1978 Belgian Grand Prix
Zolder · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Andretti | 1 | 24 | 9.900 | 70 | 298.3 | Ronnie Peterson |
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 | 70 | Finished | 9 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | Ford | 70 | ★ | +9.900s | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | Ferrari | 70 | +24.340s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | Ferrari | 70 | +47.040s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 14 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | Matra | 69 | — | Accident | 2 | |
| 6 | 23 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | Ford | 69 | +1 lap | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 24 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | Ford | 69 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 8 | 21 | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | Ford | 69 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 9 | 19 | 31 | René Arnoux | Martini | Ford | 68 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 10 | 11 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | Ford | 68 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 11 | 16 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS (Auto Technisches Zubehör) | Ford | 68 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 12 | 22 | 22 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | Ford | 64 | +6 laps | Finished | ||
| 13 | 12 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | Ford | 63 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 10 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | Renault | 56 | +14 laps | Not classified | ||
| — | 20 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | Ford | 56 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 5 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | Ford | 53 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 13 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | Ford | 51 | — | Gearbox | ||
| — | 18 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | Ford | 40 | — | Transmission | ||
| — | 8 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | Ford | 31 | — | Suspension | ||
| — | 17 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | Ford | 26 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 9 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 18 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 15 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | Ford | 0 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 6 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | Ford | 0 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 3 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 0 | — | Accident | ||
| — | — | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 24 | Derek Daly | Hesketh | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 32 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 10 | Alberto Colombo | ATS (Auto Technisches Zubehör) | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 25 | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 23 | Bernard de Dryver | Ensign | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 29 | Patrick Nève | March | Ford | — | Not classified |