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German Grand Prix 1978

Round 11 of 16  · 30 July 1978  · Hockenheimring  · 45 laps

Fastest Lap Ronnie Peterson 1:55.620 (lap 26)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 1 1:28:00.900 9
2 SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 4 +15.350 6
3 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 +28.010 4
4 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 10 +36.880 3
5 PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 16 +57.260 2
6 REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus 18 +1:37.860 1
7 WAT John Watson Brabham 5 +1:39.530
8 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 15 +1:56.870
9 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 +1 lap
10 ROS Keke Rosberg Wolf 19 +3 laps
11 ERT Harald Ertl Ensign 23 Engine
DNF PET Ronnie Peterson FL Lotus 2 Gearbox
DNF JON Alan Jones Williams 6 Fuel system
DNF PIQ Nelson Piquet Ensign 21 Engine
DNF BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 20 Fuel system
DNF TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 Accident
DNF REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 12 Fuel system
DNF LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 3 Engine
DNF JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 Engine
DNF STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 24 Accident
DNF MAS Jochen Mass ATS 22 Accident
DNF DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 Accident
DSQ STO Rolf Stommelen Arrows 17 Illegal pit stop
DSQ HUN James Hunt McLaren 8 Illegal pit stop
DNQ REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow
DNQ JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS
DNQ KEE Rupert Keegan Surtees
DNQ MER Arturo Merzario Merzario
DNPQ ARN René Arnoux Martini
DNPQ LUN Brett Lunger McLaren

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 1:51.900
2 PET Ronnie Peterson Lotus 1:51.990
3 LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 1:52.290
4 SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 1:52.680
5 WAT John Watson Brabham 1:52.840
6 JON Alan Jones Williams 1:53.500
7 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:53.540
8 HUN James Hunt McLaren 1:53.540
9 JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:53.610
10 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 1:54.030
11 TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 1:54.040
12 REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:54.170
13 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1:54.320
14 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1:54.340
15 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:54.400
16 PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 1:54.630
17 STO Rolf Stommelen Arrows 1:55.180
18 REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus 1:55.570
19 ROS Keke Rosberg Wolf 1:55.570
20 BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 1:55.860
21 PIQ Nelson Piquet Ensign 1:56.150
22 MAS Jochen Mass ATS 1:56.210
23 ERT Harald Ertl Ensign 1:56.250
24 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 1:56.450
25 REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow 1:56.570
26 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 1:57.400
27 KEE Rupert Keegan Surtees 1:57.860
28 MER Arturo Merzario Merzario 1:58.310