Home

1978 Season
o  Season Overview
o  Points Graph
o  Drivers' Championship
o  Constructors' Championship
o  Participations Matrix
o  Race Results
o  Poles and Fastest Laps
o  Line-Up
o  Calendar

Profiles
o  Drivers
o  Teams
o  Cars
o  Engines
o  Tyres
o  Lubricants
o  Entrants
o  Designers
o  Car Numbers
o  Sponsors
o  Events
o  Circuits

History
o  Drivers' Championships
o  Constructors' Championships
o  Race Results
o  All-Time Calendar

Statistics
o  Data Search

Other
o  Acknowledgments
o  Links
www.ChicaneF1.com
1977 Japanese GP
1977 Argentine GP

1978 Argentine GP

1978 Brazilian GP
1979 Argentine GP
January 15, Buenos Aires

Event OverviewSessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Fastest Laps

PosCar NoDriverCar / EngineLapTimeDiffPercentageSpeed (km/h)
1
12
 Gilles Villeneuve  Ferrari / Ferrari
3
1'49.76 - 100.0% 195.743
2
4
 Patrick Depailler  Tyrrell / Ford
2
1'50.06 0.30 100.3% 195.210
3
7
 James Hunt  McLaren / Ford
44
1'50.58 0.82 100.7% 194.292
4
20
 Jody Scheckter  Wolf / Ford
3
1'50.75 0.99 100.9% 193.994
5
11
 Carlos Reutemann  Ferrari / Ferrari
46
1'50.93 1.17 101.1% 193.679
6
1
 Niki Lauda  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
50
1'50.94 1.18 101.1% 193.661
7
5
 Mario Andretti  Lotus / Ford
12
1'50.95 1.19 101.1% 193.644
8
8
 Patrick Tambay  McLaren / Ford
47
1'51.09 1.33 101.2% 193.400
9
2
 John Watson  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
21
1'51.38 1.62 101.5% 192.896
10
26
 Jacques Laffite  Ligier / Matra
43
1'51.72 1.96 101.8% 192.309
11
3
 Didier Pironi  Tyrrell / Ford
3
1'51.83 2.07 101.9% 192.120
12
6
 Ronnie Peterson  Lotus / Ford
20
1'52.16 2.40 102.2% 191.555
13
14
 Emerson Fittipaldi  Fittipaldi / Ford
51
1'52.47 2.71 102.5% 191.027
14
30
 Brett Lunger  McLaren / Ford
47
1'52.55 2.79 102.5% 190.891
15
10
 Jean-Pierre Jarier  ATS / Ford
42
1'52.69 2.93 102.7% 190.654
16
18
 Rupert Keegan  Surtees / Ford
2
1'52.73 2.97 102.7% 190.586
17
9
 Jochen Mass  ATS / Ford
46
1'52.75 2.99 102.7% 190.553
18
27
 Alan Jones  Williams / Ford
23
1'52.76 3.00 102.7% 190.536
19
17
 Clay Regazzoni  Shadow / Ford
20
1'52.77 3.01 102.7% 190.519
20
19
 Vittorio Brambilla  Surtees / Ford
3
1'52.92 3.16 102.9% 190.266
21
23
 Lamberto Leoni  Ensign / Ford
15
1'53.26 3.50 103.2% 189.695
22
22
 Danny Ongais  Ensign / Ford
26
1'53.47 3.71 103.4% 189.343
23
37
 Arturo Merzario  Merzario / Ford
3
1'53.53 3.77 103.4% 189.243
24
16
 Hans-Joachim Stuck  Shadow / Ford
3
1'54.54 4.78 104.4% 187.575