French Grand Prix

Round 9 · 2 July 1978 ·Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France

Peterson

Team Lotus

Andretti

Team Lotus

Hunt

McLaren

Race classification

Pos.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Time	Pts.
1	Mario Andretti	American	Team Lotus	54	1:38:51.92	9
2	Ronnie Peterson	Swedish	Team Lotus	54	+2.93	6
3	James Hunt	British	McLaren	54	+19.8	4
4	John Watson	British	Brabham	54	+36.88	3
5	Alan Jones	Australian	Williams	54	+41.81	2
6	Jody Scheckter	South African	Wolf	54	+54.53	1
7	Jacques Laffite	French	Ligier	54	+54.74	0
8	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	Arrows	54	+1:24.88	0
9	Patrick Tambay	French	McLaren	54	+1:27.06	0
10	Didier Pironi	French	Tyrrell	54	+1:29.98	0
11	Hans-Joachim Stuck	German	Shadow	53	+1 Lap	0
12	Gilles Villeneuve	Canadian	Ferrari	53	+1 Lap	0
13	Jochen Mass	German	ATS	53	+1 Lap	0
14	René Arnoux	French	Martini	53	+1 Lap	0
15	Rolf Stommelen	German	Arrows	53	+1 Lap	0
16	Keke Rosberg	Finnish	ATS	52	+2 Laps	0
17	Vittorio Brambilla	Italian	Surtees	52	+2 Laps	0
18	Carlos Reutemann	Argentine	Ferrari	49	+5 Laps	0
R	Brett Lunger	American	McLaren	45	Engine	0
R	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	Fittipaldi	43	Suspension	0
R	Rupert Keegan	British	Surtees	40	Engine	0
R	Bruno Giacomelli	Italian	McLaren	28	Engine	0
R	Niki Lauda	Austrian	Brabham	10	Engine	0
R	Patrick Depailler	French	Tyrrell	10	Engine	0
R	Clay Regazzoni	Swiss	Shadow	4	Electrical	0
R	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	French	Renault	1	Engine	0
F	Arturo Merzario	Italian	Merzario	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Derek Daly	Irish	Ensign	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Hector Rebaque	Mexican	Team Lotus	0	Did not qualify	0