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
1978 Brazilian GP
1977 South African GP
1978 South African GP
1978 BRDC International Trophy
1978 US West GP
1979 South African GP
March 4,
Kyalami
Event
Overview
•
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
• Classification •
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Classification
Pos
Car No
Driver
Car / Engine
Laps
Time
Difference / Retirement
Speed (km/h)
1
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus
/
Ford
78
1:42'15.767
-
187.817
2
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
/
Ford
78
1:42'16.233
0.466
187.803
3
2
John Watson
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
78
1:42'20.209
4.442
187.681
4
27
Alan Jones
Williams
/
Ford
78
1:42'54.753
38.986
186.631
5
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
/
Matra
78
1:43'24.985
1'09.218
185.722
6
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
/
Ford
77
-
1 Lap
-
7
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus
/
Ford
77
-
1 Lap
-
8
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
/
Ford
77
-
1 Lap
-
9
36
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
/
Ford
77
-
1 Lap
-
10
25
Hector Rebaque
Lotus
/
Ford
77
-
1 Lap
-
11
30
Brett Lunger
McLaren
/
Ford
76
-
2 Laps
-
12
19
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
/
Ford
76
-
2 Laps
-
ret
35
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
/
Ford
63
-
Engine
-
ret
20
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
/
Ford
59
-
Spun off
-
ret
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
/
Ford
56
-
Accident
-
ret
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
55
-
Oil leak
-
ret
11
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
55
-
Spun off
-
ret
1
Niki Lauda
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
52
-
Engine
-
ret
18
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
/
Ford
52
-
Engine
-
ret
9
Jochen Mass
ATS
/
Ford
43
-
Engine
-
ret
37
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
/
Ford
39
-
Suspension
-
ret
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
/
Renault
38
-
Engine
-
ret
32
Keke Rosberg
Theodore
/
Ford
15
-
Clutch
-
ret
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
9
-
Transmission
-
ret
24
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh
/
Ford
8
-
Oil leak
-
ret
7
James Hunt
McLaren
/
Ford
5
-
Engine
-
ChicaneF1.com
Copyright © 1997–2024 Jonathan Davies