1978 Argentine Grand Prix
🇦🇷 Argentina Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina Round 1 of 16
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 5 | 1 | 52 | 1:37:04.47 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | 5 | 52 | +13.210s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | 10 | 52 | +13.640s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | James Hunt | McLaren | 7 | 6 | 52 | +16.050s | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 6 | 3 | 52 | +1:14.850 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 9 | 52 | +1:19.900 | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | 2 | 52 | +1:22.600 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 7 | 52 | +1:38.880 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 17 | 52 | +1:40.600 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 20 | 15 | 52 | +1:43.500 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 9 | 13 | 52 | +1:49.070 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 10 | 11 | 51 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 30 | 24 | 51 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 23 | 51 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 17 | 16 | 51 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 8 | 50 | +2 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 16 | 18 | 50 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 12 | 50 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | John Watson | Brabham | 2 | 4 | 41 | +11 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 14 | 36 | +16 Laps | Fuel system | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 22 | 21 | 35 | +17 Laps | Distributor | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 23 | 22 | 28 | +24 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 37 | 20 | 9 | +43 Laps | Differential | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 18 | 19 | 4 | +48 Laps | Overheating | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.