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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