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Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Spielberg August 13, 1978

Lap distance 5.942 km

Race

	Pos	Driver		Team	Laps	Pits
	1	Peterson FL		Team Lotus	54
	2	Depailler		Tyrrell	54
	3	Villeneuve		Ferrari	54
	4	Fittipaldi		Fittipaldi	53
	5	Laffite		Ligier	53
	6	Brambilla		Surtees	53
	7	Watson		Brabham	53
	8	Lunger		McLaren	52
	9	Arnoux		Martini	52
Not classified
		Regazzoni		Shadow	50
		Rosberg		Wolf	49
Retirement
accident		Tambay		McLaren	40
accident		Stuck		Shadow	33
gearbox		Jabouille		Renault	31
accident		Lauda		Brabham	27
accident		Pironi		Tyrrell	20
accident		Hunt		McLaren	7
accident		Jones		Williams	7
accident		Patrese		Arrows	7
accident		Ertl		Ensign	7
accident		Rebaque		Team Lotus	4
accident		Piquet		McLaren	4
accident		Scheckter		Wolf	3
accident		Andretti		Team Lotus	0
Disqualified
		Daly		Ensign	41
		Reutemann		Ferrari	28
Not qualified
		Merzario		Merzario	0
		Mass		ATS	0
		Keegan		Surtees	0
		Binder		ATS	0
Not pre-qualified
		Stommelen		Arrows	0

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	Pos	Driver		No.		Team	Laps	Last five	Pits	Best (Laps)		Worst (Laps)
	1	Ronnie Peterson FL		6		Team Lotus	54	1
	2	Patrick Depailler		4		Tyrrell	54	2
	3	Gilles Villeneuve		12		Ferrari	54	3
	4	Emerson Fittipaldi		14		Fittipaldi	53	4
	5	Jacques Laffite		26		Ligier	53	5
	6	Vittorio Brambilla		19		Surtees	53	6
	7	John Watson		2		Brabham	53	7
	8	Brett Lunger		30		McLaren	52	8
	9	René Arnoux		31		Martini	52	9
Not classified
		Clay Regazzoni		17		Shadow	50
		Keke Rosberg		32		Wolf	49
Retirement
accident		Patrick Tambay		8		McLaren	40
accident		Hans-Joachim Stuck		16		Shadow	33
gearbox		Jean-Pierre Jabouille		15		Renault	31
accident		Niki Lauda		1		Brabham	27
accident		Didier Pironi		3		Tyrrell	20
accident		James Hunt		7		McLaren	7
accident		Alan Jones		27		Williams	7
accident		Riccardo Patrese		35		Arrows	7
accident		Harald Ertl		23		Ensign	7
accident		Hector Rebaque		25		Team Lotus	4
accident		Nelson Piquet		29		McLaren	4
accident		Jody Scheckter		20		Wolf	3
accident		Mario Andretti		5		Team Lotus	0
Disqualified
		Derek Daly		22		Ensign	41
		Carlos Reutemann		11		Ferrari	28
Not qualified
		Arturo Merzario		37		Merzario	0
		Jochen Mass		9		ATS	0
		Rupert Keegan		18		Surtees	0
		Hans Binder		10		ATS	0
Not pre-qualified
		Rolf Stommelen		36		Arrows	0

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Pos	Driver		Today	Points
1.	Mario Andretti			54
2.	Ronnie Peterson		9	45
3.	Patrick Depailler		6	32
4.	Carlos Reutemann			31
5.	Niki Lauda			31
6.	John Watson			16
7.	Jacques Laffite		2	16
8.	Jody Scheckter			14
9.	Emerson Fittipaldi		3	13
10.	Riccardo Patrese			8
11.	James Hunt			8
12.	Gilles Villeneuve		4	7
13.	Didier Pironi			7
14.	Alan Jones			5
15.	Patrick Tambay			5
16.	Clay Regazzoni			4
17.	Hans-Joachim Stuck			2
18.	Vittorio Brambilla		1	1
19.	Hector Rebaque			1
	Brett Lunger			[7]
	Bruno Giacomelli			[7]
	Jochen Mass			[7]
	Jean-Pierre Jarier			[8]
	Rolf Stommelen			[9]
	René Arnoux			[9]
	Jean-Pierre Jabouille			[10]
	Keke Rosberg			[10]
	Harald Ertl			[11]
	Rupert Keegan			[11]
	Jacky Ickx			[12]
	Hans Binder			--
	Eddie Cheever			--
	Alberto Colombo			--
	Derek Daly			--
	Divina Galica			--
	Geoff Lees			--
	Lamberto Leoni			--
	Arturo Merzario			--
	Danny Ongais			--
	Nelson Piquet			--
	Tony Trimmer			--
	Emilio de Villota			--

Pos	Constructor	Today	Points
1.	Team Lotus / Ford	9	76
2.	Brabham / Alfa Romeo		40
3.	Tyrrell / Ford	6	36
4.	Ferrari	4	35
5.	Ligier / Matra	2	16
6.	Wolf / Ford		14
7.	Fittipaldi / Ford	3	13
8.	McLaren / Ford		12
9.	Arrows / Ford		8
10.	Shadow / Ford		6
11.	Williams / Ford		5
12.	Surtees / Ford	1	1
	ATS / Ford		[7]
	Martini / Ford		[9]
	Renault		[10]
	Ensign / Ford		[11]
	Hesketh / Ford		--
	Merzario / Ford		--
	Theodore / Ford		--

1 Ronnie Peterson 1'37.71
2 Mario Andretti 1'37.76
3 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 1'38.32
4 Carlos Reutemann 1'38.50
5 Jacques Laffite 1'38.71
6 Emerson Fittipaldi 1'38.77
7 Jody Scheckter 1'38.85
8 James Hunt 1'39.10
9 Didier Pironi 1'39.23
10 John Watson 1'39.35
11 Gilles Villeneuve 1'39.40
12 Niki Lauda 1'39.49
13 Patrick Depailler 1'39.51
14 Patrick Tambay 1'39.59
15 Alan Jones 1'39.81
16 Riccardo Patrese 1'40.11
17 Brett Lunger 1'40.80
18 Hector Rebaque 1'40.84
19 Derek Daly 1'41.02
20 Nelson Piquet 1'41.15
21 Vittorio Brambilla 1'41.16
22 Clay Regazzoni 1'41.42
23 Hans-Joachim Stuck 1'41.58
24 Harald Ertl 1'41.60
25 Keke Rosberg 1'41.72
26 René Arnoux 1'41.84

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Red Bull Ring

Circuit type
Race
Circuit Length
4.326 km
Circuit Turns
7
Circuit Direction
Clockwise
Established
1969