1978 French Grand Prix

F1 France French Paul Ricard 1970.png 64e Grand Prix de FranceMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1978 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/paulricard78.jpg The Programme Covers Project 11 October 2017 2 July 1978 9 16 Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, Var, France Permanent racing facility 3.610 5.809 54 194.915 313.686 Dry John Watson UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:44.41 Carlos Reutemann Argentina Ferrari 1:48.56 48 Mario Andretti USA Lotus-Ford Ronnie Peterson Sweden Lotus-Ford James Hunt UK McLaren-Ford FRA The 1978 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 2 July 1978. It was the ninth race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors.https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Paul_Ricard-1978-07-02e.jpg 1978 French Grand Prix Entry list The 54-lap race was won by Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, with teammate Ronnie Peterson second and James Hunt third in a McLaren-Ford. This would prove to be the final podium for Hunt. Report Following the voluntary withdrawal of the "fan car", Brabham had to revert to their previous car again, but it did not deter them, with John Watson on pole and Niki Lauda starting third behind Mario Andretti's Lotus. At the start, Watson led into the first corner, with Andretti following, and Patrick Tambay putting his McLaren in third, but that order did not remain for long as Andretti took the lead from Watson on the first lap. Lauda and Ronnie Peterson were on the move as well, as they passed Watson and Tambay to jump into second and third, but Lauda suffered another engine failure. This left the two Lotus cars running 1–2 and they finished like that with Andretti taking his third win in four races, and the podium was completed by James Hunt who passed Watson mid-race. Classification Qualifying Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Gap 1 2 UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:47.20 1:44.41 1:45.97 — 2 5 US Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:47.50 1:44.46 1:45.02 +0.05 3 1 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:45.52 1:45.02 1:44.71 +0.30 4 7 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:46.20 1:45.32 1:44.92 +0.51 5 6 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:46.46 1:45.10 1:44.98 +0.57 6 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 1:47.06 1:45.07 1:46.15 +0.66 7 20 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 1:46.10 1:45.20 1:46.33 +0.79 8 11 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:46.50 1:45.35 1:45.82 +0.94 9 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:50.72 1:45.55 1:46.56 +1.14 10 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:47.44 1:45.68 1:45.86 +1.27 11 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:47.34 1:45.73 1:46.84 +1.32 12 35 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:48.30 1:46.39 1:46.32 +1.91 13 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:48.67 1:46.37 1:46.74 +1.96 14 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:47.89 1:46.55 1:46.40 +1.99 15 14 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:47.89 1:47.04 1:46.70 +2.29 16 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 1:49.36 1:48.10 1:47.12 +2.71 17 17 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford 1:50.44 1:48.73 1:48.55 +4.14 18 31 France René Arnoux Martini-Ford 1:49.48 1:48.68 1:49.46 +4.27 19 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 1:50.39 1:49.23 1:50.07 +4.27 20 16 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford 1:48.89 1:49.07 1:50.18 +4.48 21 36 FRG Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford 1:51.07 1:49.14 1:50.51 +4.73 22 33 Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren-Ford 1:54.67 1:50.77 1:49.53 +5.12 23 18 UK Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford 1:52.22 1:50.10 1:49.54 +5.13 24 30 US Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 1:51.26 1:49.65 1:49.55 +5.14 25 9 FRG Jochen Mass ATS-Ford 1:51.53 1:50.10 1:49.90 +5.49 26 10 Finland Keke Rosberg ATS-Ford 1:57.92 1:51.01 1:50.09 +5.68 27 37 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 1:50.11 1:50.47 1:50.80 +5.70 28 22 Ireland Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 1:54.28 1:50.19 1:50.61 +5.78 29 25 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 1:54.03 1:51.54 1:50.40 +5.99Source:https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1978-french-grand-prix/ 1978 French Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 2 July 1978 1 March 2021 *Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 US Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 54 1:38:51.92 2 9 2 6 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 54 + 2.93 5 6 3 7 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 54 + 19.80 4 4 4 2 UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 54 + 36.88 1 3 5 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 54 + 41.81 14 2 6 20 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 54 + 54.53 7 1 7 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 54 + 54.74 10 8 35 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 54 + 1:24.88 12 9 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 54 + 1:27.06 6 10 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 54 + 1:29.98 16 11 16 FRG Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 20 12 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 53 + 1 Lap 9 13 9 FRG Jochen Mass ATS-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 25 14 31 France René Arnoux Martini-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 18 15 36 FRG Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford 53 + 1 Lap 21 16 10 Finland Keke Rosberg ATS-Ford 52 + 2 Laps 26 17 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 52 + 2 Laps 19 18 11 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 49 + 5 Laps 8 Ret Retired 30 US Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 45 Engine 24 Ret Retired 14 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 43 Suspension 15 Ret Retired 18 UK Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford 40 Engine 23 Ret Retired 33 Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren-Ford 28 Engine 22 Ret Retired 1 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 10 Engine 3 Ret Retired 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 10 Engine 13 Ret Retired 17 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford 4 Electrical 17 Ret Retired 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1 Engine 11 DNQ Did not qualify 37 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 22 Ireland Derek Daly Ensign-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 25 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1978/417/ 1978 French Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903035208/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1978/417/ 3 September 2014 Notes This was the 9th win of the French Grand Prix for a Ford-powered car. It broke the previous record set by Ferrari at the 1975 French Grand Prix. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 USA Mario Andretti 45 10px 2 SWE Ronnie Peterson 36 10px 3 AUT Niki Lauda 25 10px 4 FRA Patrick Depailler 23 10px 5 ARG Carlos Reutemann 22Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1978/france/championnat.aspx France 1978 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 17 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Lotus-Ford 58 10px 2 UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo 34 10px 3 UK Tyrrell-Ford 25 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 22 10px 4 5 UK McLaren-Ford 11Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em French Grand Prix 1978 1978 Swedish Grand Prix 1978 British Grand Prix 1977 French Grand Prix 1979 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Category:1978 in French motorsport