The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 15 January 1978 at Buenos Aires.
Report[]
Mario Andretti took pole in his Lotus, with Carlos Reutemann's Ferrari joining him on the front row and Ronnie Peterson in the other Lotus third on the grid. The start was uneventful, with Andretti and Reutemann easily keeping first and second, with John Watson in the Brabham taking third from Peterson. Watson took second from Reutemann on the seventh lap, but Andretti was uncatchable. Reutemann ran third for a while, but then began to drop down the order, and so reigning world champion Niki Lauda took third in his Brabham, which became second with ten laps left when Watson's engine blew up. Andretti motored on to a crushing victory, with Lauda second and Patrick Depailler's Tyrrell taking the final spot on the podium.
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |  Mario Andretti
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Lotus-Ford | 52 | 1:37:04.47 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 |  Niki Lauda
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 52 | +13.21 secs | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 |  Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford | 52 | +13.64 secs | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 |  James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford | 52 | +16.05 secs | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 |  Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus-Ford | 52 | +1:14.85 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Patrick Tambay
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McLaren-Ford | 52 | +1:19.90 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 |  Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari | 52 | +1:22.60 | 2 | |
| 8 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari | 52 | +1:38.88 | 7 | |
| 9 | 14 |  Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford | 52 | +1:40.60 | 17 | |
| 10 | 20 |  Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford | 52 | +1:43.50 | 15 | |
| 11 | 9 |  Jochen Mass
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ATS-Ford | 52 | +1:49.07 | 13 | |
| 12 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier
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ATS-Ford | 51 | +1 Lap | 11 | |
| 13 | 30 | Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford | 51 | +1 Lap | 24 | |
| 14 | 3 | Didier Pironi
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Tyrrell-Ford | 51 | +1 Lap | 23 | |
| 15 | 17 |  Clay Regazzoni
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Shadow-Ford | 51 | +1 Lap | 16 | |
| 16 | 26 | Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra | 50 | Engine | 8 | |
| 17 | 16 | Hans Joachim Stuck
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Shadow-Ford | 50 | +2 Laps | 18 | |
| 18 | 19 |  Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford | 50 | +2 Laps | 12 | |
| Ret | 2 | John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 41 | Engine | 4 | |
| Ret | 27 |  Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford | 36 | Fuel System | 14 | |
| Ret | 22 | Danny Ongais
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Ensign-Ford | 35 | Distributor | 21 | |
| Ret | 23 | Lamberto Leoni
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Ensign-Ford | 28 | Engine | 22 | |
| Ret | 37 | Arturo Merzario
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Merzario-Ford | 9 | Differential | 20 | |
| Ret | 18 | Rupert Keegan
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Surtees-Ford | 4 | Overheating | 19 | |
| DNQ | 25 |  Hector Rebaque
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Lotus-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 32 | Eddie Cheever
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Theodore-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 24 | Divina Galica
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Hesketh-Ford |
Notes[]
- Lap Leaders: Mario Andretti 52 laps (1-52).
- First Race: Williams and Lamberto Leoni.
Standings after the race[]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
| Previous race: 1977 Japanese Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1978 season |
Next race: 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1977 Argentine Grand Prix |
Argentine Grand Prix | Next race: 1979 Argentine Grand Prix |
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