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Austrian Grand Prix 1978

Round 12 of 16  · 13 August 1978  · Red Bull Ring  · 54 laps

Fastest Lap Ronnie Peterson 1:43.120

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 PET Ronnie Peterson FL Lotus 1 1:41:21.570 9
2 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 +47.440 6
3 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 11 +1:39.760 4
4 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6 +1 lap 3
5 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 +1 lap 2
6 BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 21 +1 lap 1
7 WAT John Watson Brabham 10 +1 lap
8 LUN Brett Lunger McLaren 17 +2 laps
9 ARN René Arnoux Martini 26 +2 laps
NC REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow 22 +4 laps
NC ROS Keke Rosberg Wolf 25 +5 laps
DNF TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 Accident
DNF STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 23 Accident
DNF JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 Gearbox
DNF LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 12 Accident
DNF PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 9 Accident
DNF HUN James Hunt McLaren 8 Accident
DNF JON Alan Jones Williams 15 Accident
DNF ERT Harald Ertl Ensign 24 Accident
DNF PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 Accident
DNF SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 7 Accident
DNF PIQ Nelson Piquet McLaren 20 Accident
DNF REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus 18 Accident
DNF AND Mario Andretti Lotus 2 Accident
DSQ DAL Derek Daly Ensign 19 Push start
DSQ REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 4 Push start
DNQ MER Arturo Merzario Merzario
DNQ MAS Jochen Mass ATS
DNQ KEE Rupert Keegan Surtees
DNQ BIN Hans Binder ATS
DNPQ STO Rolf Stommelen Arrows

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 PET Ronnie Peterson Lotus 1:37.710
2 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 1:37.760
3 JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:38.320
4 REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:38.500
5 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:38.710
6 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 1:38.770
7 SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 1:38.850
8 HUN James Hunt McLaren 1:39.100
9 PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 1:39.230
10 WAT John Watson Brabham 1:39.350
11 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:39.400
12 LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 1:39.490
13 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1:39.510
14 TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 1:39.590
15 JON Alan Jones Williams 1:39.810
16 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1:40.110
17 LUN Brett Lunger McLaren 1:40.800
18 REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus 1:40.840
19 DAL Derek Daly Ensign 1:41.020
20 PIQ Nelson Piquet McLaren 1:41.150
21 BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 1:41.160
22 REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow 1:41.420
23 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 1:41.580
24 ERT Harald Ertl Ensign 1:41.600
25 ROS Keke Rosberg Wolf 1:41.720
26 ARN René Arnoux Martini 1:41.840
27 MER Arturo Merzario Merzario 1:41.850
28 MAS Jochen Mass ATS 1:42.470
29 KEE Rupert Keegan Surtees 1:43.060
30 BIN Hans Binder ATS 1:44.460