1978 - Argentine Grand Prix
Date : 15 January 1978
Hour : Z
Round : 1
Circuit : Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
Locality : Buenos Aires
Winner : Mario Andretti(Team Lotus)
Polesitter : Mario Andretti(Team Lotus)
Fastest lap : Rupert Keegan(Surtees)
| P. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No record found. | |||||
| P. | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Time | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 52 | 1:37:04.47 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 5 | 52 | +13.21 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 10 | 52 | +13.64 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | James Hunt | McLaren | 6 | 52 | +16.05 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 3 | 52 | +1:14.85 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | 52 | +1:19.90 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 2 | 52 | +1:22.60 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | 52 | +1:38.88 | Finished | 0 |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 17 | 52 | +1:40.60 | Finished | 0 |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 15 | 52 | +1:43.50 | Finished | 0 |
| 11 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 13 | 52 | +1:49.07 | Finished | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 11 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 13 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 24 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 23 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 16 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | 50 | Engine | 0 | |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 18 | 50 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 12 | 50 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| John Watson | Brabham | 4 | 41 | Engine | 0 | ||
| Alan Jones | Williams | 14 | 36 | Fuel system | 0 | ||
| Danny Ongais | Ensign | 21 | 35 | Distributor | 0 | ||
| Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 22 | 28 | Engine | 0 | ||
| Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 20 | 9 | Differential | 0 | ||
| Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 19 | 4 | Overheating | 0 | ||
| Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | Pitlane | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Eddie Cheever | Theodore | Pitlane | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Divina Galica | Hesketh | Pitlane | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |