1978 Season

Season

Driver Standings

#	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	M. Andretti	Team LotusTeam Lotus	6		64
2	R. Peterson	Team LotusTeam Lotus	2	−13	51
3	C. Reutemann	FerrariFerrari	4	−16	48
4	N. Lauda	BrabhamBrabham	2	−20	44
5	P. Depailler	TyrrellTyrrell	1	−30	34
6	J. Watson	BrabhamBrabham	0	−39	25
7	J. Scheckter	WolfWolf	0	−40	24
8	J. Laffite	LigierLigier	0	−45	19
9	G. Villeneuve	FerrariFerrari	1	−47	17
10	E. Fittipaldi	FittipaldiFittipaldi	0	−47	17
11	A. Jones	WilliamsWilliams	0	−53	11
12	R. Patrese	ArrowsArrows	0	−53	11
13	J. Hunt	McLarenMcLaren	0	−56	8
14	P. Tambay	McLarenMcLaren	0	−56	8
15	D. Pironi	TyrrellTyrrell	0	−57	7
16	C. Regazzoni	ShadowShadow	0	−60	4
17	J. Jabouille	RenaultRenault	0	−61	3
18	H. Stuck	ShadowShadow	0	−62	2
19	V. Brambilla	SurteesSurtees	0	−63	1
20	D. Daly	EnsignEnsign	0	−63	1
21	H. Rebaque	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0	−63	1
31	H. Ertl	EnsignEnsign	0	−64	0
32	J. Ickx	EnsignEnsign	0	−64	0
33	B. Rahal	WolfWolf	0	−64	0
34	A. Merzario	MerzarioMerzario	0	−64	0
35	M. Bleekemolen	ATSATS	0	−64	0
36	D. Ongais	ShadowShadow	0	−64	0
37	L. Leoni	EnsignEnsign	0	−64	0
38	B. Gabbiani	SurteesSurtees	0	−64	0
39	E. Cheever	TheodoreTheodore	0	−64	0
40	D. Galica	HeskethHesketh	0	−64	0
41	E. de Villota	McLarenMcLaren	0	−64	0
42	A. Colombo	ATSATS	0	−64	0
43	C. Franchi	SurteesSurtees	0	−64	0
44	G. Lees	EnsignEnsign	0	−64	0
45	H. Binder	ATSATS	0	−64	0
46	T. Trimmer	McLarenMcLaren	0	−64	0
–	B. Giacomelli	McLarenMcLaren	0		0
–	B. Lunger	McLarenMcLaren	0		0
–	J. Jarier	ATSATS	0		0
–	J. Mass	ATSATS	0		0
–	K. Rosberg	ATSATS	0		0
–	N. Piquet	McLarenMcLaren	0		0
–	R. Arnoux	MartiniMartini	0		0
–	R. Keegan	SurteesSurtees	0		0
–	R. Stommelen	ArrowsArrows	0		0

#	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	Team Lotus	8		86
2	Ferrari	5	−28	58
3	Brabham	2	−33	53
4	Tyrrell	1	−48	38
5	Wolf	0	−62	24
6	Ligier	0	−67	19
7	Fittipaldi	0	−69	17
8	McLaren	0	−71	15
9	Williams	0	−75	11
10	Arrows	0	−75	11
11	Shadow	0	−80	6
12	Renault	0	−83	3
13	Surtees	0	−85	1
14	Ensign	0	−85	1
–	ATS	0		0
–	Hesketh	0		0
–	Martini	0		0
–	Merzario	0		0
–	Theodore	0		0

#	Race	Circuit	Winner (Driver)	Winner (Constructor)	Date
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	M. Andretti	Team Lotus	1978-01-15
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	C. Reutemann	Ferrari	1978-01-29
3	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	R. Peterson	Team Lotus	1978-03-04
4	United States Grand Prix West	Long Beach	C. Reutemann	Ferrari	1978-04-02
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	P. Depailler	Tyrrell	1978-05-07
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Zolder	M. Andretti	Team Lotus	1978-05-21
7	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	M. Andretti	Team Lotus	1978-06-04
8	Swedish Grand Prix	Scandinavian Raceway	N. Lauda	Brabham	1978-06-17
9	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	M. Andretti	Team Lotus	1978-07-02
10	British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	C. Reutemann	Ferrari	1978-07-16
11	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	M. Andretti	Team Lotus	1978-07-30
12	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	R. Peterson	Team Lotus	1978-08-13
13	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	M. Andretti	Team Lotus	1978-08-27
14	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	N. Lauda	Brabham	1978-09-10
15	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	C. Reutemann	Ferrari	1978-10-01
16	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	G. Villeneuve	Ferrari	1978-10-08

Teammate head-to-head battles of the 1978 Formula 1 season
Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
Ferrari	Gilles Villeneuve vs Carlos Reutemann	5–11	7–8	17–48
Tyrrell	Patrick Depailler vs Didier Pironi	14–2	10–6	34–7
Brabham	Niki Lauda vs John Watson	11–5	9–7	44–25
McLaren	James Hunt vs Patrick Tambay	14–1	4–11	8–8
Team Lotus	Mario Andretti vs Ronnie Peterson	11–3	11–3	64–51
Shadow	Clay Regazzoni vs Hans-Joachim Stuck	7–3	7–3	4–2
Team Lotus	Mario Andretti vs Hector Rebaque	9–0	7–2	30–1
Arrows	Riccardo Patrese vs Rolf Stommelen	8–0	6–2	8–0
Team Lotus	Ronnie Peterson vs Hector Rebaque	8–0	5–3	34–1
McLaren	James Hunt vs Brett Lunger	4–0	2–2	3–0
Surtees	Vittorio Brambilla vs Rupert Keegan	4–0	4–0	0–0
McLaren	Brett Lunger vs Nelson Piquet	3–0	2–1	0–0
McLaren	Brett Lunger vs Patrick Tambay	0–3	1–2	0–1
ATS	Keke Rosberg vs Jochen Mass	1–2	0–3	0–0
ATS	Jean-Pierre Jarier vs Jochen Mass	1–2	2–1	0–0
Wolf	Keke Rosberg vs Jody Scheckter	0–3	1–2	0–6