1978 Argentine Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 15 January 1978
Winner	Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position	Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap	Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Circuit	Buenos Aires, 52 laps
Round	1 of 16
Race numbers	The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix was the: 298th World Championship race 13th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix 13th World Championship race at Buenos Aires
More 1978 season
More Argentine Grands Prix
Previous race	1977 Japanese Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(USA) Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	52	1hr 37m 04.470s	9
2	+3	(AUT) Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	52	+13.210s	6
3	+7	(FRA) Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	52	+13.640s	4
4	+2	(GBR) James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	52	+16.050s	3
5	-2	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	52	+1m 14.850s	2
6	+3	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	52	+1m 19.900s	1
7	-5	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	52	+1m 22.600s
8	-1	(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	52	+1m 38.880s
9	+8	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	52	+1m 40.600s
10	+5	(ZAF) Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	52	+1m 43.500s
11	+2	(DEU) Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford Cosworth	52	+1m 49.070s
12	-1	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford Cosworth	51	+1 lap
13	+11	(USA) Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	51	+1 lap
14	+9	(FRA) Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	51	+1 lap
15	+1	(CHE) Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	51	+1 lap
16	-8	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	50	DNF
17	+1	(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	50	+2 laps
18	-6	(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	50	+2 laps
R		(GBR) John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	41	DNF
R		(AUS) Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	36	DNF
R		(USA) Danny Ongais	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	35	DNF
R		(ITA) Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	28	DNF
R		(ITA) Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	9	DNF
R		(GBR) Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	4	DNF

Notes

Pole time: 1:47.750

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	(USA) Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
3	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
4	(GBR) John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
5	(AUT) Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
6	(GBR) James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
7	(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
8	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
9	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
10	(FRA) Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford Cosworth
12	(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
13	(DEU) Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford Cosworth
14	(AUS) Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth
15	(ZAF) Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth
16	(CHE) Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
17	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
18	(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
19	(GBR) Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
20	(ITA) Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth
21	(USA) Danny Ongais	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
22	(ITA) Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
23	(FRA) Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24	(USA) Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Driver	Constructor
(MEX) Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(USA) Eddie Cheever	Theodore-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Divina Galica	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Lamberto Leoni (only start); Didier Pironi; ATS; Merzario
Milestone race start: 100th for Emerson Fittipaldi (9th driver to start 100 races, 1st Brazilian driver)
Wins: 7th for Mario Andretti; 64th for Lotus
Podiums: 33rd for Niki Lauda (first for Brabham); 13th for Patrick Depailler; 11th for Mario Andretti; 115th for Lotus; 77th for Brabham; 61st for Tyrrell
Poles: 10th for Mario Andretti (13th driver to take ten pole positions, 1st American driver); 76th for Lotus
Fastest laps: 1st for Gilles Villeneuve (66th different fastest lap setter, 1st Canadian driver); 81st for Ferrari
Front row starts: 12th for Mario Andretti; 10th for Carlos Reutemann (26th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 3rd Argentine driver)
Points finishes: 25th for Patrick Depailler
Pole & win: 4th for Mario Andretti