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1978 Canadian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMontreal, 70 laps
Round16 of 16
Race numbers

The 1978 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 313th World Championship race
  • 11th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Montreal
More 1978 season
More Canadian Grands Prix
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari701hr 57m 49.196s9
2 (ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth70+13.372s6
3+8(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari70+19.408s4
4+8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth70+24.667s3
5+8(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+28.558s2
6+9(IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford Cosworth70+54.476s1
7+11(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+1m 21.250s 
8+9(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth70+1m 26.560s 
9-4(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth70+1m 28.942s 
10-1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
11+3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo69+1 lap 
12+10(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault65+5 laps 
NC (FIN) Keke RosbergATS-Ford Cosworth58+12 laps 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra52DNF 
R (GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLotus-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxSurtees-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (USA) Bobby RahalWolf-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo8DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo5DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckShadow-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Jean-Pierre Jarier ended lap 49 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:38.015

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
3(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
4(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
5(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
6(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
7(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo
8(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckShadow-Ford Cosworth
9(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
10(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
11(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
12(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Alfa Romeo
15(IRL) Derek DalyEnsign-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Rene ArnouxSurtees-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
19(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
20(USA) Bobby RahalWolf-Ford Cosworth
21(FIN) Keke RosbergATS-Ford Cosworth
22(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(CHE) Clay RegazzoniShadow-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Beppe GabbianiSurtees-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth
(MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(DEU) Rolf StommelenArrows-Ford Cosworth
(NLD) Michael BleekemolenATS-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(USA) Mario Andretti64
2(SWE) Ronnie Peterson51
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann48
4(AUT) Niki Lauda44
5(FRA) Patrick Depailler34
6(GBR) John Watson25
7(ZAF) Jody Scheckter24
8(FRA) Jacques Laffite19
9(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve17
10(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi17
11(AUS) Alan Jones11
12(ITA) Riccardo Patrese11
13(GBR) James Hunt8
14(FRA) Patrick Tambay8
15(FRA) Didier Pironi7
16(CHE) Clay Regazzoni4
17(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille3
18(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck2
19(MEX) Hector Rebaque1
=(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla1
=(IRL) Derek Daly1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth86
2Ferrari58
3Brabham-Alfa Romeo53
4Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth38
5Wolf-Ford Cosworth24
6Ligier-Matra19
7Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth17
8McLaren-Ford Cosworth15
9Williams-Ford Cosworth11
10Arrows-Ford Cosworth11
11Shadow-Ford Cosworth6
12Renault3
13Surtees-Ford Cosworth1
=Ensign-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Bobby Rahal
Surtees
Milestone race start
100th for Niki Lauda (9th driver to start 100 races, 1st Austrian driver) & Carlos Reutemann (10th driver to start 100 races, 1st Argentine driver)
Wins
1st for Gilles Villeneuve (63rd different winner, 1st Canadian driver)
73rd for Ferrari
Podiums
27th for Jody Scheckter (last for Wolf)
25th for Carlos Reutemann (last for Ferrari)
2nd for Gilles Villeneuve
243rd & 244th for Ferrari
13th and last for Wolf
Poles
3rd and last for Jean-Pierre Jarier (first since 1975; only pole for Lotus)
87th for Lotus (last until 1983) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Ferrari)
Fastest laps
2nd for Alan Jones
2nd for Williams
Front row starts
11th for Jody Scheckter (last for Wolf)
2nd and last for Jean-Pierre Jarier (first since 1975; only front row start for Lotus)
Points finishes
1st for Derek Daly (196th different point scorer, 1st Irish driver)