1978 season

Title decided in round 14

‹ 1977 1979 ›

World ChampionMario Andretti64 points · 6 wins
Constructors' championLotus86 points

Races16
Different winners6
Pole-sitters6
Not classified46%177 of 386 starts

Points: 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six. The season was split in two: the best 7 of the first 8 races counted, and the best 7 of the rest.

The title was decided in round 14: Italian Grand Prix on 10 Sept 1978.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Mario Andretti	9	12	12	18	18	27	36	36	45	45	54	54	63	64	64	64
Ronnie Peterson	2	2	11	14	14	20	26	30	36	36	36	45	51	51	51	51
Carlos Reutemann	0	9	9	18	18	22	22	22	22	31	31	31	31	35	44	48
Niki Lauda	6	10	10	10	16	16	16	25	25	31	31	31	35	44	44	44
Patrick Depailler	4	4	10	14	23	23	23	23	23	26	26	32	32	32	32	34
John Watson	0	0	4	4	7	7	9	9	12	16	16	16	19	25	25	25
Jody Scheckter	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	7	8	8	14	14	14	14	18	24
Jacques Laffite	0	0	2	4	4	6	10	10	10	10	14	16	16	19	19	19
Gilles Villeneuve	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	8	8	8	17
Emerson Fittipaldi	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	13	15	15	17	17
Alan Jones	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	11
Riccardo Patrese	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11
James Hunt	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Patrick Tambay	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	8	8
Didier Pironi	0	1	2	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7
Clay Regazzoni	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Hans-Joachim Stuck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Derek Daly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Héctor Rebaque	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Vittorio Brambilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

The constructors' championship, round by round

Lotus86
Ferrari58
Brabham53
Tyrrell38
Wolf24
Ligier19
Fittipaldi17
McLaren15
6 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Lotus	9	12	21	27	27	36	45	49	58	58	67	76	85	86	86	86
Ferrari	0	9	9	18	18	22	22	22	22	31	31	35	36	40	49	58
Brabham	6	10	14	14	20	20	22	31	34	40	40	40	44	53	53	53
Tyrrell	4	5	11	15	24	25	25	25	25	28	30	36	36	36	36	38
Wolf	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	7	8	8	14	14	14	14	18	24
Ligier	0	0	2	4	4	6	10	10	10	10	14	16	16	19	19	19
Fittipaldi	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	13	15	15	17	17
McLaren	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	7	11	12	12	12	12	14	15	15
Williams	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	11
Arrows	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11
Shadow	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Renault	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Ensign	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Surtees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus	6	64
2	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	2	51
3	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	4	48
4	Niki Lauda	Brabham	2	44
5	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1	34
6	John Watson	Brabham		25
7	Jody Scheckter	Wolf		24
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier		19
9	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1	17
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi		17
11	Alan Jones	Williams		11
12	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows		11
13	James Hunt	McLaren		8
14	Patrick Tambay	McLaren		8
15	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell		7
16	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow		4
17	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault		3
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow		2
19	Derek Daly	Hesketh, Ensign		1
19	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus		1
19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees		1

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	Lotus	86
2	Ferrari	58
3	Brabham	53
4	Tyrrell	38
5	Wolf	24
6	Ligier	19
7	Fittipaldi	17
8	McLaren	15
9	Williams	11
10	Arrows	11
11	Shadow	6
12	Renault	3
13	Ensign	1
13	Surtees	1

