1978 Italian Grand Prix
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| Circuit | Monza, 40 laps |
| Round | 14 of 16 |
| Race numbers | The 1978 Italian Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +3 | (AUT) Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 40 | 1hr 07m 04.540s | 9 |
| 2 | +5 | (GBR) John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 40 | +1.480s | 6 |
| 3 | +8 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 40 | +20.470s | 4 |
| 4 | +4 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 40 | +37.530s | 3 |
| 5 | +14 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 40 | +40.390s | 2 |
| 6 | -5 | (USA) Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 40 | +46.330s (60.000s) | 1 |
| 7 | -5 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 40 | +48.480s (60.000s) | |
| 8 | +5 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 40 | +55.240s | |
| 9 | +15 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 40 | +1m 06.830s | |
| 10 | +8 | (IRL) Derek Daly | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | 40 | +1m 09.110s | |
| 11 | +5 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 40 | +1m 16.570s | |
| 12 | -3 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 13 | -7 | (AUS) Alan Jones | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | |
| 14 | +6 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | |
| NC | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 33 | +7 laps | ||
| R | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 29 | DNF | ||
| R | (GBR) James Hunt | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 19 | DNF | ||
| R | (ITA) Arturo Merzario | Merzario-Ford Cosworth | 14 | DNF | ||
| R | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 6 | DNF | ||
| R | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
| R | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
| R | (USA) Brett Lunger | McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 0 | DNF | ||
| R | (FRA) Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
| R | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
Notes
- Mario Andretti and Gilles Villeneuve were given 60-second time penalties for jump starts. The pair originally finished P1 and P2.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:37.520
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | (USA) Mario Andretti | 64 |
| 2 | (SWE) Ronnie Peterson | 51 |
| 3 | (AUT) Niki Lauda | 44 |
| 4 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann | 35 |
| 5 | (FRA) Patrick Depailler | 32 |
| 6 | (GBR) John Watson | 25 |
| 7 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | 19 |
| 8 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi | 15 |
| 9 | (ZAF) Jody Scheckter | 14 |
| 10 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | 8 |
| 11 | (GBR) James Hunt | 8 |
| = | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve | 8 |
| 13 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | 7 |
| 14 | (FRA) Didier Pironi | 7 |
| 15 | (AUS) Alan Jones | 5 |
| 16 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni | 4 |
| 17 | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck | 2 |
| 18 | (MEX) Hector Rebaque | 1 |
| = | (ITA) Vittorio Brambilla | 1 |
Stats & milestones
- Last start
- Ronnie Peterson (last Swedish driver to start a race until 1981)
- Milestone race start
- 50th for Alan Jones (43rd driver to start 50 races, 2nd Australian driver)
- World Champion
- 1st and only title for Mario Andretti (16th driver to win the World Championship, 2nd American champion; first American champion since 1961)
- Wins
- 17th for Niki Lauda (last win until 1982; last for Brabham)
- 20th for Brabham (5th constructor to win 20 races)
- Race 1-2
- 7th for Brabham
- Podiums
- 39th for Niki Lauda (last podium until 1982; last for Brabham)
- 23rd for Carlos Reutemann
- 7th for John Watson (last for Brabham)
- 241st for Ferrari
- 85th & 86th for Brabham
- Poles
- 16th for Mario Andretti
- 85th for Lotus
- Fastest laps
- 10th and last for Mario Andretti (12th driver to set ten fastest laps, 1st American driver)
- 62nd for Lotus
- Front row starts
- 22nd for Mario Andretti
- 2nd for Gilles Villeneuve