Brazilian Grand Prix

Round 2 · 29 January 1978 ·Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fittipaldi

Reutemann

Ferrari

Lauda

Brabham

Race classification

Pos.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Time	Pts.
1	Carlos Reutemann	Argentine	Ferrari	63	1:49:59.86	9
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	Fittipaldi	63	+49.13	6
3	Niki Lauda	Austrian	Brabham	63	+57.02	4
4	Mario Andretti	American	Team Lotus	63	+1:33.12	3
5	Clay Regazzoni	Swiss	Shadow	62	+1 Lap	2
6	Didier Pironi	French	Tyrrell	62	+1 Lap	1
7	Jochen Mass	German	ATS	62	+1 Lap	0
8	John Watson	British	Brabham	61	+2 Laps	0
9	Jacques Laffite	French	Ligier	61	+2 Laps	0
10	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	Arrows	59	+4 Laps	0
11	Alan Jones	Australian	Williams	58	+5 Laps	0
R	Hector Rebaque	Mexican	Team Lotus	40	Physical	0
R	Gilles Villeneuve	Canadian	Ferrari	35	Spun off	0
R	Patrick Tambay	French	McLaren	34	Spun off	0
R	James Hunt	British	McLaren	25	Spun off	0
R	Hans-Joachim Stuck	German	Shadow	25	Fuel system	0
R	Jody Scheckter	South African	Wolf	16	Accident	0
R	Ronnie Peterson	Swedish	Team Lotus	15	Collision	0
R	Danny Ongais	American	Ensign	13	Brakes	0
R	Brett Lunger	American	McLaren	11	Overheating	0
R	Patrick Depailler	French	Tyrrell	8	Accident	0
R	Rupert Keegan	British	Surtees	5	Accident	0
R	Lamberto Leoni	Italian	Ensign	0	Transmission	0
W	Jean-Pierre Jarier	French	ATS	0	Withdrew	0
F	Arturo Merzario	Italian	Merzario	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Eddie Cheever	American	Theodore	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Vittorio Brambilla	Italian	Surtees	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Divina Galica	British	Hesketh	0	Did not qualify	0