1978 F1 Championship Standings

See all 1978 F1 results for each race, driver and team.

Here you can find the 1978 F1 teams overview, we also have all other F1 results since 1950.

1978 F1 Championship Overview

1978 F1 World Championship
NOGrand PrixDateWinnerTeamLapsTime
11978 Argentine F1 GPJanuary 15United States Mario Andretti
United Kingdom Team Lotus5201:37:04.470
21978 Brazilian F1 GPJanuary 29Argentina Carlos Reutemann
Italy Ferrari6301:49:59.860
31978 South African F1 GPMarch 4Sweden Ronnie Peterson
United Kingdom Team Lotus7801:42:15.767
41978 USA West F1 GPApril 2Argentina Carlos Reutemann
Italy Ferrari8001:52:01.301
51978 Monaco F1 GPMay 7France Patrick Depailler
United Kingdom Tyrrell7501:55:14.660
61978 Belgian F1 GPMay 21United States Mario Andretti
United Kingdom Team Lotus7001:39:52.020
71978 Spanish F1 GPJune 4United States Mario Andretti
United Kingdom Team Lotus7501:41:47.060
81978 Swedish F1 GPJune 17Austria Niki Lauda
United Kingdom Brabham7001:41:00.606
91978 French F1 GPJuly 2United States Mario Andretti
United Kingdom Team Lotus5401:38:51.920
101978 British F1 GPJuly 16Argentina Carlos Reutemann
Italy Ferrari7601:42:12.390
111978 German F1 GPJuly 30United States Mario Andretti
United Kingdom Team Lotus4501:28:00.900
121978 Austrian F1 GPAugust 13Sweden Ronnie Peterson
United Kingdom Team Lotus5401:41:21.570
131978 Dutch F1 GPAugust 27United States Mario Andretti
United Kingdom Team Lotus7501:41:04.230
141978 Italian F1 GPSeptember 10Austria Niki Lauda
United Kingdom Brabham4001:07:04.540
151978 USA F1 GPOctober 1Argentina Carlos Reutemann
Italy Ferrari5901:40:48.800
161978 Canadian F1 GPOctober 8Canada Gilles Villeneuve
Italy Ferrari7001:57:49.196

1978 Formula 1 Drivers Championship Table

PDriverPtsARGBRASOUUSWMONBELSPASWEFREBRIGEROSTDUTITAUSACAN
1United States Mario Andretti64147*21111*DNF1DNF1DNF16*DNF10
2Sweden Ronnie Peterson515DNF14DNF2*232DNFDNF*1*2DNF
3Argentina Carlos Reutemann4871*DNF183DNF1018*1DNFDSQ7313
4Austria Niki Lauda4423DNFDNF2*DNFDNF1*DNF2*DNFDNF3*1DNFDNF
5France Patrick Depailler343DNF231DNFDNFDNFDNF4DNF2DNF11DNF5
6United Kingdom John Watson25DNF83DNF4DNF5DNF437742DNFDNF
7South Africa Jody Scheckter2410DNFDNFDNF3DNF4DNF6DNF2DNF121232
8France Jacques Laffite1916955DNF537710358411DNF
9Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi1792DNF89DNFDNF6DNFDNF44585DNF
10Canada Gilles Villeneuve178*DNFDNFDNFDNF410912DNF8367DNF1
11Italy Riccardo Patrese1110DNF66DNFDNF28DNF9DNFDNFDNF4
12Australia Alan Jones11DNF1147*DNF108DNF5DNFDNFDNFDNF1329*
13France Patrick Tambay86DNFDNF127DNF496DNFDNF9568
14United Kingdom James Hunt84DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF683DNFDSQDNF10DNF7DNF
15France Didier Pironi71466DNF5612DNF10DNF5DNFDNFDNF107
16Switzerland Clay Regazzoni4155DNQ10DNQDNF155DNFDNFDNQNCDNQNC14DNQ
17France Jean-Pierre Jabouille3DNFDNF10NC13DNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF412
18Germany Hans Joachim Stuck217DNFDNQDNSDNFDNFDNF11115DNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
19Ireland Derek Daly1DNPQDNPQDNQDNQDNFDSQDNF1086
20Mexico Hector Rebaque1DNQDNF10DNPQDNPQDNPQDNF12DNQDNF6DNF11DNQDNFDNQ
21Italy Vittorio Brambilla118DNQ12DNFDNQ137DNF179DNF6DSQDNF
22United Kingdom Divina Galica0DNQDNQ
23Belgium Jacky Ickx0DNF12DNFDNQ
24United States Brett Lunger013DNF11DNQDNPQ7DNQDNQDNF8DNPQ8DNFDNF13
25France Jean-Pierre Jarier012DNS811DNQDNQ15*DNF
26Germany Jochen Mass0117DNFDNFDNQ1191313NCDNFDNQDNQ
27Italy Alberto Colombo0DNQDNQDNPQ
28Finland Keke Rosberg0DNFDNPQDNPQDNQDNPQ1516DNF10NCDNFDNPQDNFNC
29Italy Lamberto Leoni0DNFDNFDNQDNQ
30United States Danny Ongais0DNFDNFDNPQDNPQ
31Spain Emilio de Villota0DNQ
32France René Arnoux0DNQDNPQ914DNPQ9DNF9DNF
33United States Bobby Rahal012DNF
34Germany Rolf Stommelen099DNFDNF141415DNQDSQDNPQDNPQDNPQ16DNPQ
35Italy Bruno Giacomelli08DNF7DNF14
36United Kingdom Rupert Keegan0DNFDNFDNFDNSDNFDNQ11DNQDNFDNQDNQDNQDNS
37Brazil Nelson Piquet0DNFDNFDNF911
38Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen0DNQDNQDNFDNPQ
39Austria Harald Ertl011DNFDNPQDNQ
40Italy Arturo Merzario0DNFDNQDNFDNFDNPQDNPQDNQNCDNQDNFDNQDNQDNFDNFDNFDNQ
41United Kingdom Geoff Lees0DNQ
42Italy Carlo Gimax Franchi0DNQ
43Austria Hans Binder0DNQ
44Italy Beppe Gabbiani0DNQDNQ
45United States Eddie Cheever0DNQDNQDNF
46United Kingdom Tony Trimmer0DNQ

