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1978 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitBrands Hatch, 76 laps
Round10 of 16
Race numbers

The 1978 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 307th World Championship race
  • 29th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Brands Hatch
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari761hr 42m 12.390s9
2+2(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo76+1.230s6
3+6(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo76+37.250s4
4+6(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth76+1m 13.270s3
5+13(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckShadow-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap2
6+14(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap1
7+9(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliMcLaren-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap 
8+16(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)75+1 lap 
9+16(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap 
10-3(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra73+3 laps 
NC (DEU) Jochen MassATS-Ford Cosworth66+10 laps 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergATS-Ford Cosworth59DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniShadow-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault46DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford Cosworth30DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari19DNF 
R (MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)15DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth6DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:16.800

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(DEU) Rolf StommelenArrows-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Geoff LeesEnsign-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(GBR) Rupert KeeganSurtees-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Tony TrimmerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(USA) Mario Andretti45
2(SWE) Ronnie Peterson36
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann31
4(AUT) Niki Lauda31
5(FRA) Patrick Depailler26
6(GBR) John Watson16
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
8(ITA) Riccardo Patrese8
9(ZAF) Jody Scheckter8
=(GBR) James Hunt8
11(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi7
12(AUS) Alan Jones5
13(FRA) Patrick Tambay5
14(FRA) Didier Pironi5
15(CHE) Clay Regazzoni4
16(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve3
17(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth58
2Brabham-Alfa Romeo40
3Ferrari31
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth28
5McLaren-Ford Cosworth12
6Ligier-Matra10
7Arrows-Ford Cosworth8
8Wolf-Ford Cosworth8
9Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth7
10Shadow-Ford Cosworth6
11Williams-Ford Cosworth5

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Derek Daly (first Irish driver to start a race since 1951)
Milestone race start
50th for Fittipaldi (15th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
8th for Carlos Reutemann
71st for Ferrari
Podiums
37th for Niki Lauda
22nd for Carlos Reutemann
6th for John Watson
239th for Ferrari
82nd & 83rd for Brabham
Poles
13th for Ronnie Peterson
81st for Lotus
1-2 start
9th for Lotus
Fastest laps
15th for Niki Lauda
25th for Brabham
Front row starts
22nd for Ronnie Peterson
18th for Mario Andretti