1978 F1 driver stats

Driver stats

#	Driver	Wins	From pole	Win & f.lap	Hat-trick
1	(USA) Mario Andretti (Lotus)	6	5	1	1
2	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari)	4	1	1	–
3	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson (Lotus)	2	1	1	1
4	(AUT) Niki Lauda (Brabham)	2	–	1	–
5	(FRA) Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell)	1	–	–	–
6	(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari)	1	–	–	–

First-time winners: Patrick Depailler; Gilles Villeneuve (first Canadian winner)

For more information see 1978 race winners.

#	Driver	Podiums	1st	2nd	3rd
1	(USA) Mario Andretti (Lotus)	7	6	1	–
2	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari)	7	4	–	3
3	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson (Lotus)	7	2	4	1
4	(AUT) Niki Lauda (Brabham)	7	2	3	2
5	(FRA) Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell)	5	1	2	2
6	(ZAF) Jody Scheckter (Wolf)	4	–	2	2
7	(GBR) John Watson (Brabham)	3	–	1	2
8	(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari)	2	1	–	1
9	(FRA) Jacques Laffite (Ligier)	2	–	–	2
10	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi)	1	–	1	–
11	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Arrows)	1	–	1	–
12	(AUS) Alan Jones (Williams)	1	–	1	–
13	(GBR) James Hunt (McLaren)	1	–	–	1

First-time podium finishers: Riccardo Patrese; Gilles Villeneuve (first Canadian podium finisher)

#	Driver	Poles	Pole & win
1	(USA) Mario Andretti (Lotus)	8	5
2	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson (Lotus)	3	1
3	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari)	2	1
4	(AUT) Niki Lauda (Brabham)	1	–
5	(GBR) John Watson (Brabham)	1	–
6	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Lotus)	1	–

For more information see 1978 pole positions.

#	Driver	Fastest laps	Win & f.lap
1	(AUT) Niki Lauda (Brabham)	4	1
2	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson (Lotus)	3	1
3	(USA) Mario Andretti (Lotus)	3	1
4	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari)	2	1
5	(AUS) Alan Jones (Williams)	2	–
6	(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari)	1	–
7	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Lotus)	1	–

First-time fastest lap setters: Alan Jones; Gilles Villeneuve (first Canadian fastest lap setter)

For more information see 1978 fastest laps.

#	Driver	Points finishes	Points	Points per points finish
1	(USA) Mario Andretti (Lotus)	9	64	7.11
2	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson (Lotus)	9	51	5.67
3	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari)	7	48	6.86
4	(AUT) Niki Lauda (Brabham)	7	44	6.29
5	(FRA) Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell)	7	34	4.86
6	(GBR) John Watson (Brabham)	7	25	3.57
7	(FRA) Jacques Laffite (Ligier)	7	19	2.71
8	(ZAF) Jody Scheckter (Wolf)	6	24	4.00
9	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi)	6	17	2.83
10	(FRA) Patrick Tambay (McLaren)	5	8	1.60
11	(FRA) Didier Pironi (Tyrrell)	5	7	1.40
12	(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari)	4	17	4.25
13	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Arrows)	4	11	2.75
14	(AUS) Alan Jones (Williams)	3	11	3.67
15	(GBR) James Hunt (McLaren)	3	8	2.67
16	(CHE) Clay Regazzoni (Shadow)	2	4	2.00
17	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Renault)	1	3	3.00
18	(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck (Shadow)	1	2	2.00
19	(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla (Surtees)	1	1	1.00
20	(IRL) Derek Daly (Ensign)	1	1	1.00
21	(MEX) Hector Rebaque (Lotus)	1	1	1.00

First-time point scorers: Derek Daly (first Irish point scorer); Jean-Pierre Jabouille; Didier Pironi; Hector Rebaque; Gilles Villeneuve (first Canadian point scorer)

#	Driver	FR starts	Pole	2nd
1	(USA) Mario Andretti (Lotus)	12	8	4
2	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson (Lotus)	6	3	3
3	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari)	5	2	3
4	(GBR) John Watson (Brabham)	3	1	2
5	(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari)	2	–	2
6	(AUT) Niki Lauda (Brabham)	1	1	–
7	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Lotus)	1	1	–
8	(GBR) James Hunt (McLaren)	1	–	1
9	(ZAF) Jody Scheckter (Wolf)	1	–	1

First-time front row starters: Gilles Villeneuve (first Canadian front row starter)

#	Driver	DNFs
1	(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck (Shadow)	10
2	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Renault)	9
3	(GBR) James Hunt (McLaren)	9
4	(AUT) Niki Lauda (Brabham)	9
5	(FRA) Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell)	8
6	(ZAF) Jody Scheckter (Wolf)	7
7	(AUS) Alan Jones (Williams)	7
8	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Arrows)	7
9	(ITA) Arturo Merzario (Merzario)	7
10	(FRA) Patrick Tambay (McLaren)	6
11	(FRA) Didier Pironi (Tyrrell)	6
12	(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari)	6
13	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi)	6
14	(GBR) John Watson (Brabham)	6
15	(GBR) Rupert Keegan (Surtees)	5
16	(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla (Surtees)	5
17	(SWE) Ronnie Peterson (Lotus)	5
18	(MEX) Hector Rebaque (Lotus)	5
19	(CHE) Clay Regazzoni (Shadow)	4
20	(USA) Brett Lunger (McLaren)	4
21	(USA) Mario Andretti (Lotus)	4
22	(FIN) Keke Rosberg (Theodore, ATS, Wolf)	4
23	(FRA) Jacques Laffite (Ligier)	4
24	(DEU) Jochen Mass (ATS)	3
25	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari)	3
26	(BRA) Nelson Piquet (Ensign, McLaren)	3
27	(USA) Danny Ongais (Ensign)	2
28	(DEU) Rolf Stommelen (Arrows)	2
29	(BEL) Jacky Ickx (Ensign)	2
30	(AUT) Harald Ertl (Ensign)	2
31	(IRL) Derek Daly (Ensign)	2
32	(ITA) Bruno Giacomelli (McLaren)	2
33	(FRA) Rene Arnoux (Martini, Surtees)	2
34	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Lotus)	2
35	(ITA) Lamberto Leoni (Ensign)	1
36	(USA) Eddie Cheever (Hesketh)	1
37	(NLD) Michael Bleekemolen (ATS)	1
38	(USA) Bobby Rahal (Wolf)	1

Notes

Keke Rosberg retired from one race for Theodore, two races for ATS, and one race for Wolf.
Nelson Piquet retired from one race for Ensign and two races for McLaren.
Rene Arnoux retired from one race for Martini and one race for Surtees.