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Italian Grand Prix 1978

Round 14 of 16  · 10 September 1978  · Monza  · 40 laps

WDC Decider

Fastest Lap Mario Andretti 1:38.230 (lap 33)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 4 1:07:04.540 9
2 WAT John Watson Brabham 7 +1.480 6
3 REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 11 +20.470 4
4 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 +37.530 3
5 TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 19 +40.390 2
6 AND Mario Andretti FL Lotus 1 +46.330 1
7 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 +48.480
8 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 +55.240
9 PIQ Nelson Piquet McLaren 24 +1:06.830
10 DAL Derek Daly Ensign 18 +1:09.110
11 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 16 +1:16.570
12 SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 +1 lap
13 JON Alan Jones Williams 6 +1 lap
14 GIA Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 20 +1 lap
NC REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 +7 laps
DNF PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 Engine
DNF HUN James Hunt McLaren 10 Distributor
DNF MER Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 Engine
DNF JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 Engine
DNF PET Ronnie Peterson Lotus 5 Fatal collision
DNF BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 23 Collision
DNF LUN Brett Lunger McLaren 21 Collision
DNF PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 14 Collision
DNF STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 17 Collision
DNQ REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus
DNQ ERT Harald Ertl ATS
DNQ BLE Michael Bleekemolen ATS
DNQ FRA Carlo Franchi Surtees
DNPQ ERT Harald Ertl Ensign
DNPQ ROS Keke Rosberg Wolf
DNPQ STO Rolf Stommelen Arrows
DNPQ COL Alberto Colombo Merzario

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 1:37.520
2 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:37.860
3 JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:37.930
4 LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 1:38.215
5 PET Ronnie Peterson Lotus 1:38.256
6 JON Alan Jones Williams 1:38.271
7 WAT John Watson Brabham 1:38.610
8 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:38.917
9 SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 1:38.937
10 HUN James Hunt McLaren 1:38.938
11 REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:38.959
12 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1:39.179
13 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 1:39.421
14 PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 1:39.563
15 REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow 1:39.621
16 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1:39.630
17 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 1:39.701
18 DAL Derek Daly Ensign 1:40.075
19 TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 1:40.163
20 GIA Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 1:40.199
21 LUN Brett Lunger McLaren 1:40.302
22 MER Arturo Merzario Merzario 1:40.702
23 BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 1:40.805
24 PIQ Nelson Piquet McLaren 1:40.846
25 REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus 1:41.063
26 ERT Harald Ertl ATS 1:41.185
27 BLE Michael Bleekemolen ATS 1:41.677
28 FRA Carlo Franchi Surtees 1:44.408