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1978 FIA Formula One World Championship

Grand Prix Date Winning Driver Team Laps Time
Argentine 15/01/1978 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 52 1:37'04.47
Brazilian 29/01/1978 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 63 1:49'59.86
South African 04/03/1978 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 78 1:42'15.767
USA West 02/04/1978 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 80 1:52'01.301
Monaco 07/05/1978 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 75 1:55'14.66
Belgian 21/05/1978 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 70 1:39'52.02
Spanish 04/06/1978 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 75 1:41'47.06
Swedish 17/06/1978 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 70 1:41'00.606
French 02/07/1978 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 54 1:38'51.92
British 16/07/1978 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 76 1:42'12.39
German 30/07/1978 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 45 1:28'00.90
Austrian 13/08/1978 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 54 1:41'21.57
Dutch 27/08/1978 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 75 1:41'04.23
Italian 10/09/1978 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 40 1:07'04.54
USA East 01/10/1978 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 59 1:40'48.800
Canadian 08/10/1978 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 70 1:57'49.196

Points for top six finishers (9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1). Points only counted for top-placed car for each constructor. Only the best seven scores from the first eight races and the best seven scores from the remaining eight races counted towards the championship.