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 1978
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
AND (Mario Andretti)	1^P	4	7^F	2	11	1^P	1^P^F	Ret^P	1	Ret	1^P	Ret	1^P	6^P^F	Ret^P	10	64
PET (Ronnie Peterson)	5	Ret^P	1	4	Ret	2^F	2	3	2	Ret^P	Ret^F	1^P^F	2	Ret			51
REU (Carlos Reutemann)	7	1^F	Ret	1^P	8^P	3	Ret	10	18^F	1	Ret	Ret	7	3	1	3	48
LAU (Niki Lauda)	2	3	Ret^P	Ret	2^F	Ret	Ret	1^F	Ret	2^F	Ret	Ret	3^F	1	Ret	Ret	44
DEP (Patrick Depailler)	3	Ret	2	3	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	2	Ret	11	Ret	5	34
WAT (John Watson)	Ret	8	3	Ret	4	Ret	5	Ret	4^P	3	7	7	4	2	Ret	Ret	25
SCH (Jody Scheckter)	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	2	Ret	12	12	3	2	24
LAF (Jacques Laffite)	16	9	5	5	Ret	5	3	7	7	10	3	5	8	4	11	Ret	19
VIL (Gilles Villeneuve)	8^F	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	10	9	12	Ret	8	3	6	7	Ret	1	17
FIT (Emerson Fittipaldi)	9	2	Ret	8	9	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	4	5	8	5	Ret	17
JON (Alan Jones)	Ret	11	4	7^F	Ret	10	8	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	2	9^F	11
PAT (Riccardo Patrese)		10	Ret	6	6	Ret	Ret	2	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret		4	11
HUN (James Hunt)	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	Ret	8
TAM (Patrick Tambay)	6	Ret	Ret	12	7		Ret	4	9	6	Ret	Ret	9	5	6	8	8
PIR (Didier Pironi)	14	6	6	Ret	5	6	12	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	7
REG (Clay Regazzoni)	15	5	DNQ	10	DNQ	Ret	15	5	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	14	DNQ	4
JAB (Jean-Pierre Jabouille)			Ret	Ret	10	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	12	3
STU (Hans-Joachim Stuck)	17	Ret	DNQ	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2
DAL (Derek Daly)				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	Ret		Ret	Ret	10	8	6	1
REB (Héctor Rebaque)	DNQ	Ret	10	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	12	DNQ	Ret	6	Ret	11	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	1
BRA (Vittorio Brambilla)	18	DNQ	12	Ret	DNQ	13	7	Ret	17	9	Ret	6	Ret	Ret			1

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Argentina	Juan y Oscar Gálvez	15 Jan 1978	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
2	Brazil	Nelson Piquet	29 Jan 1978	Ronnie Peterson	Carlos Reutemann
3	South Africa	Kyalami	4 Mar 1978	Niki Lauda	Ronnie Peterson
4	United States West	Long Beach	2 Apr 1978	Carlos Reutemann	Carlos Reutemann
5	Monaco	Monaco	7 May 1978	Carlos Reutemann	Patrick Depailler
6	Belgium	Zolder	21 May 1978	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
7	Spain	Jarama	4 Jun 1978	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
8	Sweden	Anderstorp Raceway	17 Jun 1978	Mario Andretti	Niki Lauda
9	France	Paul Ricard	2 Jul 1978	John Watson	Mario Andretti
10	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	16 Jul 1978	Ronnie Peterson	Carlos Reutemann
11	Germany	Hockenheimring	30 Jul 1978	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
12	Austria	Red Bull Ring	13 Aug 1978	Ronnie Peterson	Ronnie Peterson
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	27 Aug 1978	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
14	ItalyTitle decided	Monza	10 Sept 1978	Mario Andretti	Niki Lauda
15	United States	Watkins Glen	1 Oct 1978	Mario Andretti	Carlos Reutemann
16	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	8 Oct 1978	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Gilles Villeneuve

