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1978 Grand Prix of Argentina Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 1 of 16 Sunday, January 15, 1978 at Autodromo Oscar Alfredo Galvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina 52 laps on a 5.968 kilometer road course (310.336 kilometers) Time of race: 1:37:04.47 Average speed: 191.833 kph Pole time: 107.75 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 13.21 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1978 Formula One results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 5   Mario Andretti John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 1:37:04.47 52 9 2 5 1   Niki Lauda Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT45C / Alfa Romeo 1260 52 +13.21 0 6 3 10 4   Patrick Depailler Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 +13.64 0 4 4 6 7   James Hunt Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 +16.05 0 3 5 3 6   Ronnie Peterson John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 +74.85 0 2 6 9 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 +79.90 0 1 7 2 11   Carlos Reutemann Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 52 +82.60 0 0 8 7 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 52 +98.88 0 0 9 17 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 +100.60 0 0 10 15 20   Jody Scheckter Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR4 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 +103.50 0 0 11 13 9   Jochen Mass ATS Racing Team ATS HS1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 +109.07 0 0 12 11 10   Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS Racing Team ATS HS1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 51 +1 lap 0 0 13 24 30   Brett Lunger Liggett Group / BS Fabrications McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV 51 +1 lap 0 0 14 23 3   Didier Pironi Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 51 +1 lap 0 0 15 16 17   Clay Regazzoni Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN8 / Ford Cosworth DFV 51 +1 lap 0 0 16 8 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS7 / Matra MS76 50 engine 0 0 17 18 16   Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN8 / Ford Cosworth DFV 50 +2 laps 0 0 18 12 19   Vittorio Brambilla Beta Team Surtees Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV 50 +2 laps 0 0 ret 4 2   John Watson Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT45C / Alfa Romeo 1260 41 engine 0 0 ret 14 27   Alan Jones Williams Grand Prix Engineering Williams FW06 / Ford Cosworth DFV 36 fuel system 0 0 ret 21 22   Danny Ongais Team Tissot Ensign Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV 35 distributor 0 0 ret 22 23   Lamberto Leoni Team Tissot Ensign Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV 28 engine 0 0 ret 20 37   Arturo Merzario Team Merzario Merzario A1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 9 differential 0 0 ret 19 18   Rupert Keegan Durex Team Surtees Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV 4 overheating 0 0

Fastest Lap: 195.743 kph by Gilles Villeneuve Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 25 Hector Rebaque 25 Team Rebaque 26 Eddie Cheever, Jr. 32 Theodore Racing Hong Kong 27 Divina Galica 24 Olympus Camera Hesketh Racing Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mario Andretti 1 52 52 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Mario Andretti 9     2   Niki Lauda 6   -3   3   Patrick Depailler 4   -5   4   James Hunt 3   -6   5   Ronnie Peterson 2   -7   6   Patrick Tambay 1   -8