Formula One standings for 1978Click on the Driver to see 1978 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | Podium | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Km | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mario Andretti | 16 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 870 | 445 | 0 | 2.3 | 8.1 | 12 | 3,914.18 | 9 | 64 | |
| 3 |  Carlos Reutemann | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 931 | 183 | 0 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 12 | 4,179.07 | 9 | 48 | -16 |
| 4 |  Niki Lauda | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 667 | 93 | 0 | 4.2 | 11.8 | 7 | 2,986.17 | 7 | 44 | -20 |
| 10 |  Gilles Villeneuve | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 833 | 65 | 0 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 10 | 3,867.14 | 7 | 17 | -47 |
| 5 |  Patrick Depailler | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 723 | 52 | 0 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 8 | 3,165.01 | 8 | 34 | -30 |
| 2 |  Ronnie Peterson | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 721 | 49 | 0 | 4.1 | 8.0 | 9 | 3,208.47 | 9 | 51 | -13 |
| Jean-Pierre Jarier | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 307 | 49 | 0 | 12.0 | 14.3 | 3 | 1,383.63 | 0 | |||
| 6 |  John Watson | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 752 | 37 | 0 | 6.9 | 10.6 | 10 | 3,532.61 | 8 | 25 | -39 |
| 12 |  Riccardo Patrese | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 641 | 37 | 0 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 7 | 2,846.08 | 4 | 11 | -53 |
| 7 |  Jody Scheckter | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 784 | 16 | 0 | 8.1 | 11.1 | 9 | 3,577.71 | 7 | 24 | -40 |
| 13 | James Hunt | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 577 | 5 | 0 | 7.8 | 14.3 | 6 | 2,728.59 | 2 | 8 | -56 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 555 | 5 | 0 | 10.7 | 16.0 | 5 | 2,337.43 | 1 | 3 | -61 |
 Rolf Stommelen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 507 | 0 | 0 | 20.4 | 13.8 | 6 | 2,207.82 | 0 | |||
 Nelson Piquet | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | 16.4 | 2 | 844.34 | 1 | |||
| Danny Ongais | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 274.28 | 0 | |||
| Arturo Merzario | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 18.6 | 1 | 1,153.80 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Rahal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 1 | 387.23 | 0 | |||
| Jochen Mass | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 497 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 13.7 | 7 | 2,238.42 | 1 | |||
| Brett Lunger | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 472 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 14.1 | 6 | 2,314.72 | 0 | |||
| Lamberto Leoni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 0 | 167.10 | 0 | |||
| Rupert Keegan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 | 20.9 | 1 | 769.82 | 0 | |||
 Keke Rosberg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 16.0 | 5 | 1,894.08 | 0 | |||
 Jacky Ickx | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 15.0 | 1 | 580.05 | 0 | |||
| Bruno Giacomelli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 19.6 | 12.8 | 3 | 1,251.97 | 0 | |||
| Harald Ertl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 319.94 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Cheever, Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 32.83 | 0 | |||
 Michael Bleekemolen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 233.71 | 0 | |||
| Rene Arnoux | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 12.2 | 4 | 1,557.50 | 0 | |||
| 19 |  Hector Rebaque | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 344 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 16.3 | 4 | 1,567.93 | 1 | 1 | -63 |
| 19 |  Derek Daly | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 13.3 | 3 | 1,274.29 | 2 | 1 | -63 |
| 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 14.8 | 6 | 2,573.27 | 0 | 1 | -63 |
| 18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 4 | 2,242.47 | 0 | 2 | -62 |
| 16 |  Clay Regazzoni | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 557 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 13.2 | 7 | 2,554.17 | 0 | 4 | -60 |
| 15 | Didier Pironi | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 725 | 0 | 0 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 10 | 3,366.54 | 4 | 7 | -57 |
| 14 | Patrick Tambay | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 803 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 9 | 3,685.36 | 5 | 8 | -56 |
| 11 |  Alan Jones | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 771 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 12.6 | 9 | 3,515.63 | 4 | 11 | -53 |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 755 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 10 | 3,529.80 | 6 | 17 | -47 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 944 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 12 | 4,391.22 | 6 | 19 | -45 |