Round 2
Brazil
1978-01-29 · Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Weekend schedule
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Race
P1REU
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann |  Ferrari | 63 | 1:49:59.860 | 9 |
| 02 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 63 | 1:50:48.990 | 6 |
| 03 | 1 | Niki Lauda |  Brabham | 63 | 1:50:56.880 | 4 |
| 04 | 5 | Mario Andretti |  Lotus | 63 | 1:51:32.980 | 3 |
| 05 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni |  Shadow | 62 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 06 | 3 | Didier Pironi |  Tyrrell | 62 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 07 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 62 | +1 lap | — |
| 08 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 61 | +2 laps | — |
| 09 | 26 | Jacques Laffite |  Ligier | 61 | +2 laps | — |
| 10 | 36 | Riccardo Patrese |  Arrows | 59 | +4 laps | — |
| 11 | 27 | Alan Jones |  Williams | 58 | +5 laps | — |
| DNF | 25 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 40 | Physical | — |
| DNF | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 35 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | 8 | Patrick Tambay |  McLaren | 34 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 25 | Fuel system | — |
| DNF | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 25 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | 20 | Jody Scheckter |  Wolf | 16 | Accident | — |
| DNF | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 15 | Collision | — |
| DNF | 22 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 13 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 11 | Overheating | — |
| DNF | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 8 | Accident | — |
| DNF | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 5 | Accident | — |
| DNS | 23 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | — | — | — |
| DNS | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 32 | Eddie Cheever |  Theodore | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 24 | Divina Galica |  Hesketh | — | — | — |
Circuit
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Anti-clockwise · Permanent circuit
Circuit Length
5.031km
- First Grand Prix
- 1978
- Number of Laps
- 63
- Turns
- 11
- Race Distance
- 316.953 km
- Layout lap record
- 1:43.070Carlos Reutemann (1978)