Italian Grand Prix 1978

Monza
10 September 1978
40 laps
232 km
5.800 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionMario AndrettiLotus · 1:37.520
Fastest lapMario Andretti1:38.230 · lap 33
Winner started fromP4on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Niki Lauda	1	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	4	40	1:07:04.540	9
2	John Watson	2	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	7	40	+1.480	6
3	Carlos Reutemann	11	Ferrari	11	40	+20.470	4
4	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Matra	8	40	+37.530	3
5	Patrick Tambay	8	McLaren · Ford	19	40	+40.390	2
6	Mario Andrettifastest lap	5	Lotus · Ford	1	40	+46.330+1:00.000 penalty	1
7	Gilles Villeneuve	12	Ferrari	2	40	+48.480+1:00.000 penalty
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	14	Fittipaldi · Ford	13	40	+55.240
9	Nelson Piquet	29	McLaren · Ford	24	40	+1:06.830
10	Derek Daly	22	Ensign · Ford	18	40	+1:09.110
11	Patrick Depailler	4	Tyrrell · Ford	16	40	+1:16.570
12	Jody Scheckter	20	Wolf · Ford	9	39	+1 lap
13	Alan Jones	27	Williams · Ford	6	39	+1 lap
14	Bruno Giacomelli	33	McLaren · Ford	20	39	+1 lap
NC	Clay Regazzoni	17	Shadow · Ford	15	33	+7 laps
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	35	Arrows · Ford	12	29	Engine
DNF	James Hunt	7	McLaren · Ford	10	19	Distributor
DNF	Arturo Merzario	37	Merzario · Ford	22	14	Engine
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	15	Renault	3	6	Engine
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	6	Lotus · Ford	5	0	Fatal collision
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	19	Surtees · Ford	23	0	Collision
DNF	Brett Lunger	30	McLaren · Ford	21	0	Collision
DNF	Didier Pironi	3	Tyrrell · Ford	14	0	Collision
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	16	Shadow · Ford	17	0	Collision
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	25	Lotus · Ford	–
DNQ	Harald Ertl	10	ATS · Ford	–
DNQ	Michael Bleekemolen	9	ATS · Ford	–
DNQ	Carlo Franchi	18	Surtees · Ford	–
DNPQ	Harald Ertl	23	Ensign · Ford	–
DNPQ	Keke Rosberg	32	Wolf · Ford	–
DNPQ	Rolf Stommelen	36	Arrows · Ford	–
DNPQ	Alberto Colombo	38	Merzario · 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	1:37.520
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:37.860	+0.340
3	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:37.930	+0.410
4	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1:38.215	+0.695
5	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	1:38.256	+0.736
6	Alan Jones	Williams	1:38.271	+0.751
7	John Watson	Brabham	1:38.610	+1.090
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:38.917	+1.397
9	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	1:38.937	+1.417
10	James Hunt	McLaren	1:38.938	+1.418
11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:38.959	+1.439
12	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:39.179	+1.659
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:39.421	+1.901
14	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:39.563	+2.043
15	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	1:39.621	+2.101
16	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:39.630	+2.110
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	1:39.701	+2.181
18	Derek Daly	Ensign	1:40.075	+2.555
19	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	1:40.163	+2.643
20	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	1:40.199	+2.679
21	Brett Lunger	McLaren	1:40.302	+2.782
22	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	1:40.702	+3.182
23	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	1:40.805	+3.285
24	Nelson Piquet	McLaren	1:40.846	+3.326
25	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	1:41.063	+3.543
26	Harald Ertl	ATS	1:41.185	+3.665
27	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	1:41.677	+4.157
28	Carlo Franchi	Surtees	1:44.408	+6.888

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Mario Andretti	33	1:38.230

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 14. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 14
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Mario Andretti	64
2	Ronnie Peterson	51
3	Niki Lauda	44
4	Carlos Reutemann	35	▲1
5	Patrick Depailler	32	▼1
6	John Watson	25
7	Jacques Laffite	19
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	15
9	Jody Scheckter	14
10	Riccardo Patrese	8

Constructors' championship after round 14
Pos	Team	Points
1	Lotus	86
2	Brabham	53
3	Ferrari	40
4	Tyrrell	36
5	Ligier	19
6	Fittipaldi	15
7	Wolf	14
8	McLaren	14
9	Arrows	8
10	Shadow	6