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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