1978 Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Nelson Piquet · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Reutemann | 4 | 24 | 49.130 | 63 | 317 | Carlos Reutemann |
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 | 4 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | Ferrari | 63 | ★ | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | 7 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | Ford | 63 | +49.130s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 10 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 63 | +57.020s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | Ford | 63 | +93.120s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | Ford | 62 | +1 lap | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 19 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | Ford | 62 | +1 lap | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 20 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS (Auto Technisches Zubehör) | Ford | 62 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 8 | 21 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 61 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 9 | 14 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | Matra | 61 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 10 | 18 | 36 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | Ford | 59 | +4 laps | Finished | ||
| 11 | 8 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | Ford | 58 | +5 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 22 | 25 | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | Ford | 40 | — | Physical | ||
| — | 6 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | Ferrari | 35 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 5 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | Ford | 34 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 9 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | Ford | 25 | — | Fuel system | ||
| — | 2 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | Ford | 25 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 12 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | Ford | 16 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 1 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | Ford | 15 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 23 | 22 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | Ford | 13 | — | Brakes | ||
| — | 13 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | Ford | 11 | — | Overheating | ||
| — | 11 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | Ford | 8 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 24 | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | Ford | 5 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 17 | 23 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | 16 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS (Auto Technisches Zubehör) | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 32 | Eddie Cheever | Theodore | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 24 | Divina Galica | Hesketh | Ford | — | Not classified |