1978 South African Grand Prix
🇿🇦 South Africa Kyalami, Midrand, South Africa Round 3 of 16
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 6 | 12 | 78 | 1:42:15.767 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | 11 | 78 | +0.466s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | John Watson | Brabham | 2 | 10 | 78 | +4.442s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 18 | 78 | +30.986s | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 13 | 78 | +1:09.218 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 14 | 77 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 5 | 2 | 77 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 10 | 17 | 77 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 36 | 22 | 77 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 25 | 21 | 77 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 30 | 20 | 76 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 19 | 76 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 35 | 7 | 63 | +15 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 20 | 5 | 59 | +19 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 4 | 56 | +22 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 8 | 55 | +23 Laps | Oil leak | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | 9 | 55 | +23 Laps | Spun off | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | 1 | 52 | +26 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 18 | 23 | 52 | +26 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 9 | 15 | 43 | +35 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 37 | 26 | 39 | +39 Laps | Suspension | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 6 | 38 | +40 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore | 32 | 24 | 15 | +63 Laps | Clutch | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 16 | 9 | +69 Laps | Transmission | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | 24 | 25 | 8 | +70 Laps | Oil leak | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | James Hunt | McLaren | 7 | 3 | 5 | +73 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.