1978 Formula One season Totally Explained

Everything about The 1978 Formula One Season totally explained

The 1978 Formula One season included the 29th FIA Formula One World Championship which commenced on January 15, 1978, and ended on October 8 after sixteen races. Mario Andretti was the season Champion and the last American to win a Formula One race. There was also one non-Championship race in 1978, the XXX BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone, the last time that this formerly famous event was run to F1 rules. The race was won by future Champion Keke Rosberg, driving in only his second ever Formula 1 event.

Season summary

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 15	Oscar Gálvez	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	January 29	Jacarepaguá	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Report
3	South African Grand Prix	March 4	Kyalami	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report
4	United States Grand Prix West	April 2	Long Beach	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Report
5	Monaco Grand Prix	May 7	Monaco	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	May 21	Zolder	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
7	Spanish Grand Prix	June 4	Jarama	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
8	Swedish Grand Prix	June 17	Scandinavian Raceway	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Report
9	French Grand Prix	July 2	Paul Ricard	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
10	British Grand Prix	July 16	Brands Hatch	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Report
11	German Grand Prix	July 30	Hockenheimring	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 13	Österreichring	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	Report
13	Dutch Grand Prix	August 27	Zandvoort	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	September 10	Monza	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	Report
15	United States Grand Prix	October 1	Watkins Glen	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Report
16	Canadian Grand Prix	October 8	Île Notre-Dame Circuit	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Report

1978 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Lotus-Ford	78 79	Ford Cosworth DFV	86	8	14	12
2	Ferrari	312T2 312T3	Ferrari 015	58	5	9	2
3	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	BT46/B/C	Alfa Romeo 115-12	53	2	10	2
4	Tyrrell-Ford	008	Ford Cosworth DFV	38	1	5
5	Wolf-Ford	WR1-4 WR5-6	Ford Cosworth DFV	24		4
6	Ligier-Matra	JS7 JS7/9 JS9	Matra MS76 Matra MS78	19		2
7	Fittipaldi-Ford	F5A	Ford Cosworth DFV	17		1
8	McLaren-Ford	M26	Ford Cosworth DFV	15		1
9	Williams-Ford	FW06	Ford Cosworth DFV	11		1
10	Arrows-Ford	FA1 A1	Ford Cosworth DFV	11		1
11	Shadow-Ford	DN8 DN9	Ford Cosworth DFV	6
12	Renault	RS01	Renault-Gordini EF1	3
13	Surtees-Ford	TS19 TS20	Ford Cosworth DFV	1
14	Ensign-Ford	N177	Ford Cosworth DFV	1
15	Martini-Ford	MK23	Ford Cosworth DFV
16	Hesketh-Ford	308E	Ford Cosworth DFV
17	ATS-Ford	HS1 D1	Ford Cosworth DFV
18	Theodore-Ford	TR1	Ford Cosworth DFV
19	Merzario-Ford	A1	Ford Cosworth DFV

Constructors points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round with only the best placed car from each constructor eligible to score points. The best seven results from the first eight races and the best seven results from the remaining eight races were retained.

1978 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	Pts
1	Mario Andretti	1	4	7	2	11	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	1	Ret	1	6	Ret	10	64
2	Ronnie Peterson	5	Ret	1	4	Ret	2	2	3	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret			51
3	Carlos Reutemann	7	1	Ret	1	8	3	Ret	10	18	1	Ret	DSQ	7	3	1	3	48
4	Niki Lauda	2	3	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	3	1	Ret	Ret	44
5	Patrick Depailler	3	Ret	2	3	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	2	Ret	11	Ret	5	34
6	John Watson	Ret	8	3	Ret	4	Ret	5	Ret	4	3	7	7	4	2	Ret	Ret	25
7	Jody Scheckter	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	2	Ret	12	12	3	2	24
8	Jacques Laffite	16	9	5	5	Ret	5	3	7	7	10	3	5	8	4	11	Ret	19
9	Gilles Villeneuve	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	10	9	12	Ret	8	3	6	7	Ret	1	17
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	9	2	Ret	8	9	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	4	5	8	5	Ret	17
11	Alan Jones	Ret	11	4	7	Ret	10	8	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	2	9	11
12	Riccardo Patrese		10	Ret	6	6	Ret	Ret	2	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret		4	11
13	James Hunt	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	3	Ret	DSQ	Ret	10	Ret	7	Ret	8
14	Patrick Tambay	6	Ret	Ret	12	7		Ret	4	9	6	Ret	Ret	9	5	6	8	8
15	Didier Pironi	14	6	6	Ret	5	6	12	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	7
16	Clay Regazzoni	15	5	DNQ	10	DNQ	Ret	15	5	Ret	Ret	DNQ	NC	DNQ	NC	14	DNQ	4
17	Jean-Pierre Jabouille			Ret	Ret	10	NC	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	12	3
18	Hans Joachim Stuck	17	Ret	DNQ	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2
19	Vittorio Brambilla	18	DNQ	12	Ret	DNQ	13	7	Ret	17	9	Ret	6	DSQ	Ret			1
20	Derek Daly				DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ			DNQ	Ret		DSQ	Ret	10	8	6	1
21	Hector Rebaque	DNQ	Ret	10	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	12	DNQ	Ret	6	Ret	11	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	1
22	Brett Lunger	13	Ret	11	DNQ	DNPQ	7	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	8	DNPQ	8	Ret	Ret	13		0
23	Bruno Giacomelli						8			Ret	7			Ret	14			0
24	Jochen Mass	11	7	Ret	Ret	DNQ	11	9	13	13	NC	Ret	DNQ	DNQ				0
25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	12	DNS	8	11	DNQ						DNQ				15	Ret	0
26	René Arnoux			DNQ		DNPQ	9			14		DNPQ	9	Ret		9	Ret	0
27	Rolf Stommelen			9	9	Ret	Ret	14	14	15	DNQ	DSQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	16	DNPQ	0
28	Nelson Piquet											Ret	Ret	Ret	9		11	0
29	Keke Rosberg			Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	15	16	Ret	10	NC	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	NC	0
30	Rupert Keegan	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNQ	11	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNS				0
31	Harald Ertl											11	Ret	DNPQ	DNQ			0
32	Jacky Ickx					Ret	12	Ret	DNQ									0
33	Bobby Rahal															12	Ret	0
—	Arturo Merzario	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	NC	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	0
—	Lamberto Leoni	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ													0
—	Danny Ongais	Ret	Ret		DNPQ									DNPQ				0
—	Michael Bleekemolen													DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNPQ	0
—	Eddie Cheever	DNQ	DNQ	Ret														0
—	Alberto Colombo						DNQ	DNQ							DNPQ			0
—	Divina Galica	DNQ	DNQ															0
—	Beppe Gabbiani															DNQ	DNQ	0
—	Emilio de Villota							DNQ										0
—	Geoff Lees										DNQ							0
—	Tony Trimmer										DNQ							0
—	Hans Binder												DNQ					0
—	Gimax														DNQ			0
Pos	Driver	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	Pts

Drivers Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round. The best seven results from the first eight races and the best seven results from the remaining eight races were retained.

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