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1978 Grand Prix of Austria Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 12 of 16 Sunday, August 13, 1978 at Osterreichring, Knittelfeld, Austria 54 laps on a 5.942 kilometer road course (320.868 kilometers) Time of race: 1:41:21.57 Average speed: 189.967 kph Pole time: 97.71 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 47.44 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1978 Formula One results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 6   Ronnie Peterson John Player Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 54 1:41:21.57 44 9 ret 2 5   Mario Andretti John Player Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 crash 0 0 ret 3 15   Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS01 / Renault-Gordini EF1 31 gearbox 0 0 ret 4 1   Niki Lauda Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46 / Alfa Romeo 1260 27 crash 0 0 5 5 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS9 / Matra MS76 53 +1 lap 0 2 4 6 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A / Ford Cosworth DFV 53 +1 lap 0 3 ret 7 20   Jody Scheckter Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR5 / Ford Cosworth DFV 3 crash 0 0 ret 8 7   James Hunt Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 7 crash 0 0 ret 9 3   Didier Pironi Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 20 crash 0 0 7 10 2   John Watson Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46 / Alfa Romeo 1260 53 +1 lap 0 0 3 11 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 54 +99.76 6 4 dsq 12 11   Carlos Reutemann Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 28 disqualified 4 0 2 14 4   Patrick Depailler Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 54 +47.44 0 6 ret 14 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 40 crash 0 0 ret 15 27   Alan Jones Williams Grand Prix Engineering Williams FW06 / Ford Cosworth DFV 7 crash 0 0 ret 16 35   Riccardo Patrese Arrows Racing Team Arrows A1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 7 crash 0 0 8 17 30   Brett Lunger Liggett Group / BS Fabrications McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 +2 laps 0 0 ret 18 25   Hector Rebaque Team Rebaque Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 4 crash 0 0 dsq 19 22   Derek Daly Team Tissot Ensign Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV 41 disqualified 0 0 ret 20 29   Nelson Piquet BS Fabrications McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV 4 crash 0 0 6 21 19   Vittorio Brambilla Beta Team Surtees Surtees TS20 / Ford Cosworth DFV 53 +1 lap 0 1 nc 22 17   Clay Regazzoni Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 47 +7 laps 0 0 ret 23 16   Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 33 crash 0 0 ret 24 23   Harald Ertl Sachs Racing Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV 7 crash 0 0 nc 25 32   Keke Rosberg Theodore Racing Hong Kong Wolf WR1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 47 +7 laps 0 0 9 26 31   Rene Arnoux Automobiles Martini Martini MK23 / Ford Cosworth DFV 52 +2 laps 0 0

Fastest Lap: 207.440 kph by Ronnie Peterson Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 27 Arturo Merzario 37 Team Merzario 28 Jochen Mass 9 ATS Racing Team 29 Rupert Keegan 18 Durex Team Surtees 30 Hans Binder 10 ATS Racing Team 31 Rolf Stommelen 36 Arrows Racing Team Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ronnie Peterson 1 18 18   Carlos Reutemann 19 22 4   Gilles Villeneuve 23 28 6   Ronnie Peterson 29 54 26 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Mario Andretti 54     2   Ronnie Peterson 45   -9   3   Patrick Depailler 32   -22   4   Carlos Reutemann 31   -23   4   Niki Lauda 31   -23   6   John Watson 16   -38   6   Jacques Laffite 16   -38   8   Jody Scheckter 14   -40   9   Emerson Fittipaldi 13   -41   10   Riccardo Patrese 8   -46   10   James Hunt 8   -46   12   Gilles Villeneuve 7   -47   12   Didier Pironi 7   -47   14   Patrick Tambay 5   -49   14   Alan Jones 5   -49   16   Clay Regazzoni 4   -50   17   Hans-Joachim Stuck 2   -52   18   Vittorio Brambilla 1   -53   18   Hector Rebaque 1   -53