1978 German Grand Prix



































1978 German Grand Prix

Race 11 of 16 in the 1978 Formula One season

Circuit Hockenheimring-1970.svg
Race details
Date
July 30, 1978
Official name
XL Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location
Hockenheimring
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
6.789 km (4.218 mi)
Distance
45 laps, 305.505 km (189.81 mi)
Weather
Dry
Pole position
Driver

  • United States Mario Andretti


Lotus-Ford
Time
1:51.90
Fastest lap
Driver
Sweden Ronnie Peterson

Lotus-Ford
Time
1:55.62 on lap 26
Podium
First

  • United States Mario Andretti


Lotus-Ford
Second

  • South Africa Jody Scheckter


Wolf-Ford
Third

  • France Jacques Laffite


Ligier-Matra

The 1978 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 30 July 1978 at Hockenheimring. This was the debut race of the future world champion Nelson Piquet.




Contents





  • 1 Report


  • 2 Classification


  • 3 Notes


  • 4 Championship standings after the race


  • 5 References




Report


There were no surprises in qualifying, with Mario Andretti on pole and Ronnie Peterson alongside him, with Niki Lauda third. At the start, Peterson got off better and took the lead from Andretti, but he held it for only four laps before Andretti retook it. Lauda ran third in the early stages, but he was passed by Alan Jones, and the duo battled until Lauda's engine failed yet again. The two Lotus cars were cruising at the front, and Jones ran third comfortably until he retired with a fuel vaporization problem. Lotus's hopes of a 1–2 ended when Peterson's gearbox failed, but Andretti was unaffected by that and cruised to his fifth win of the season, with Jody Scheckter second and Jacques Laffite third.



Classification


























































































































































































































































PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1
5

United States Mario Andretti

Lotus-Ford
45
1:28:00.90
1

9
2
20

South Africa Jody Scheckter

Wolf-Ford
45
+15.35 secs
4

6
3
26

France Jacques Laffite

Ligier-Matra
45
+28.01 secs
7

4
4
14

Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi

Fittipaldi-Ford
45
+36.88 secs
10

3
5
3

France Didier Pironi

Tyrrell-Ford
45
+57.26 secs
16

2
6
25

Mexico Héctor Rebaque

Lotus-Ford
45
+1:37.86
18

1
7
2

United Kingdom John Watson

Brabham-Alfa Romeo
45
+1:39.53
5

8
12

Canada Gilles Villeneuve

Ferrari
45
+1:56.87
15

9
35

Italy Riccardo Patrese

Arrows-Ford
44
+1 Lap
14

10
32

Finland Keke Rosberg

Wolf-Ford
42
+3 Laps
19

11
23

Austria Harald Ertl

Ensign-Ford
41
Engine
17

DSQ
36

West Germany Rolf Stommelen

Arrows-Ford
42
Disqualified
23

Ret
6

Sweden Ronnie Peterson

Lotus-Ford
36
Gearbox
2

DSQ
7

United Kingdom James Hunt

McLaren-Ford
34
Disqualified
8

Ret
27

Australia Alan Jones

Williams-Ford
31
Fuel System
6

Ret
22

Brazil Nelson Piquet

Ensign-Ford
31
Engine
21

Ret
19

Italy Vittorio Brambilla

Surtees-Ford
24
Fuel System
20

Ret
8

France Patrick Tambay

McLaren-Ford
16
Accident
11

Ret
11

Argentina Carlos Reutemann

Ferrari
14
Fuel System
12

Ret
1

Austria Niki Lauda

Brabham-Alfa Romeo
11
Engine
3

Ret
15

France Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Renault
5
Engine
9

Ret
9

West Germany Jochen Mass

ATS-Ford
1
Accident
22

Ret
16

West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck

Shadow-Ford
1
Accident
24

Ret
4

France Patrick Depailler

Tyrrell-Ford
0
Accident
13

DNQ
17

Switzerland Clay Regazzoni

Shadow-Ford




DNQ
10

France Jean-Pierre Jarier

ATS-Ford




DNQ
18

United Kingdom Rupert Keegan

Surtees-Ford




DNQ
37

Italy Arturo Merzario

Merzario-Ford




DNPQ
31

France René Arnoux

Martini-Ford




DNPQ
30

United States Brett Lunger

McLaren-Ford





Source:[1]


Notes


  • Lap leaders: Ronnie Peterson 4 laps (1–4); Mario Andretti 41 laps (5–45).

  • The Rebaque team scored their only points finish at this race.

  • First race: Nelson Piquet


  • James Hunt and Rolf Stommelen were both disqualified for entering the pits via another route; not the pit entrance.


Championship standings after the race








  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.


References




  1. ^ "1978 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em










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