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1978
Drivers' Championship
See also:
Constructors' Championship
1979
1980
World Championship
4 scores from first 7 races and 4 scores from last 8 races counted
Pos
Driver
Car / Engine
Points
1
Jody Scheckter
Ferrari
312T3
/
Ferrari
3.0 F12
Ferrari
312T4
/
Ferrari
3.0 F12
51
(of 60)
2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
312T3
/
Ferrari
3.0 F12
Ferrari
312T4
/
Ferrari
3.0 F12
Ferrari
312T4B
/
Ferrari
3.0 F12
47
(of 53)
3
Alan Jones
Williams
FW06
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Williams
FW07
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
40
(of 43)
4
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
JS11
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
36
5
Clay Regazzoni
Williams
FW07
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
29
(of 32)
6
Patrick Depailler
Ligier
JS11
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
20
(of 22)
7
Carlos Reutemann
Lotus
79
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
20
(of 25)
8
René Arnoux
Renault
RS10
/
Renault
1.5 V6T
Renault
RS01
/
Renault
1.5 V6T
17
9
John Watson
McLaren
M28B
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
McLaren
M29
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
McLaren
M28
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
McLaren
M28C
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
15
10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
009
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
14
11
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Tyrrell
009
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
14
12
Mario Andretti
Lotus
79
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Lotus
80
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
14
13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
RS10
/
Renault
1.5 V6T
9
14
Niki Lauda
Brabham
BT48
/
Alfa Romeo
3.0 V12
4
15
Nélson Piquet
Brabham
BT48
/
Alfa Romeo
3.0 V12
3
Elio de Angelis
Shadow
DN9
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
3
17
Jacky Ickx
Ligier
JS11
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
3
18
Jochen Mass
Arrows
A2
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Arrows
A1B
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
3
19
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
A1B
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
2
Hans-Joachim Stuck
ATS
D3
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
2
21
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
F5A
/
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
1
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Points
9
6
4
3
2
1
Aurora AFX British F1 Championship
All scores from 15 races counted
Pos
Driver
Car / Engine
Points
1
Rupert Keegan
Arrows
A1
/
Ford
Cosworth
65
2
Dave Kennedy
Wolf
WR6
/
Ford
Cosworth
Wolf
WR4
/
Ford
Cosworth
Wolf
WR
/
Ford
Cosworth
63
3
Emilio de Villota
Lotus
78
/
Ford
Cosworth
55
4
Bernard de Dryver
Fittipaldi
F5A
/
Ford
Cosworth
Copersucar
F5A
/
Ford
Cosworth
41
5
Riccardo Zunino
Arrows
A1
/
Ford
Cosworth
McLaren
M23
/
Ford
Cosworth
39
6
Guy Edwards
Copersucar
F5A
/
Ford
Cosworth
Fittipaldi
F5A
/
Ford
Cosworth
38
7
Desiré Wilson
Tyrrell
008
/
Ford
Cosworth
28
8
Giacomo Agostini
Williams
FW06
/
Ford
Cosworth
19
9
Gordon Smiley
McLaren
M23
/
Ford
Cosworth
Surtees
TS20
/
Ford
Cosworth
Tyrrell
008
/
Ford
Cosworth
18
10
Tiff Needell
Chevron
B41
/
Ford
Cosworth
8
11
Norman Dickson
March
792
/
Hart
7
12
Derek Warwick
March
792
/
Hart
6
13
Philip Bullman
Surtees
TS20
/
Ford
Cosworth
5
14
Geoff Lees
Wolf
WR4
/
Ford
Cosworth
4
15
Kim Mather
March
772P
/
BMW
4
16
Neil Bettridge
Tyrrell
008
/
Ford
Cosworth
4
17
David Leslie
Chevron
B41
/
Ford
Cosworth
3
David Purley
Shadow
DN9
/
Ford
Cosworth
3
19
John C. Cooper
Ensign
N175
/
Ford
Cosworth
2
Gimax
Williams
FW06
/
Ford
Cosworth
2
Giorgio Pianta
Williams
FW06
/
Ford
Cosworth
2
Divina Galica
March
792
/
Hart
2
23
Tony Dean
Chevron
B42
/
Hart
1
Val Musetti
March
771
/
Ford
Cosworth
1
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
FL
PP
Points
9
6
4
3
2
1
1
2
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