F1 History Seasons 1978 Kyalami

1978 Kyalami Formula 1 Grand Prix

04 March 1978

Kyalami Grand Prix

Pos		Driver	FL	Team	Time	Grid	Pts
1	▲ 10	Ronnie Peterson		Lotus	1:42:15.767	11	9
2	▲ 10	Patrick Depailler		Tyrrell	-00:00.466	12	6
3	▲ 7	John Watson		Brabham	-00:04.442	10	4
4	▲ 14	Alan Jones		Williams	-00:38.986	18	3
5	▲ 9	Jacques Laffite		Ligier	-01:09.218	14	2
6	▲ 7	Didier Pironi		Tyrrell	-1 lap	13	1
7	▼ 5	Mario Andretti		Lotus	-1 lap	2
8	▲ 9	Jean-Pierre Jarier		ATS	-1 lap	17
9	▲ 12	Rolf Stommelen		Arrows	-1 lap	21
10	▲ 12	Hector Rebaque		Lotus	-1 lap	22
11	▲ 8	Brett Lunger		McLaren	-2 laps	19
12	▲ 8	Vittorio Brambilla		Surtees	-2 laps	20
13	▼ 6	Riccardo Patrese		Arrows	63 laps	7
14	▼ 9	Jody Scheckter		Wolf	59 laps	5
15	▼ 11	Patrick Tambay		McLaren	56 laps	4
16	▼ 7	Carlos Reutemann		Ferrari	55 laps	9
17	▼ 9	Gilles Villeneuve		Ferrari	55 laps	8
18	▼ 16	Rupert Keegan		Surtees	52 laps	2
19	▼ 18	Niki Lauda		Brabham	52 laps	1
20	▼ 4	Jochen Mass		ATS	43 laps	16
21	▲ 5	Arturo Merzario		Merzario	39 laps	26
22	▲ 4	Jean-Pierre Jabouille		Renault	38 laps	26
23	▲ 1	Keke Rosberg		Theodore	15 laps	24
24	▼ 9	Emerson Fittipaldi		Fittipaldi	9 laps	15
25		Eddie Cheever		Hesketh	8 laps	25
26	▼ 23	James Hunt		McLaren	5 laps	3
27	▼ 27	Rene Arnoux		Martini	DNQ	0
28	▼ 28	Clay Regazzoni		Shadow	DNQ	0
29	▼ 29	Lamberto Leoni		Ensign	DNQ	0
30	▼ 30	Hans-Joachim Stuck		Shadow	DNQ	0

Fastest lap Mario Andretti : 1:17.090

First

Type	Driver	#Future
race	Keke Rosberg	126
race	Rene Arnoux	163

Aniversary

Type	Driver	#Aniversary	#Future
race	Rolf Stommelen	50	13
podium	Ronnie Peterson	20	6

Current race drivers

	races @ Kyalami						races in 1978						all races
	R	V	P	FL	IP	PO	R	V	P	FL	IP	PO	R	V	P	FL	IP	PO
R.Peterson	8	1			2	11	14	2	3	3	9	51	123	10	14	9	42	206
P.Depailler	7				4	17	16	1			7	34	95	2	1	4	36	141
J.Watson	9			1	4	8	16		1		7	25	154	5	2	5	47	169
A.Jones	4				1	3	16			2	3	11	117	12	6	13	39	206
J.Laffite	9				2	8	16				7	19	180	6	7	6	59	228
D.Pironi	4				2	5	16				5	7	72	3	4	5	29	101
M.Andretti	10	1		2	4	16	16	6	8	3	9	64	131	12	18	10	38	180
J.Jarier	8				1	4	8		1	1			142		3	3	14	31.50
R.Stommelen	5						14						63				7	14
H.Rebaque	2						16				1	1	58				6	13
B.Lunger	3						15						43
V.Brambilla	5						14				1	1	79	1	1	1	9	15.50
R.Patrese	9	1			3	18	14				4	11	257	6	8	13	73	281
J.Scheckter	8	1			4	24	16				6	24	113	10	3	5	53	255
P.Tambay	4		1	1			15				5	8	124	2	5	2	32	103
C.Reutemann	10	1		1	5	25	16	4	2	2	7	48	146	12	6	6	66	310
G.Villeneuve	4	1		1	1	9	16	1		1	4	17	68	6	2	8	21	107
R.Keegan	1						13						37
N.Lauda	12	3	2	1	6	33	16	2	1	4	7	44	177	25	24	24	73	420.50
J.Mass	8				4	8	13						113	1		2	28	71
A.Merzario	5				2	4	16						85				5	11
J.Jabouille	3		2				14				1	3	56	2	6		3	21
K.Rosberg	6			1	3	10	13						127	5	5	3	38	159.50
E.Fittipaldi	10			1	2	10	16				6	17	149	14	6	5	57	281
E.Cheever	6				1	1	3						143				25	69
J.Hunt	6		2		2	9	15				3	8	92	10	14	8	35	179
R.Arnoux	6	1	1	1	2	13	9						164	7	18	12	42	181
C.Regazzoni	10				1	4	16				2	4	139	5	5	15	52	212
L.Leoni	1						4						5
H.Stuck	5				1	2	16				1	2	81				12	29

R=races, V=victories, P=pole positions, FL=fastest laps, IP=finish in points, PO=points