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The 1978 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 30 July 1978 at Hockenheimring.

Report[]

There were no surprises in qualifying, with Mario Andretti on pole and Ronnie Peterson alongside him, with Niki Lauda third. At the start, Peterson got off better and took the lead from Andretti, but he held it for only four laps before Andretti retook it. Lauda ran third in the early stages, but he was passed by Alan Jones, and the duo battled until Lauda's engine failed yet again. The two Lotus cars were cruising at the front, and Jones ran third comfortably until he retired with a fuel vaporization problem. Lotus's hopes of a 1-2 ended when Peterson's gearbox failed, but Andretti was unaffected by that and cruised to his fifth win of the season, with Jody Scheckter second and Jacques Laffite third.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 25px USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 45 1:28:00.90 1 9
2 20 25px South African flag after 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 45 +15.35 secs 4 6
3 26 25px France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 45 +28.01 secs 7 4
4 14 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 45 +36.88 secs 10 3
5 3 25px France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 45 +57.26 secs 16 2
6 25 25px Mexico Hector Rebaque Lotus-Ford 45 +1:37.86 18 1
7 2 25px UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 45 +1:39.53 5
8 12 25px Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 45 +1:56.87 15
9 35 25px Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 44 +1 Lap 14
10 32 25px Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford 42 +3 Laps 19
11 23 25px Austria Harald Ertl Ensign-Ford 41 Engine 17
DSQ 36 25px Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford 42 Disqualified 23
Ret 6 25px Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 36 Gearbox 2
DSQ 7 25px UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 34 Disqualified 8
Ret 27 25px Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 31 Fuel System 6
Ret 22 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Ensign-Ford 31 Engine 21
Ret 19 25px Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 24 Fuel System 20
Ret 8 25px France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 16 Accident 11
Ret 11 25px Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 14 Fuel System 12
Ret 1 25px Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 11 Engine 3
Ret 15 25px France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 5 Engine 9
Ret 9 25px Germany Jochen Mass ATS-Ford 1 Accident 22
Ret 16 25px Germany Hans Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford 1 Accident 24
Ret 4 25px France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 0 Accident 13
DNQ 17 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford
DNQ 10 25px France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS-Ford
DNQ 18 25px UK Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford
DNQ 37 25px Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford
DNPQ 31 25px France Renรฉ Arnoux Martini-Ford
DNPQ 30 25px USA Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford

Notes[]

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px USA Mario Andretti 54
2 25px Sweden Ronnie Peterson 36
3= 25px Argentina Carlos Reutemann 31
3= 25px Austria Niki Lauda 31
5 25px France Patrick Depailler 26
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px UK Lotus-Ford 67
2 25px UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 40
3 25px Italy Ferrari 31
4 25px UK Tyrrell-Ford 30
5 25px Canada Wolf-Ford 14
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.


Previous race:
1978 British Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
1978 season
Next race:
1978 Austrian Grand Prix
Previous race:
1977 German Grand Prix
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