1978 Spanish Grand Prix

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1978 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 7 of 16 in the 1978 Formula One season
Circuito Permanente del Jarama 1980.svg
Race details
Date4 June 1978
Official name XXIV Gran Premio de España [1]
Location Jarama, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 255.3 km (158.625 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:16.39
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford
Time 1:20.06 on lap 5
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Lotus-Ford
Third Ligier-Matra
Lap leaders
  • 1978 Spanish Grand Prix

The 1978 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 4 June 1978 at Jarama. It was the seventh race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 75-lap race was won from pole position by Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, with teammate Ronnie Peterson second and Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Matra.

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Once again the new Lotus 79 demonstrated its speed, with Mario Andretti on pole and Ronnie Peterson alongside him on the front row, the Swede driving the 79 for the first time. Carlos Reutemann was third in his Ferrari, with James Hunt fourth in his McLaren.

On race day, Hunt made a fast start to lead into the first corner from Andretti and Reutemann, with Peterson dropping to ninth. Andretti re-passed Hunt on lap 6 and then started to pull away. Reutemann ran third until he had to pit for tyres, and so John Watson inherited third until he was passed by Jacques Laffite, but soon the recovering Peterson passed both of them. Hunt now suffered from tyre problems and he also began to drop back, and so Peterson moved into second with Laffite third. This was how it stayed to the end, Andretti winning from Peterson in another Lotus 1–2, and Laffite taking the final spot on the podium. Reutemann had a huge accident on lap 58 when his Ferrari flew 8 feet in the air, cleared the barrier and landed in the debris fencing.

Classification

Pre-qualifying

Pos.DriverConstructorTime/Gap
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Rebaque LotusFord 1:19.84
2 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen ArrowsFord +0.13
3 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario MerzarioFord +0.19
4 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger McLarenFord +0.35
5 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg TheodoreFord +1.41

*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to pre-qualify.

Qualifying

Pos.DriverConstructorTime/Gap
1 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti LotusFord 1:16.39
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson LotusFord +0.29
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Ferrari +1.01
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLarenFord +1.27
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari +1.40
6 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda BrabhamAlfa Romeo +1.55
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson BrabhamAlfa Romeo +1.59
8 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese ArrowsFord +1.75
9 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter WolfFord +1.85
10 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite LigierMatra +2.03
11 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault +2.60
12 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord +2.67
13 Flag of France.svg Didier Pironi TyrrellFord +2.72
14 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay McLarenFord +2.89
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi FittipaldiFord +2.94
16 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla SurteesFord +3.32
17 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass ATSFord +3.59
18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones WilliamsFord +3.60
19 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen ArrowsFord +3.64
20 Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Rebaque LotusFord +3.82
21 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx EnsignFord +3.97
22 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni ShadowFord +4.28
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Keegan SurteesFord +4.38
24 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck ShadowFord +4.48
25 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario MerzarioFord +4.52
26 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger McLarenFord +4.78
27 Flag of Spain.svg Emilio de Villota McLarenFord +5.16
28 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Colombo ATSFord +5.20
Source: [2]

*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify.

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 751:41:47.0619
26 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford G 75+ 19.5626
326 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra G 75+ 37.24104
420 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford G 75+ 1:00.0693
52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 75+ 1:05.9372
67 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford G 74+ 1 Lap41
719 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford G 74+ 1 Lap16
827 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Williams-Ford G 74+ 1 Lap18
99 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass ATS-Ford G 74+ 1 Lap17
1012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari M 74+ 1 Lap5
1118 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford G 73+ 2 Laps23
123 Flag of France.svg Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford G 71+ 4 Laps13
1315 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M 71+ 4 Laps11
1436 Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford G 71+ 4 Laps19
1517 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford G 67Fuel Pipe22
Ret22 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford G 64Engine21
Ret14 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 62Throttle15
Ret11 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann Ferrari M 57Accident3
Ret1 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 56Engine6
Ret4 Flag of France.svg Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford G 51Engine12
Ret16 Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford G 45Suspension24
Ret35 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford G 21Engine8
Ret25 Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford G 21Exhaust20
Ret8 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford G 16Spun Off14
DNQ37 Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford G
DNQ30 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford G
DNQ28 Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Emilio de Villota McLaren-Ford G
DNQ10 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Colombo ATS-Ford G
DNPQ32 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Theodore-Ford G
Source: [3] [4]

Championship standings after the race

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References

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  2. "Formula One 1978 Spanish Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
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