Round 1
Argentina
1978-01-15 · Buenos Aires · Argentina
Weekend schedule
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Race
P1AND
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 5 | Mario Andretti |  Lotus | 52 | 1:37:04.470 | 9 |
| 02 | 1 | Niki Lauda |  Brabham | 52 | 1:37:17.680 | 6 |
| 03 | 4 | Patrick Depailler |  Tyrrell | 52 | 1:37:18.110 | 4 |
| 04 | 7 | James Hunt |  McLaren | 52 | 1:37:20.520 | 3 |
| 05 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 52 | 1:38:19.320 | 2 |
| 06 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 52 | 1:38:24.370 | 1 |
| 07 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann |  Ferrari | 52 | 1:38:27.070 | — |
| 08 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 52 | 1:38:43.350 | — |
| 09 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 52 | 1:38:45.070 | — |
| 10 | 20 | Jody Scheckter |  Wolf | 52 | 1:38:47.970 | — |
| 11 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 52 | 1:38:53.540 | — |
| 12 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 51 | +1 lap | — |
| 13 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 51 | +1 lap | — |
| 14 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 51 | +1 lap | — |
| 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni |  Shadow | 51 | +1 lap | — |
| 16 | 26 | Jacques Laffite |  Ligier | 50 | Engine | — |
| 17 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 50 | +2 laps | — |
| 18 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 50 | +2 laps | — |
| DNF | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 41 | Engine | — |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones |  Williams | 36 | Fuel system | — |
| DNF | 22 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 35 | Distributor | — |
| DNF | 23 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 28 | Engine | — |
| DNF | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 9 | Differential | — |
| DNF | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 4 | Overheating | — |
| DNQ | 25 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 32 | Eddie Cheever |  Theodore | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 24 | Divina Galica |  Hesketh | — | — | — |
Circuit
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
Clockwise · Permanent circuit
Circuit Length
5.968km
- First Grand Prix
- 1953
- Number of Laps
- 52
- Turns
- 16
- Race Distance
- 310.336 km
- Layout lap record
- 1:49.760Gilles Villeneuve (1978)