1978 season/Round 1
Argentine Grand Prix 1978
- Juan y Oscar Gálvez
- Buenos Aires
- 15 January 1978
- 52 laps
- 310.3 km
- 5.968 km a lap
- P1Mario AndrettiLotus1:37:04.470
- P2Niki LaudaBrabham+13.210
- P3Patrick DepaillerTyrrell+13.640
- Pole positionMario AndrettiLotus · 1:47.750
- Fastest lapGilles Villeneuve1:49.760 · lap 3
- Winner started fromP1on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:47.750 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:47.840 | +0.090 |
| 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 1:48.390 | +0.640 |
| 4 | John Watson | Brabham | 1:48.420 | +0.670 |
| 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:48.700 | +0.950 |
| 6 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1:48.720 | +0.970 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:48.970 | +1.220 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:49.130 | +1.380 |
| 9 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:49.470 | +1.720 |
| 10 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:49.690 | +1.940 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 1:49.770 | +2.020 |
| 12 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 1:49.910 | +2.160 |
| 13 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 1:50.060 | +2.310 |
| 14 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:50.110 | +2.360 |
| 15 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 1:50.350 | +2.600 |
| 16 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 1:50.450 | +2.700 |
| 17 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:50.820 | +3.070 |
| 18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 1:51.160 | +3.410 |
| 19 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 1:51.420 | +3.670 |
| 20 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 1:51.680 | +3.930 |
| 21 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 1:51.710 | +3.960 |
| 22 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 1:51.940 | +4.190 |
| 23 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:51.990 | +4.240 |
| 24 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 1:52.270 | +4.520 |
| 25 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 1:52.520 | +4.770 |
| 26 | Eddie Cheever | Theodore | 1:53.250 | +5.500 |
| 27 | Divina Galica | Hesketh | 1:56.690 | +8.940 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | 3 | 1:49.760 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | 9 | |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | 6 | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | 4 | |
| 4 | James Hunt | 3 | |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | 2 | |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | 1 |