
| gearbox | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 31 | 3 | 1'38.32 | ||||||
| accident | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 27 | 12 | 1'39.49 | ||||||
| accident | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 20 | 9 | 1'39.23 | ||||||
| accident | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 7 | 8 | 1'39.10 | ||||||
| accident | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 7 | 15 | 1'39.81 | ||||||
| accident | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 7 | 16 | 1'40.11 | ||||||
| accident | 23 | Harald Ertl (AUT) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 7 | 24 | 1'41.60 | ||||||
| accident | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 18 | 1'40.84 | ||||||
| accident | 29 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4 | 20 | 1'41.15 | ||||||
| accident | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3 | 7 | 1'38.85 | ||||||
| accident | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 2 | 1'37.76 | ||||||
| Disqualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 41 | 19 | 1'41.02 | ||||||
| -- | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 28 | 4 | 1'38.50 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'41.85 | ||||||||
| -- | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'42.47 | ||||||||
| -- | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'43.06 | ||||||||
| -- | 10 | Hans Binder (AUT) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'44.46 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | |||||||||
