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1978 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitZolder, 70 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 1978 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 303rd World Championship race
  • 25th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Zolder
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth701hr 39m 52.020s9
2+5(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth70+9.900s6
3-1(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari70+24.340s4
4 (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari70+47.040s3
5+9(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra69DNF2
6+17(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap1
7+17(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)69+1 lap 
8+13(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliMcLaren-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
9+10(FRA) Rene ArnouxMartini-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
10+1(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
11+5(DEU) Jochen MassATS-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
12+10(BEL) Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth64+6 laps 
13-1(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth63DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckShadow-Ford Cosworth56DNF 
NC (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault56+14 laps 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniShadow-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (DEU) Rolf StommelenArrows-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo18DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo0DNF 
Did not start
  (BEL) Patrick NeveMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)   

Notes

  • Jacques Laffite ended lap 69 in P4 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Vittorio Brambilla ended lap 63 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Patrick Neve withdrew from the Grand Prix after his race entry was cancelled.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:20.900

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
3(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo
4(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
5(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
6(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
9(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
10(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
11(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
12(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
15(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
16(DEU) Jochen MassATS-Ford Cosworth
17(DEU) Rolf StommelenArrows-Ford Cosworth
18(CHE) Clay RegazzoniShadow-Ford Cosworth
19(FRA) Rene ArnouxMartini-Ford Cosworth
20(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckShadow-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
22(BEL) Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth
23(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructorReason
(GBR) Rupert KeeganSurtees-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(IRL) Derek DalyHesketh-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(FIN) Keke RosbergTheodore-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(ITA) Alberto ColomboATS-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)Did not pre-qualify
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford CosworthDid not pre-qualify

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(USA) Mario Andretti27
2(FRA) Patrick Depailler23
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann22
4(SWE) Ronnie Peterson20
5(AUT) Niki Lauda16
6(GBR) John Watson7
7(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi6
8(FRA) Jacques Laffite6
9(FRA) Didier Pironi5
10(ZAF) Jody Scheckter4
11(GBR) James Hunt3
=(AUS) Alan Jones3
=(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve3
14(CHE) Clay Regazzoni2
15(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
16(FRA) Patrick Tambay1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth36
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth25
3Ferrari22
4Brabham-Alfa Romeo20
5Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth6
6Ligier-Matra6
7Wolf-Ford Cosworth4
8McLaren-Ford Cosworth3
9Williams-Ford Cosworth3
10Shadow-Ford Cosworth2
11Arrows-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Rene Arnoux
Martini
Wins
8th for Mario Andretti
66th for Lotus
Race 1-2
5th for Lotus
Podiums
21st for Ronnie Peterson & Carlos Reutemann
13th for Mario Andretti
238th for Ferrari
118th & 119th for Lotus
Poles
11th for Mario Andretti
78th for Lotus
Fastest laps
7th for Ronnie Peterson
58th for Lotus
Front row starts
14th for Mario Andretti
13th for Carlos Reutemann
Points finishes
25th for Mario Andretti
1st for Gilles Villeneuve (193rd different point scorer, 1st Canadian driver)
Pole & win
5th for Mario Andretti