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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