1978 Gran Premio de Argentina
Juan y Oscar Gálvez · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Andretti | 1 | 24 | 13.210 | 52 | 310.3 | Gilles Villeneuve |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | Ford | 52 | Finished | 9 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 52 | +13.210s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 10 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | Ford | 52 | +13.640s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 6 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | Ford | 52 | +16.050s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | Ford | 52 | +74.850s | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 9 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | Ford | 52 | +79.900s | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 2 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | Ferrari | 52 | +82.600s | Finished | ||
| 8 | 7 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | Ferrari | 52 | ★ | +98.880s | Finished | |
| 9 | 17 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | Ford | 52 | +100.600s | Finished | ||
| 10 | 15 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | Ford | 52 | +103.500s | Finished | ||
| 11 | 13 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS (Auto Technisches Zubehör) | Ford | 52 | +109.070s | Finished | ||
| 12 | 11 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS (Auto Technisches Zubehör) | Ford | 51 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 13 | 24 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | Ford | 51 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 14 | 23 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | Ford | 51 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 15 | 16 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | Ford | 51 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 16 | 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | Matra | 50 | — | Engine | ||
| 17 | 18 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | Ford | 50 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 18 | 12 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | Ford | 50 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 4 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 41 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 14 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | Ford | 36 | — | Fuel system | ||
| — | 21 | 22 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | Ford | 35 | — | Distributor | ||
| — | 22 | 23 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | Ford | 28 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 20 | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Ford | 9 | — | Differential | ||
| — | 19 | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | Ford | 4 | — | Overheating | ||
| — | — | 25 | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 32 | Eddie Cheever | Theodore | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 24 | Divina Galica | Hesketh | Ford | — | Not classified |