Argentine Grand Prix

Round 1 · 15 January 1978 ·Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lauda

Brabham

Andretti

Team Lotus

Depailler

Tyrrell

Race classification

Pos.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Time	Pts.
1	Mario Andretti	American	Team Lotus	52	1:37:04.47	9
2	Niki Lauda	Austrian	Brabham	52	+13.21	6
3	Patrick Depailler	French	Tyrrell	52	+13.64	4
4	James Hunt	British	McLaren	52	+16.05	3
5	Ronnie Peterson	Swedish	Team Lotus	52	+1:14.85	2
6	Patrick Tambay	French	McLaren	52	+1:19.90	1
7	Carlos Reutemann	Argentine	Ferrari	52	+1:22.60	0
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Canadian	Ferrari	52	+1:38.88	0
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	Fittipaldi	52	+1:40.60	0
10	Jody Scheckter	South African	Wolf	52	+1:43.50	0
11	Jochen Mass	German	ATS	52	+1:49.07	0
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	French	ATS	51	+1 Lap	0
13	Brett Lunger	American	McLaren	51	+1 Lap	0
14	Didier Pironi	French	Tyrrell	51	+1 Lap	0
15	Clay Regazzoni	Swiss	Shadow	51	+1 Lap	0
16	Jacques Laffite	French	Ligier	50	Engine	0
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	German	Shadow	50	+2 Laps	0
18	Vittorio Brambilla	Italian	Surtees	50	+2 Laps	0
R	John Watson	British	Brabham	41	Engine	0
R	Alan Jones	Australian	Williams	36	Fuel system	0
R	Danny Ongais	American	Ensign	35	Distributor	0
R	Lamberto Leoni	Italian	Ensign	28	Engine	0
R	Arturo Merzario	Italian	Merzario	9	Differential	0
R	Rupert Keegan	British	Surtees	4	Overheating	0
F	Hector Rebaque	Mexican	Team Lotus	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Eddie Cheever	American	Theodore	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Divina Galica	British	Hesketh	0	Did not qualify	0