1978 season/Round 16
Canadian Grand Prix 1978
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Montreal
- 8 October 1978
- 70 laps
- 315 km
- 4.410 km a lap
- P1Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:57:49.196
- P2Jody ScheckterWolf+13.370
- P3Carlos ReutemannFerrari+19.410
- Pole positionJean-Pierre JarierLotus · 1:38.015
- Fastest lapAlan Jones1:38.072 · lap 70
- Winner started fromP3on 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
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones | 70 | 1:38.072 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 16. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | 64 | |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | 51 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | 48 | |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | 44 | |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | 34 | |
| 6 | John Watson | 25 | |
| 7 | Jody Scheckter | 24 | ▲1 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | 19 | ▼1 |
| 9 | Gilles Villeneuve | 17 | ▲3 |
| 10 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 17 | ▼1 |