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
ATS	ATS Racing Team	D1, HS1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Alberto Colombo, Hans Binder, Harald Ertl, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Jochen Mass, Keke Rosberg, Michael Bleekemolen
Arrows	Arrows Racing Team	A1, FA1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Riccardo Patrese, Rolf Stommelen
Brabham	Parmalat Racing Team	BT45C, BT46, BT46B, BT46C	Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12	Goodyear	John Watson, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda
Ensign	Mario Deliotti Racing	N175	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Geoffrey Lees
Ensign	Sachs Racing	N177	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Harald Ertl
Ensign	Team Tissot Ensign	N177	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Bernard de Dryver, Brett Lunger, Danny Ongais, Derek Daly, Jacky Ickx, Lamberto Leoni, Nelson Piquet
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	312T2, 312T3	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	Michelin	Carlos Reutemann, Gilles Villeneuve
Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	F5A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Emerson Fittipaldi
Hesketh	Olympus Cameras with Hesketh Racing	308E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Derek Daly, Divina Galica, Eddie Cheever
Ligier	Ligier Gitanes	JS7, JS7/9, JS9	Matra MS76 3.0 V12, Matra MS78 3.0 V12	Goodyear	Jacques Laffite
Lotus	John Player Team Lotus	78, 79	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Jean-Pierre Jarier, Mario Andretti, Ronnie Peterson
Lotus	Team Rebaque	78	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Héctor Rebaque
March	Patrick Nève	781S	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Patrick Nève
Martini	Automobiles Martini	MK23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	René Arnoux
McLaren	Centro Asegurador F1	M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Emilio de Villota
McLaren	Liggett Group with BS Fabrications	M23, M26	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Brett Lunger, Nelson Piquet
McLaren	Marlboro Team McLaren	M26	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Bruno Giacomelli, James Hunt, Patrick Tambay
McLaren	Melchester Racing	M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Tony Trimmer
Merzario	Team Merzario	A1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Alberto Colombo, Arturo Merzario
Renault	Équipe Renault Elf	RS01	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6 T	Michelin	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Shadow	Interscope Racing	DN9	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Danny Ongais
Shadow	Villiger Shadow	DN8, DN9	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Clay Regazzoni, Hans-Joachim Stuck
Surtees	Beta Team Surtees	TS19, TS20	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees	Durex Team Surtees	TS19, TS20	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Rupert Keegan
Surtees	Team Surtees	TS20	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Beppe Gabbiani, Carlo Franchi, René Arnoux
Theodore	Theodore Racing	TR1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Eddie Cheever
Theodore	Theodore Racing Hong Kong	TR1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Keke Rosberg
Tyrrell	First National City Elf Team Tyrrell	008	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Didier Pironi, Patrick Depailler
Williams	Williams Grand Prix Engineering	FW06	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Alan Jones
Wolf	Theodore Racing Hong Kong	WR3, WR4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Keke Rosberg
Wolf	Walter Wolf Racing	WR1, WR3, WR5, WR6	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Goodyear	Bobby Rahal, Jody Scheckter

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	60	64	P1
2	Ronnie Peterson	52	51	P2
3	Carlos Reutemann	46	48	P3
4	Niki Lauda	46	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	33	34	P5
6	John Watson	25	25	P6
7	Jody Scheckter	23	24	P7
8	Jacques Laffite	19	19	P8
9	Gilles Villeneuve	16	17	P9
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	16	17	P10
11	Alan Jones	13	11	P11
12	Riccardo Patrese	9	11	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	60	64	P1
2	Ronnie Peterson	52	51	P2
3	Carlos Reutemann	46	48	P3
4	Niki Lauda	46	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	33	34	P5
6	John Watson	25	25	P6
7	Jody Scheckter	23	24	P7
8	Jacques Laffite	19	19	P8
9	Gilles Villeneuve	16	17	P9
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	16	17	P10
11	Alan Jones	13	11	P11
12	Riccardo Patrese	9	11	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	58	64	P1
2	Ronnie Peterson	49	51	P2
3	Carlos Reutemann	44	48	P3
4	Niki Lauda	42	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	33	34	P5
6	John Watson	25	25	P6
7	Jody Scheckter	24	24	P7
8	Jacques Laffite	19	19	P8
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	17	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	16	17	P9
11	Alan Jones	11	11	P11
12	Riccardo Patrese	11	11	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	58	64	P1
2	Ronnie Peterson	49	51	P2
3	Carlos Reutemann	44	48	P3
4	Niki Lauda	42	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	33	34	P5
6	John Watson	25	25	P6
7	Jody Scheckter	24	24	P7
8	Jacques Laffite	19	19	P8
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	17	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	16	17	P9
11	Alan Jones	11	11	P11
12	Riccardo Patrese	11	11	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

