Dutch Grand Prix 1978

Zandvoort
27 August 1978
75 laps
317 km
4.226 km a lap

Pole positionMario AndrettiLotus · 1:16.360
Fastest lapNiki Lauda1:19.570 · lap 57
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Mario Andretti	5	Lotus · Ford	1	75	1:41:04.230	9
2	Ronnie Peterson	6	Lotus · Ford	2	75	+0.320	6
3	Niki Laudafastest lap	1	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	3	75	+12.210	4
4	John Watson	2	Brabham · Alfa Romeo	8	75	+20.920	3
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	14	Fittipaldi · Ford	10	75	+21.500	2
6	Gilles Villeneuve	12	Ferrari	5	75	+45.950	1
7	Carlos Reutemann	11	Ferrari	4	75	+1:00.500
8	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Matra	6	74	+1 lap
9	Patrick Tambay	8	McLaren · Ford	14	74	+1 lap
10	James Hunt	7	McLaren · Ford	7	74	+1 lap
11	Héctor Rebaque	25	Lotus · Ford	20	74	+1 lap
12	Jody Scheckter	20	Wolf · Ford	15	73	+2 laps
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	33	McLaren · Ford	19	60	Spun off
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	16	Shadow · Ford	18	56	Transmission
DNF	René Arnoux	31	Martini · Ford	23	40	Chassis
DNF	Arturo Merzario	37	Merzario · Ford	26	40	Engine
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	15	Renault	9	35	Engine
DNF	Brett Lunger	30	McLaren · Ford	21	35	Engine
DNF	Keke Rosberg	32	Wolf · Ford	24	21	Accident
DNF	Alan Jones	27	Williams · Ford	11	17	Throttle
DNF	Nelson Piquet	29	McLaren · Ford	25	16	Transmission
DNF	Patrick Depailler	4	Tyrrell · Ford	12	13	Engine
DNF	Derek Daly	22	Ensign · Ford	16	10	Transmission
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	35	Arrows · Ford	13	0	Accident
DNF	Didier Pironi	3	Tyrrell · Ford	17	0	Accident
DSQ	Vittorio Brambilla	19	Surtees · Ford	22	37	Push start
DNS	Rupert Keegan	18	Surtees · Ford	–		Injury
DNQ	Clay Regazzoni	17	Shadow · Ford	–
DNQ	Michael Bleekemolen	10	ATS · Ford	–
DNQ	Jochen Mass	9	ATS · Ford	–
DNPQ	Harald Ertl	23	Ensign · Ford	–
DNPQ	Danny Ongais	39	Shadow · Ford	–
DNPQ	Rolf Stommelen	36	Arrows · 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	1:16.360
2	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	1:16.970	+0.610
3	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1:17.330	+0.970
4	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:17.340	+0.980
5	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:17.540	+1.180
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:17.550	+1.190
7	James Hunt	McLaren	1:17.670	+1.310
8	John Watson	Brabham	1:17.730	+1.370
9	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:18.280	+1.920
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:18.300	+1.940
11	Alan Jones	Williams	1:18.420	+2.060
12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:18.430	+2.070
13	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:18.500	+2.140
14	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	1:18.500	+2.140
15	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	1:18.570	+2.210
16	Derek Daly	Ensign	1:19.390	+3.030
17	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:19.590	+3.230
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	1:19.620	+3.260
19	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	1:19.830	+3.470
20	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	1:20.020	+3.660
21	Brett Lunger	McLaren	1:20.030	+3.670
22	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	1:20.260	+3.900
23	René Arnoux	Martini	1:20.310	+3.950
24	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	1:20.470	+4.110
25	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	1:20.520	+4.160
26	Nelson Piquet	McLaren	1:20.640	+4.280
27	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	1:20.640	+4.280
28	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	1:20.690	+4.330
29	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	1:21.330	+4.970
30	Jochen Mass	ATS	1:21.820	+5.460

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Niki Lauda	57	1:19.570

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 13. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 13
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Mario Andretti	63
2	Ronnie Peterson	51
3	Niki Lauda	35	▲2
4	Patrick Depailler	32	▼1
5	Carlos Reutemann	31	▼1
6	John Watson	19
7	Jacques Laffite	16
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	15	▲1
9	Jody Scheckter	14	▼1
10	Riccardo Patrese	8

Constructors' championship after round 13
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Lotus	85
2	Brabham	44
3	Ferrari	36	▲1
4	Tyrrell	36	▼1
5	Ligier	16
6	Fittipaldi	15	▲1
7	Wolf	14	▼1
8	McLaren	12
9	Arrows	8
10	Shadow	6