1978 Austrian Grand Prix Results

Explore results, starting grids, drivers and constructor data from the 1978 Austrian Grand Prix.

Race classification
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Change	Laps	Status / time	Points	Fastest lap
1	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	1	0	54	1:41:21.570Finished	9	—
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	14	+12	54	+47.440Finished	6	—
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	11	+8	54	+1:39.760Finished	4	—
4	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	6	+2	53	+1 Lap	3	—
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	5	0	53	+1 Lap	2	—
6	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	21	+15	53	+1 Lap	1	—
7	John Watson	Brabham	10	+3	53	+1 Lap	0	—
8	Brett Lunger	McLaren	17	+9	52	+2 Laps	0	—
9	René Arnoux	Martini	26	+17	52	+2 Laps	0	—
R	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	22	+12	50	+7 Laps	0	—
R	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	25	+14	49	+7 Laps	0	—
D	Derek Daly	Ensign	19	—	41	Disqualified	0	—
R	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	14	+1	40	Accident	0	—
R	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	23	+9	33	Accident	0	—
R	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	3	-12	31	Gearbox	0	—
D	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	12	—	28	Disqualified	0	—
R	Niki Lauda	Brabham	4	-13	27	Accident	0	—
R	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	9	-9	20	Accident	0	—
R	James Hunt	McLaren	8	-11	7	Accident	0	—
R	Alan Jones	Williams	15	-5	7	Accident	0	—
R	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	16	-5	7	Accident	0	—
R	Harald Ertl	Ensign	24	+2	7	Accident	0	—
R	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	18	-5	4	Accident	0	—
R	Nelson Piquet	McLaren	20	-4	4	Accident	0	—
R	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	7	-18	3	Accident	0	—
R	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	2	-24	0	Accident	0	—

Change = grid − classified position. Pit-lane / unknown grids, non-starters and disqualifications have no position-change value.

Austrian Grand Prix