The system in force at the time, but every result counts – nothing dropped.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	64	64	P1
2	Ronnie Peterson	51	51	P2
3	Carlos Reutemann	48	48	P3
4	Niki Lauda	44	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	34	34	P5
6	John Watson	25	25	P6
7	Jody Scheckter	24	24	P7
8	Jacques Laffite	19	19	P8
9	Gilles Villeneuve	17	17	P9
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	17	17	P10
11	Alan Jones	11	11	P11
12	Riccardo Patrese	11	11	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	70	64	P1
2	Ronnie Peterson	53	51	P2
3	Carlos Reutemann	52	48	P3
4	Niki Lauda	46	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	35	34	P5
6	John Watson	25	25	P6
7	Jody Scheckter	24	24	P7
8	Jacques Laffite	19	19	P8
9	Gilles Villeneuve	18	17	P9
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	17	17	P10
11	Alan Jones	11	11	P11
12	Riccardo Patrese	11	11	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	70	64	P1
2	Ronnie Peterson	53	51	P2
3	Carlos Reutemann	52	48	P3
4	Niki Lauda	46	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	35	34	P5
6	John Watson	25	25	P6
7	Jody Scheckter	24	24	P7
8	Jacques Laffite	19	19	P8
9	Gilles Villeneuve	18	17	P9
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	17	17	P10
11	Alan Jones	11	11	P11
12	Riccardo Patrese	11	11	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	78	64	P1
2	Ronnie Peterson	67	51	P2
3	Carlos Reutemann	63	48	P3
4	Niki Lauda	56	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	47	34	P5
6	John Watson	44	25	P6
7	Jacques Laffite	38	19	P8
8	Jody Scheckter	36	24	P7
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	31	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	28	17	P9
11	Patrick Tambay	21	8	P14
12	Alan Jones	20	11	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	78	64	P1
2	Ronnie Peterson	67	51	P2
3	Carlos Reutemann	63	48	P3
4	Niki Lauda	56	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	47	34	P5
6	John Watson	44	25	P6
7	Jacques Laffite	38	19	P8
8	Jody Scheckter	36	24	P7
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	31	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	28	17	P9
11	Patrick Tambay	21	8	P14
12	Alan Jones	20	11	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	195	64	P1
2	Carlos Reutemann	162	48	P3
3	Ronnie Peterson	159	51	P2
4	Niki Lauda	134	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	113	34	P5
6	John Watson	110	25	P6
7	Jacques Laffite	101	19	P8
8	Jody Scheckter	87	24	P7
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	82	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	77	17	P9
11	Patrick Tambay	60	8	P14
12	Alan Jones	53	11	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	195	64	P1
2	Carlos Reutemann	162	48	P3
3	Ronnie Peterson	159	51	P2
4	Niki Lauda	134	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	113	34	P5
6	John Watson	110	25	P6
7	Jacques Laffite	101	19	P8
8	Jody Scheckter	87	24	P7
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	82	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	77	17	P9
11	Patrick Tambay	60	8	P14
12	Alan Jones	53	11	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	198	64	P1
2	Carlos Reutemann	163	48	P3
3	Ronnie Peterson	161	51	P2
4	Niki Lauda	138	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	113	34	P5
6	John Watson	110	25	P6
7	Jacques Laffite	101	19	P8
8	Jody Scheckter	87	24	P7
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	82	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	78	17	P9
11	Patrick Tambay	60	8	P14
12	Alan Jones	55	11	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	198	64	P1
2	Carlos Reutemann	163	48	P3
3	Ronnie Peterson	161	51	P2
4	Niki Lauda	138	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	113	34	P5
6	John Watson	110	25	P6
7	Jacques Laffite	101	19	P8
8	Jody Scheckter	87	24	P7
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	82	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	78	17	P9
11	Patrick Tambay	60	8	P14
12	Alan Jones	55	11	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	195	64	P1
2	Carlos Reutemann	162	48	P3
3	Ronnie Peterson	159	51	P2
4	Niki Lauda	134	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	113	34	P5
6	John Watson	110	25	P6
7	Jacques Laffite	101	19	P8
8	Jody Scheckter	87	24	P7
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	82	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	77	17	P9
11	Patrick Tambay	60	8	P14
12	Alan Jones	53	11	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mario Andretti	195	64	P1
2	Carlos Reutemann	162	48	P3
3	Ronnie Peterson	159	51	P2
4	Niki Lauda	134	44	P4
5	Patrick Depailler	113	34	P5
6	John Watson	110	25	P6
7	Jacques Laffite	101	19	P8
8	Jody Scheckter	87	24	P7
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	82	17	P10
10	Gilles Villeneuve	77	17	P9
11	Patrick Tambay	60	8	P14
12	Alan Jones	53	11	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.