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1978 Austrian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitOsterreichring, 54 laps
Round12 of 16
Race numbers

The 1978 Austrian Grand Prix was the:

  • 309th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Osterreichring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth541hr 41m 21.570s9
2+11(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+47.440s6
3+8(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari54+1m 39.760s4
4+2(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap3
5 (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra53+1 lap2
6+15(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap1
7+3(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo53+1 lap 
8+9(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)52+2 laps 
9+17(FRA) Rene ArnouxMartini-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
NC (CHE) Clay RegazzoniShadow-Ford Cosworth50+4 laps 
NC (FIN) Keke RosbergWolf-Ford Cosworth (privateer)49+5 laps 
DQ (IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford Cosworth43DSQ 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckShadow-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault31DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo28DNF 
DQ (ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari27DSQ 
R (FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R (AUT) Harald ErtlEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)6DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)2DNF 
R (MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)1DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Brian HentonSurtees-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Derek Daly and Carlos Reutemann were disqualified after receiving push starts after spins.
  • Brian Henton took part in practice in Rupert Keegan‘s car, but withdrew from the Grand Prix afterwards.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:37.710

PosDriverConstructor
1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
3(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
4(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
6(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
7(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
8(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
10(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
11(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
12(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo
13(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
16(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
17(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
18(MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
19(IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford Cosworth
20(BRA) Nelson PiquetMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
21(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
22(CHE) Clay RegazzoniShadow-Ford Cosworth
23(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckShadow-Ford Cosworth
24(AUT) Harald ErtlEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
25(FIN) Keke RosbergWolf-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
26(FRA) Rene ArnouxMartini-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructorReason
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(DEU) Jochen MassATS-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(GBR) Rupert KeeganSurtees-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(AUT) Hans BinderATS-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(DEU) Rolf StommelenArrows-Ford CosworthDid not pre-qualify

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(USA) Mario Andretti54
2(SWE) Ronnie Peterson45
3(FRA) Patrick Depailler32
4(ARG) Carlos Reutemann31
5(AUT) Niki Lauda31
6(GBR) John Watson16
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite16
8(ZAF) Jody Scheckter14
9(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi13
10(ITA) Riccardo Patrese8
11(GBR) James Hunt8
12(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve7
13(FRA) Didier Pironi7
14(AUS) Alan Jones5
15(FRA) Patrick Tambay5
16(CHE) Clay Regazzoni4
17(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck2
18(MEX) Hector Rebaque1
=(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth76
2Brabham-Alfa Romeo40
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth36
4Ferrari35
5Ligier-Matra16
6Wolf-Ford Cosworth14
7Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth13
8McLaren-Ford Cosworth12
9Arrows-Ford Cosworth8
10Shadow-Ford Cosworth6
11Williams-Ford Cosworth5
12Surtees-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Harald Ertl
Wins
10th and last for Ronnie Peterson (12th driver to win ten races, 1st Swedish driver)
70th for Lotus (2nd constructor to win 70 races)
Podiums
25th for Ronnie Peterson
17th for Patrick Depailler (last for Tyrrell)
1st for Gilles Villeneuve (130th different podium finisher, 1st Canadian driver)
240th for Ferrari
126th for Lotus
65th for Tyrrell
Poles
14th and last for Ronnie Peterson
83rd for Lotus
1-2 start
11th for Lotus
Fastest laps
9th and last for Ronnie Peterson
61st for Lotus
Front row starts
24th for Ronnie Peterson
20th for Mario Andretti (17th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 2nd American driver)
Points finishes
9th and last for Vittorio Brambilla
Pole & win
3rd and last for Ronnie Peterson (first since 1973; first Swedish driver to win from pole since 1973)
Win & fastest lap
3rd and last for Ronnie Peterson (first since 1976)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st and only for Ronnie Peterson (21st different driver to complete a hat-trick, 1st Swedish driver)