1978 F1 Drivers Statistics Table

DriverGP1st2nd3rdPodPoleLapsFLRETPTS
United States Mario Andretti16610788703464
Argentina Carlos Reutemann16403729312448
Austria Niki Lauda16232716674944
France Patrick Depailler16122507230834
Canada Gilles Villeneuve16101208331617
United Kingdom John Watson16012317520625
South Africa Jody Scheckter16022407840724
France Jacques Laffite16002209440419
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi16010107550617
Australia Alan Jones16010107712711
United Kingdom James Hunt16001105770108
France Didier Pironi1600000725067
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni1600000560094
Germany Hans Joachim Stuck16000004880122
Mexico Hector Rebaque16000003440121
Italy Arturo Merzario16000002590150
France Patrick Tambay1500000803068
United States Brett Lunger1500000472090
Sweden Ronnie Peterson14241737213551
Italy Riccardo Patrese14010106410711
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille1400000555093
Italy Vittorio Brambilla1400000561081
Finland Keke Rosberg1400000380090
Germany Rolf Stommelen1400000507080
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan13000001820120
Germany Jochen Mass1300000497060
Ireland Derek Daly1000000249071
France René Arnoux900000308050
France Jean-Pierre Jarier800001307150
Austria Harald Ertl50000048050
Brazil Nelson Piquet500000160030
Italy Bruno Giacomelli500000271020
Belgium Jacky Ickx400000155030
Italy Lamberto Leoni40000028040
United States Danny Ongais40000048040
Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen40000043040
Italy Alberto Colombo3000000030
United States Eddie Cheever3000008030
United States Bobby Rahal20000074010
United Kingdom Divina Galica2000000020
Italy Beppe Gabbiani2000000020
Italy Carlo Gimax Franchi1000000010
Spain Emilio de Villota1000000010
United Kingdom Geoff Lees1000000010
Austria Hans Binder1000000010
United Kingdom Tony Trimmer1000000010

1978 Formula 1 Constructors Championship Table

PTeamARGBRASOUUSWMONBELSPASWEFREBRIGEROSTDUTITAUSACANPts
1United Kingdom Team Lotus1412111131DNF1116151086
2Italy Ferrari71DNF18310912183631158
3United Kingdom Brabham233DNF2DNF51427731DNF1153
4United Kingdom Tyrrell36231612DNF10452DNF1110538
5Canada Wolf10DNFDNFDNF3DNF4DNF6DNF2NC12123224
6France Ligier16955DNF537710358411DNF19
7Brazil Fittipaldi92DNF89DNFDNF6DNFDNF44585DNF17
8United Kingdom McLaren4DNF1112776436DSQ8956815
9United Kingdom Arrows 10966DNF1428DNF9DNFDNFDNF16411
10United Kingdom WilliamsDNF1147DNF108DNF5DNFDNFDNFDNF132911
11United Kingdom Shadow155DNQ10DNFDNF155115DNFNCDNFNC14DNF6
12France Renault  DNFDNF10NC13DNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF4123
13United Kingdom Surtees18DNF12DNFDNF137DNF179DNF6DSQDNFDNQDNF1
14United Kingdom EnsignDNFDNFDNQDNQDNF12DNFDNQDNQDNF11DSQDNF10861
15France Martini  DNQ DNPQ9  14 DNPQ9DNF 9 0
16Italy MerzarioDNFDNQDNFDNFDNPQDNPQDNQNCDNQDNFDNQDNQDNFDNFDNFDNQ0
17United Kingdom HeskethDNQDNQDNFDNPQDNPQDNQ          0
18Hong Kong TheodoreDNQDNQDNFDNPQDNPQDNQDNPQ         0
19Germany ATS117811DNQ1191313NCDNFDNQDNQDNQDNFNC0

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