1978 French Grand Prix
🇫🇷 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France Round 9 of 16
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 5 | 2 | 54 | 1:38:51.92 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 6 | 5 | 54 | +2.930s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | James Hunt | McLaren | 7 | 4 | 54 | +19.800s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | John Watson | Brabham | 2 | 1 | 54 | +36.880s | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 14 | 54 | +41.810s | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 20 | 7 | 54 | +54.530s | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 10 | 54 | +54.740s | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 35 | 12 | 54 | +1:24.880 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 6 | 54 | +1:27.060 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 16 | 54 | +1:29.980 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 16 | 20 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 9 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 9 | 25 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | René Arnoux | Martini | 31 | 18 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 36 | 21 | 53 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 10 | 26 | 52 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 19 | 52 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | 8 | 49 | +5 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 30 | 24 | 45 | +9 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 15 | 43 | +11 Laps | Suspension | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 18 | 23 | 40 | +14 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 33 | 22 | 28 | +26 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | 3 | 10 | +44 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | 13 | 10 | +44 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 17 | 17 | 4 | +50 Laps | Electrical | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 11 | 1 | +53 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.