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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1978

Round 9 of 16Circuit Paul Ricard, Le CastelletJul 2 197854 laps

Podium

PETLotus

ANDLotus

HUNMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerAND1:38:51.920 from P2

PoleWAT1:44.410

Fastest lapREU1:48.560 on lap 48

Finishers18 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	2	▲1	54	1:38:51.920	9	–
2	PETRonnie Peterson	Lotus	5	▲3	54	+2.930s	6	–
3	HUNJames Hunt	McLaren	4	▲1	54	+19.800s	4	–
4	WATJohn Watson	Brabham	1	▼3	54	+36.880s	3	–
5	JONAlan Jones	Williams	14	▲9	54	+41.810s	2	–
6	SCHJody Scheckter	Wolf	7	▲1	54	+54.530s	1	–
7	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	10	▲3	54	+54.740s		–
8	PATRiccardo Patrese	Arrows	12	▲4	54	+84.880s		–
9	TAMPatrick Tambay	McLaren	6	▼3	54	+87.060s		–
10	PIRDidier Pironi	Tyrrell	16	▲6	54	+89.980s		–
11	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	20	▲9	53	+1 lap		–
12	VILGilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	9	▼3	53	+1 lap		–
13	MASJochen Mass	ATS	25	▲12	53	+1 lap		–
14	ARNRené Arnoux	Martini	18	▲4	53	+1 lap		–
15	STORolf Stommelen	Arrows	21	▲6	53	+1 lap		–
16	ROSKeke Rosberg	ATS	26	▲10	52	+2 laps		–
17	BRAVittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	▲2	52	+2 laps		–
18	REUCarlos Reutemann	Ferrari	8	▼10	49	+5 laps		1:48.560
DNF	LUNBrett Lunger	McLaren	24		45	Engine		–
DNF	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	15		43	Suspension		–
DNF	KEERupert Keegan	Surtees	23		40	Engine		–
DNF	GIABruno Giacomelli	McLaren	22		28	Engine		–
DNF	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	13		10	Engine		–
DNF	LAUNiki Lauda	Brabham	3		10	Engine		–
DNF	REGClay Regazzoni	Shadow	17		4	Electrical		–
DNF	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	11		1	Engine		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	WATJohn Watson	Brabham	1:44.410
2	ANDMario Andretti	Lotus	1:44.460	+0.050s
3	LAUNiki Lauda	Brabham	1:44.710	+0.300s
4	HUNJames Hunt	McLaren	1:44.920	+0.510s
5	PETRonnie Peterson	Lotus	1:44.980	+0.570s
6	TAMPatrick Tambay	McLaren	1:45.070	+0.660s
7	SCHJody Scheckter	Wolf	1:45.200	+0.790s
8	REUCarlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:45.350	+0.940s
9	VILGilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1:45.550	+1.140s
10	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	1:45.680	+1.270s
11	JABJean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:45.730	+1.320s
12	PATRiccardo Patrese	Arrows	1:46.320	+1.910s
13	DEPPatrick Depailler	Tyrrell	1:46.370	+1.960s
14	JONAlan Jones	Williams	1:46.400	+1.990s
15	FITEmerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	1:46.700	+2.290s
16	PIRDidier Pironi	Tyrrell	1:47.120	+2.710s
17	REGClay Regazzoni	Shadow	1:48.550	+4.140s
18	ARNRené Arnoux	Martini	1:48.680	+4.270s
19	BRAVittorio Brambilla	Surtees	1:48.680	+4.270s
20	STUHans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	1:48.890	+4.480s
21	STORolf Stommelen	Arrows	1:49.140	+4.730s
22	GIABruno Giacomelli	McLaren	1:49.530	+5.120s
23	KEERupert Keegan	Surtees	1:49.540	+5.130s
24	LUNBrett Lunger	McLaren	1:49.550	+5.140s
25	MASJochen Mass	ATS	1:49.900	+5.490s
26	ROSKeke Rosberg	ATS	1:50.090	+5.680s
27	MERArturo Merzario	Merzario	1:50.110	+5.700s
28	DALDerek Daly	Ensign	1:50.190	+5.780s
29	REBHéctor Rebaque	Lotus	1:50.400	+5.990s

Circuit Paul Ricard

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1978. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1976	James Hunt	McLaren
1975	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1973	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell

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