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Brazilian Grand Prix 1978

Round 2 of 16  · 29 January 1978  · Nelson Piquet  · 63 laps

Fastest Lap Carlos Reutemann 1:43.070 (lap 35)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 REU Carlos Reutemann FL Ferrari 4 1:49:59.860 9
2 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 7 +49.130 6
3 LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 10 +57.020 4
4 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 3 +1:33.120 3
5 REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 +1 lap 2
6 PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 19 +1 lap 1
7 MAS Jochen Mass ATS 20 +1 lap
8 WAT John Watson Brabham 21 +2 laps
9 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 +2 laps
10 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 18 +4 laps
11 JON Alan Jones Williams 8 +5 laps
DNF REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus 22 Physical
DNF VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6 Spun off
DNF TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 5 Spun off
DNF STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 9 Fuel system
DNF HUN James Hunt McLaren 2 Spun off
DNF SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 12 Accident
DNF PET Ronnie Peterson Lotus 1 Collision
DNF ONG Danny Ongais Ensign 23 Brakes
DNF LUN Brett Lunger McLaren 13 Overheating
DNF DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11 Accident
DNF KEE Rupert Keegan Surtees 24 Accident
DNS LEO Lamberto Leoni Ensign 17
DNS JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 16
DNQ MER Arturo Merzario Merzario
DNQ CHE Eddie Cheever Theodore
DNQ BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees
DNQ GAL Divina Galica Hesketh

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 PET Ronnie Peterson Lotus 1:40.450
2 HUN James Hunt McLaren 1:40.530
3 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 1:40.620
4 REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:40.730
5 TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 1:40.940
6 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:40.970
7 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 1:41.500
8 JON Alan Jones Williams 1:41.870
9 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 1:42.070
10 LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 1:42.080
11 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1:42.100
12 SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 1:42.110
13 LUN Brett Lunger McLaren 1:42.650
14 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:42.710
15 REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow 1:42.800
16 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 1:42.910
17 LEO Lamberto Leoni Ensign 1:43.190
18 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1:43.190
19 PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 1:43.550
20 MAS Jochen Mass ATS 1:43.740
21 WAT John Watson Brabham 1:43.750
22 REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus 1:43.860
23 ONG Danny Ongais Ensign 1:43.940
24 KEE Rupert Keegan Surtees 1:44.200
25 MER Arturo Merzario Merzario 1:44.200
26 CHE Eddie Cheever Theodore 1:44.280
27 BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 1:44.660
28 GAL Divina Galica Hesketh 1:46.790