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1978 Dave Lee Travis Trophy
1978 German GP
1977 Austrian GP

1978 Austrian GP

1978 Dutch GP
1979 Austrian GP
August 13, Osterreichring

Event OverviewSessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Qualification

PosCar NoDriverCar / EngineTimeDiffPercentageSpeed (km/h)
1
6
 Ronnie Peterson  Lotus / Ford
1'37.71
- 100.0% 218.925
2
5
 Mario Andretti  Lotus / Ford
1'37.76
0.05 100.1% 218.813
3
15
 Jean-Pierre Jabouille  Renault / Renault
1'38.32
0.61 100.6% 217.567
4
11
 Carlos Reutemann  Ferrari / Ferrari
1'38.50
0.79 100.8% 217.170
5
26
 Jacques Laffite  Ligier / Matra
1'38.71
1.00 101.0% 216.708
6
14
 Emerson Fittipaldi  Fittipaldi / Ford
1'38.77
1.06 101.1% 216.576
7
20
 Jody Scheckter  Wolf / Ford
1'38.85
1.14 101.2% 216.401
8
7
 James Hunt  McLaren / Ford
1'39.10
1.39 101.4% 215.855
9
3
 Didier Pironi  Tyrrell / Ford
1'39.23
1.52 101.6% 215.572
10
2
 John Watson  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
1'39.35
1.64 101.7% 215.312
11
12
 Gilles Villeneuve  Ferrari / Ferrari
1'39.40
1.69 101.7% 215.203
12
1
 Niki Lauda  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
1'39.49
1.78 101.8% 215.009
13
4
 Patrick Depailler  Tyrrell / Ford
1'39.51
1.80 101.8% 214.965
14
8
 Patrick Tambay  McLaren / Ford
1'39.59
1.88 101.9% 214.793
15
27
 Alan Jones  Williams / Ford
1'39.81
2.10 102.1% 214.319
16
35
 Riccardo Patrese  Arrows / Ford
1'40.11
2.40 102.5% 213.677
17
30
 Brett Lunger  McLaren / Ford
1'40.80
3.09 103.2% 212.214
18
25
 Hector Rebaque  Lotus / Ford
1'40.84
3.13 103.2% 212.130
19
22
 Derek Daly  Ensign / Ford
1'41.02
3.31 103.4% 211.752
20
29
 Nélson Piquet  McLaren / Ford
1'41.15
3.44 103.5% 211.480
21
19
 Vittorio Brambilla  Surtees / Ford
1'41.16
3.45 103.5% 211.459
22
17
 Clay Regazzoni  Shadow / Ford
1'41.42
3.71 103.8% 210.917
23
16
 Hans-Joachim Stuck  Shadow / Ford
1'41.58
3.87 104.0% 210.585
24
23
 Harald Ertl  Ensign / Ford
1'41.60
3.89 104.0% 210.543
25
32
 Keke Rosberg  Wolf / Ford
1'41.72
4.01 104.1% 210.295
26
31
 René Arnoux  Martini / Ford
1'41.84
4.13 104.2% 210.047
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37
 Arturo Merzario  Merzario / Ford
1'41.85
4.14 104.2% 210.027
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9
 Jochen Mass  ATS / Ford
1'42.47
4.76 104.9% 208.756
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18
 Rupert Keegan  Surtees / Ford
1'43.06
5.35 105.5% 207.561
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10
 Hans Binder  ATS / Ford
1'44.46
6.75 106.9% 204.779
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36
 Rolf Stommelen  Arrows / Ford
1'44.88
7.17 107.3% 203.959