F1 constructor standings
| Pos | Constructor | ARG  | BRA  | ZAF  | USW  | MCO  | BEL  | ESP  | SWE  | FRA  | GBR  | DEU  | AUT  | NLD  | ITA  | USA | CAN  | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15R | 10 | 86 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 7 | 1 | R | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| 3 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 2 | 3 | 3 | R | 2 | R | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | R | 11 | 53 |
| 4 | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | R | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | R | 11 | 10 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Wolf-Ford Cosworth | 10 | R | R | R | 3 | R | 4 | R | 6 | R | 2 | NC | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Ligier-Matra | 16R | 9 | 5 | 5 | R | 5R | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | R | 19 |
| 7 | Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth | 9 | 2 | R | 8 | 9 | R | R | 6 | R | R | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | R | 17 |
| 8 | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 4 | R | 11 | 12R | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | R | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | Williams-Ford Cosworth | R | 11 | 4 | 7 | R | 10 | 8 | R | 5 | R | R | R | R | 13 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 9 | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | R | 14 | 2 | 8 | R | 9 | R | R | R | 16 | 4 | 11 | |
| 11 | Shadow-Ford Cosworth | 15 | 5 | DNQ | 10 | R | R | 15R | 5 | 11 | 5 | R | NC | R | NC | 14 | R | 6 |
| 12 | Renault | R | R | 10 | NC | 13 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 4 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 13 | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 18 | R | 12 | R | R | 13R | 7 | R | 17 | 9 | R | 6 | DSQ | R | 9 | R | 1 |
| 13 | Ensign-Ford Cosworth | R | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | 12 | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | 11R | R | R | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | ATS-Ford Cosworth | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | DNQ | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | NC | R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R | NC | |
| 16 | Martini-Ford Cosworth | DNQ | DNPQ | 9 | 14 | DNPQ | 9 | R | ||||||||||
| 17 | Merzario-Ford Cosworth | R | DNQ | R | R | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | NC | DNQ | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | R | R | DNQ | |
| 18 |  Theodore-Ford Cosworth | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | ||||||||||
| 19 | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | |||||||||||
| 20 | March-Ford Cosworth | DNA | ||||||||||||||||
| No. | Constructor | ARG | BRA | ZAF | USW | MCO | BEL | ESP | SWE | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | NLD | ITA | USA | CAN | Points |
Table key
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DNPQ: Did not pre-qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNA: Did not arrive
Points system and championship rules
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Constructors only received points for its highest placed car.
Only the best seven results from the first eight races and the best seven results from the last eight races counted towards the championship.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1978.