German Grand Prix 1978

Hockenheimring
Hockenheim
30 July 1978
45 laps
305.5 km
6.790 km a lap

Pole positionMario AndrettiLotus · 1:51.900
Fastest lapRonnie Peterson1:55.620 · lap 26
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Mario Andretti	5	Lotus · Ford	1	45	1:28:00.900	9
2	Jody Scheckter	20	Wolf · Ford	4	45	+15.350	6
3	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Matra	7	45	+28.010	4
4	Emerson Fittipaldi	14	Fittipaldi · Ford	10	45	+36.880	3
5	Didier Pironi	3	Tyrrell · Ford	16	45	+57.260	2
6	Héctor Rebaque	25	Lotus · Ford	18	45	+1:37.860	1
7	John Watson	2	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	5	45	+1:39.530
8	Gilles Villeneuve	12	Ferrari	15	45	+1:56.870
9	Riccardo Patrese	35	Arrows · Ford	14	44	+1 lap
10	Keke Rosberg	32	Wolf · Ford	19	42	+3 laps
11	Harald Ertl	23	Ensign · Ford	23	41	Engine
DNF	Ronnie Petersonfastest lap	6	Lotus · Ford	2	36	Gearbox
DNF	Alan Jones	27	Williams · Ford	6	31	Fuel system
DNF	Nelson Piquet	22	Ensign · Ford	21	31	Engine
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	19	Surtees · Ford	20	24	Fuel system
DNF	Patrick Tambay	8	McLaren · Ford	11	16	Accident
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	11	Ferrari	12	14	Fuel system
DNF	Niki Lauda	1	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	3	11	Engine
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	15	Renault	9	5	Engine
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	16	Shadow · Ford	24	1	Accident
DNF	Jochen Mass	9	ATS · Ford	22	1	Accident
DNF	Patrick Depailler	4	Tyrrell · Ford	13	0	Accident
DSQ	Rolf Stommelen	36	Arrows · Ford	17	42	Illegal pit stop
DSQ	James Hunt	7	McLaren · Ford	8	34	Illegal pit stop
DNQ	Clay Regazzoni	17	Shadow · Ford	–
DNQ	Jean-Pierre Jarier	10	ATS · Ford	–
DNQ	Rupert Keegan	18	Surtees · Ford	–
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	37	Merzario · Ford	–
DNPQ	René Arnoux	31	Martini · Ford	–
DNPQ	Brett Lunger	30	McLaren · Ford	–

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	1:51.900
2	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	1:51.990	+0.090
3	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1:52.290	+0.390
4	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	1:52.680	+0.780
5	John Watson	Brabham	1:52.840	+0.940
6	Alan Jones	Williams	1:53.500	+1.600
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:53.540	+1.640
8	James Hunt	McLaren	1:53.540	+1.640
9	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:53.610	+1.710
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:54.030	+2.130
11	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	1:54.040	+2.140
12	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:54.170	+2.270
13	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:54.320	+2.420
14	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:54.340	+2.440
15	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:54.400	+2.500
16	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:54.630	+2.730
17	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	1:55.180	+3.280
18	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	1:55.570	+3.670
19	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	1:55.570	+3.670
20	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	1:55.860	+3.960
21	Nelson Piquet	Ensign	1:56.150	+4.250
22	Jochen Mass	ATS	1:56.210	+4.310
23	Harald Ertl	Ensign	1:56.250	+4.350
24	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	1:56.450	+4.550
25	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	1:56.570	+4.670
26	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	1:57.400	+5.500
27	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	1:57.860	+5.960
28	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	1:58.310	+6.410

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Ronnie Peterson	26	1:55.620

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 11. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 11
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Mario Andretti	54
2	Ronnie Peterson	36
3	Carlos Reutemann	31
4	Niki Lauda	31
5	Patrick Depailler	26
6	John Watson	16
7	Jody Scheckter	14	▲2
8	Jacques Laffite	14	▼1
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	10	▲2
10	Riccardo Patrese	8	▼2

Constructors' championship after round 11
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Lotus	67
2	Brabham	40
3	Ferrari	31
4	Tyrrell	30
5	Wolf	14	▲3
6	Ligier	14
7	McLaren	12	▼2
8	Fittipaldi	10	▲1
9	Arrows	8	▼2
10	Shadow	6