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1978 German GP

1978 Dave Lee Travis Trophy
1978 Austrian GP
1979 German GP

XL Großer Preis von Deutschland

Event		Overview • Sessions • Entry List
Qualifying		Qualification
Race		Starting Grid • Classification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Details

Date

Sunday 30 July 1978

Start time

14:00

Event

German GP

Circuit

Hockenheim

Event Format

Race of 45 laps

Championship

World Championship

Race number

#11 of 16 in 1978
#308 (of all time)

Circuit

Laps

Circuit Perimeter

6789 m

Race Distance

6789 × 45 = 305.505 km

Grid Format

2-2-2-2

Pole Position

Right

First Corner

Right

Track Direction

Clockwise

Weather

Sunny, Very hot, Dry

Participants

Entries

Qualifiers

Finishers

Debutants

Nélson Piquet (Driver),

Sachs Racing (Entrant)

Milestones

Car 1 – 200th Race Entry (Car Number)
Car 3 – 200th Race Entry (Car Number)
John Player Team Lotus – 200th Race Entry (Entrant)

Records Broken

1. Most 17th Place Qualifications – Germany

Rolf Stommelen (9)

Records Extended

1. Most Retirements – Great Britain

Lotus (343),
2. Most 7th Place Finishes – Great Britain

Brabham (28),
3. Most Race Entries – Great Britain

Lotus (805),
4. Most Failures to Qualify – Italy

Arturo Merzario (11),
5. Most 18th Place Qualifications – Great Britain

Lotus (29),
6. Most 3rd Place Qualifications in a Season – Austria

Niki Lauda (6)

World Championship standings

1	Mario Andretti	54
2	Ronnie Peterson	36
3	Carlos Reutemann	31
4	Niki Lauda	31
5	Patrick Depailler	26
6	John Watson	16
7	Jody Scheckter	14
8	Jacques Laffite	14
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	10
10	Riccardo Patrese	8
11	James Hunt	8
12	Didier Pironi	7
13	Alan Jones	5
14	Patrick Tambay	5
15	Clay Regazzoni	4
16	Gilles Villeneuve	3
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	2
18	Hector Rebaque	1

1	Lotus / Ford	67
2	Brabham / Alfa Romeo	40
3	Ferrari / Ferrari	31
4	Tyrrell / Ford	30
5	Wolf / Ford	14
6	Ligier / Matra	14
7	McLaren / Ford	12
8	Fittipaldi / Ford	10
9	Arrows / Ford	8
10	Shadow / Ford	6
11	Williams / Ford	5

	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Results
Car Number	Car 5	Car 5	Car 6
Entrant	John Player Team Lotus	John Player Team Lotus	John Player Team Lotus
Driver	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti	Ronnie Peterson
Car	Lotus 79	Lotus 79	Lotus 79
Engine	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time	1:28'00.90	1'51.90	1'55.62
Speed	208.263 km/h	218.413 km/h	211.386 km/h