Argentinian Grand Prix 1978 Buenos Aires 15 January
Pos. No Driver Nat. Entrant Chassis Engine Laps Result Points Grid 1 05 Mario Andretti USA John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 Ford 52 1h37m04.47s 9 1 2 01 Niki Lauda AUT Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT45C Alfa Roméo 52 1h37m17.68s 6 5 3 04 Patrick Depailler FRA Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 Ford 52 1h37m18.11s 4 10 4 07 James Hunt GBR Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 Ford 52 1h37m20.52s 3 6 5 06 Ronnie Peterson SWE John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 Ford 52 1h38m19.32s 2 3 6 08 Patrick Tambay FRA Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 Ford 52 1h38m24.37s 1 9 7 11 Carlos Reutemann ARG Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312T2 Ferrari 52 1h38m27.07s - 2 8 12 Gilles Villeneuve CAN Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312T2 Ferrari 52 1h38m43.35s - 7 9 14 Emerson Fittipaldi BRA Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A Ford 52 1h38m45.07s - 17 10 20 Jody Scheckter ZA Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR4 Ford 52 1h38m47.97s - 15 11 09 Jochen Mass GER ATS Racing Team ATS HS1 Ford 52 1h38m53.54s - 13 12 10 Jean Pierre Jarier FRA ATS Racing Team ATS HS1 Ford 51 - - 11 13 30 Brett Lunger USA Liggett Group/BS Fabrications McLaren M23 Ford 51 - - 24 14 03 Didier Pironi FRA Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 Ford 51 - - 23 15 17 Clay Regazzoni CH Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN8 Ford 51 - - 16 16 26 Jacques Laffite FRA Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS7 Matra 50 Engine - 8 17 16 Hans Joachim Stuck GER Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN8 Ford 50 - - 18 18 19 Vittorio Brambilla ITA Beta Team Surtees Surtees TS19 Ford 50 - - 12 R 02 John Watson GBR Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT45C Alfa Roméo 41 Engine - 4 R 27 Alan Jones AUS Williams Grand Prix Engineering Williams FW06 Ford 36 Fuel Vaporisation - 14 R 22 Danny Ongais USA Team Tissot Ensign Ensign N177 Ford 35 Distributor - 21 R 23 Lamberto Leoni ITA Team Tissot Ensign Ensign N177 Ford 28 Engine - 22 R 37 Arturo Merzario ITA Team Merzario Merzario A1 Ford 9 Differential - 20 R 18 Rupert Keegan GBR Durex Team Surtees Surtees TS19 Ford 4 Overheating - 19 DNQ 25 Hector Rebaque MEX Team Rebaque Lotus 78 Ford - - - - DNQ 32 Eddie Cheever USA Theodore Racing Hong Kong Theodore TR1 Ford - - - - DNQ 24 Divina Galica GBR Olympus Cameras with Hesketh Hesketh 308E Ford - - - - Lap Leaders Total Mario Andretti 1-52 52 NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified DNS=Did not start DNQ=Did not qualify DNPQ=Did not pre-qualify Pole Position (1m47.75s) Pole Position and Fastest Lap Fastest Lap (1m49.76s)
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Current Championship Standings

Position Driver Nat. Points 1 Mario Andretti USA 9 2 Niki Lauda AUT 6 3 Patrick Depailler FRA 4 4 James Hunt GBR 3 5 Ronnie Peterson SWE 2 6 Patrick Tambay FRA 1