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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 25px USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 52 1:37:04.47 1 9
2 1 25px Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 52 +13.21 secs 5 6
3 4 25px France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 52 +13.64 secs 10 4
4 7 25px UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 52 +16.05 secs 6 3
5 6 25px Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 52 +1:14.85 3 2
6 8 25px France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 52 +1:19.90 9 1
7 11 25px Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 52 +1:22.60 2
8 12 25px Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 52 +1:38.88 7
9 14 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 52 +1:40.60 17
10 20 25px South African flag after 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 52 +1:43.50 15
11 9 25px Germany Jochen Mass ATS-Ford 52 +1:49.07 13
12 10 25px France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS-Ford 51 +1 Lap 11
13 30 25px USA Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 51 +1 Lap 24
14 3 25px France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 51 +1 Lap 23
15 17 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford 51 +1 Lap 16
16 26 25px France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 50 Engine 8
17 16 25px Germany Hans Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford 50 +2 Laps 18
18 19 25px Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 50 +2 Laps 12
Ret 2 25px UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 41 Engine 4
Ret 27 25px Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 36 Fuel System 14
Ret 22 25px USA Danny Ongais Ensign-Ford 35 Distributor 21
Ret 23 25px Italy Lamberto Leoni Ensign-Ford 28 Engine 22
Ret 37 25px Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 9 Differential 20
Ret 18 25px UK Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford 4 Overheating 19
DNQ 25 25px Mexico Hector Rebaque Lotus-Ford
DNQ 32 25px USA Eddie Cheever Theodore-Ford
DNQ 24 25px UK Divina Galica Hesketh-Ford

Notes[]

  • Lap Leaders: Mario Andretti 52 laps (1-52).
  • First Race: Williams and Lamberto Leoni.

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px USA Mario Andretti 9
2 25px Austria Niki Lauda 6
3 25px France Patrick Depailler 4
4 25px UK James Hunt 3
5 25px Sweden Ronnie Peterson 2
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px UK Lotus-Ford 9
2 25px UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 6
3 25px UK Tyrrell-Ford 4
4 25px UK McLaren-Ford 3
  • 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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