October 8, 1978 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Lap distance 4.500 km
Report | Articles (3) | Photos (8) | 1978 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 70 | 9.000000.196 | 3 | 8.000000.230 | 2 | 8.000000.407 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 70 | 2.000000.568 | +3.000000.372 | 2 | 8.000000.026 | 14 | 9.000000.858 | |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 70 | 8.000000.604 | +9.000000.408 | 11 | 9.000000.455 | 9 | 9.000000.251 | |
| 4 | 3 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 70 | 3.000000.863 | +4.000000.667 | 12 | 9.000000.491 | 6 | 8.000000.913 | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 70 | 7.000000.754 | +8.000000.558 | 13 | 9.000000.619 | 3 | 8.000000.713 | |
| 6 | 1 | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 70 | 3.000000.672 | +4.000000.476 | 15 | 0.000 | 10 | 9.000000.426 | |
| 7 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 70 | 0.000 | +1.000000.250 | 18 | 0.000 | 7 | 9.000000.102 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 70 | 5.000000.756 | +6.000000.560 | 17 | 0.000 | 13 | 9.000000.605 | ||
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 70 | 8.000000.138 | +8.000000.942 | 5 | 8.000000.861 | 1 | 8.000000.072 | (70) | |
| 10 | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 69 | 0.000 | +1 lap | 9 | 9.000000.236 | 11 | 9.000000.560 | ||
| 11 | 66 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 69 | 8.000000.151 | +1 lap | 14 | 9.000000.624 | 12 | 9.000000.575 | ||
| 12 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 65 | 1.000000.186 | +5 laps | 22 | 1.000000.689 | 17 | 0.000 | ||
| Not classified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 10 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | ATS D1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 58 | 7.000000.209 | 21 | 1.000000.611 | 5 | 8.000000.780 | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| transmission | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 52 | 10 | 9.000000.381 | 8 | 9.000000.242 | ||||
| spun off | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 51 | 19 | 0.000 | 16 | 0.000 | ||||
| oil leak | 55 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 49 | 1 | 8.000000.015 | 4 | 8.000000.743 | ||||
| engine | 18 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 37 | 16 | 0.000 | 15 | 0.000 | ||||
| fuel system | 21 | Bobby Rahal (USA) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 20 | 0.000 | 18 | 1.000000.552 | ||||
| accident | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 8 | 4 | 8.000000.417 | 20 | 2.000000.532 | ||||
| brakes | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 5 | 7 | 9.000000.020 | 19 | 2.000000.483 | ||||
| accident | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1 | 4.000000.735 | 8 | 9.000000.081 | 21 | 4.000000.735 | (1) | ||
| accident | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 6 | 8.000000.930 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1.000000.739 | ||||||||
| -- | 19 | Beppe Gabbiani (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1.000000.799 | ||||||||
| -- | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1.000000.962 | ||||||||
| -- | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2.000000.413 | ||||||||
| -- | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3.000000.267 | ||||||||
| -- | 9 | Michael Bleekemolen (NED) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 5.000000.553 | ||||||||
