1978 German Grand Prix

July 2022 F1 German XL Großer Preis von Deutschland 30 July 1978 Circuit_Hockenheimring-1970.svg 11 16 Hockenheimring, West Germany Permanent racing facility 4.219 6.790 45 189.81 305.505 Dry Mario Andretti USA Lotus-Ford 1:51.90 Ronnie Peterson Sweden Lotus-Ford 1:55.62 26 Mario Andretti USA Lotus-Ford Jody Scheckter South Africa 1928 Wolf-Ford Jacques Laffite France Ligier-Matra GER https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1978-german-grand-prix/ 1978 German Grand Prix | Motorsport Database The 1978 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 30 July 1978 at the Hockenheimring. Mario Andretti won the race from pole position, ahead of Jody Scheckter and Jacques Laffite. Report This was the debut race of future world champion Nelson Piquet. Mario Andretti took pole with Ronnie Peterson in second and Niki Lauda third. At the start, Peterson got off better and took the lead from Andretti, and held it for four laps before Andretti retook it. Lauda ran third in the early stages, before he was passed by Alan Jones, and the duo battled until Lauda's engine failed, his fifth engine related retirement of the year.Niki LAUDA - Retirement https://www.statsf1.com/en/niki-lauda/abandon.aspx 30 July 2022 www.statsf1.com The two Lotus cars were cruising at the front, and Jones ran third comfortably until he retired with a fuel vaporization problem. Lotus's hopes of a 1–2 ended when Peterson's gearbox failed, Andretti was unaffected by that and cruised to his fifth win of the season, with Jody Scheckter second and Jacques Laffite third. Classification Pre-qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 32 Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford 2:10.13 — 2 37 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 2:10.82 +0.69 3 25 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 2:11.80 +1.67 4* 31 France René Arnoux Martini-Ford 2:12.25 +2.12 5* 30 US Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 2:12.45 +2.32Source:Germany 1978 - Qualifications https://www.statsf1.com/en/1978/allemagne/qualification.aspx 30 July 2022 statsf1.com Positions in red and an asterisk indicate entries that failed to pre-qualify. Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 5 US Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:51.90 — 2 6 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:51.99 +0.09 3 1 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:52.29 +0.39 4 20 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 1:52.29 +0.78 5 2 UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:52.84 +0.94 6 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:53.50 +1.60 7 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:53.40 +1.50 8 7 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:53.46 +1.56 9 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:53.61 +1.71 10 14 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:54.03 +2.13 11 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 1:54.04 +2.14 12 11 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:54.17 +2.27 13 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:54.32 +2.42 14 35 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:54.34 +2.44 15 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:54.40 +2.50 16 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 1:54.63 +2.73 17 36 West Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford 1:55.18 +3.28 18 25 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 1:55.57 +3.67 19 32 Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford 1:55.57 +3.67 20 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 1:55.86 +3.96 21 22 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Ensign-Ford 1:56.15 +4.25 22 9 West Germany Jochen Mass ATS-Ford 1:56.21 +4.31 23 23 Austria Harald Ertl Ensign-Ford 1:56.25 +4.35 24 16 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford 1:56.45 +4.55 25* 17 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford 1:56.57 +4.67 26* 10 France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS-Ford 1:57.40 +5.50 27* 18 UK Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford 1:57.86 +5.96 28* 37 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 1:58.31 +6.41Source: Positions in red and an asterisk indicate entries that failed to qualify. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 US Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Goodyear 45 1:28:00.90 1 9 2 20 South Africa 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford Goodyear 45 +15.35 secs 4 6 3 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Goodyear 45 +28.01 secs 7 4 4 14 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford Goodyear 45 +36.88 secs 10 3 5 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 45 +57.26 secs 16 2 6 25 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford Goodyear 45 +1:37.86 18 1 7 2 UK John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo Goodyear 45 +1:39.53 5 8 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Michelin 45 +1:56.87 15 9 35 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford Goodyear 44 +1 Lap 14 10 32 Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford Goodyear 42 +3 Laps 19 11 23 Austria Harald Ertl Ensign-Ford Goodyear 41 Engine 23 DSQ Disqualified 36 West Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford Goodyear 42 Illegal Pit Stop 17 Ret Retired 6 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford Goodyear 36 Gearbox 2 DSQ Disqualified 7 UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford Goodyear 34 Illegal Pit Stop 8 Ret Retired 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Goodyear 31 Fuel System 6 Ret Retired 22 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Ensign-Ford Goodyear 31 Engine 21 Ret Retired 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford Goodyear 24 Fuel System 20 Ret Retired 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford Goodyear 16 Accident 11 Ret Retired 11 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari Michelin 14 Fuel System 12 Ret Retired 1 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo Goodyear 11 Engine 3 Ret Retired 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Michelin 5 Engine 9 Ret Retired 9 West Germany Jochen Mass ATS-Ford Goodyear 1 Accident 22 Ret Retired 16 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford Goodyear 1 Accident 24 Ret Retired 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 0 Accident 13 DNQ Did not qualify 17 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 10 France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 18 UK Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 37 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford Goodyear DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 31 France René Arnoux Martini-Ford Goodyear DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 30 US Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford Goodyear Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1978/419/ 1978 German Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903035218/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1978/419/ 3 September 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1978-german-grand-prix/ 1978 German Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 30 July 1978 3 November 2021https://www.statsf1.com/en/1978/allemagne/classement.aspx Germany 1978 - Result statsf1.com 30 July 2022 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Brazilian driver and future World Champion Nelson Piquet. This was the 10th Grand Prix start for Arrows and for ATS. It was also the 200th Grand Prix start for Brabham; in those 200 races Brabham won 19 Grands Prix, achieved 83 podium finishes, set 20 pole positions, 26 fastest laps, 3 Grand Slams and won 2 Driver's and 2 Constructor's Championships. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 USA Mario Andretti* 54 10px 2 SWE Ronnie Peterson* 36 10px 3 ARG Carlos Reutemann* 31 10px 4 AUT Niki Lauda* 31 10px 5 FRA Patrick Depailler* 26Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1978/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1978 - Championship statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Lotus-Ford* 67 10px 2 UK Brabham-Alfa Romeo* 40 10px 3 ITA Ferrari* 31 10px 4 UK Tyrrell-Ford* 30 10px 3 5 CAN Wolf-Ford 14Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Competitors marked in bold and with an asterisk still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. References 30em German Grand Prix 1978 1978 British Grand Prix 1978 Austrian Grand Prix 1977 German Grand Prix 1979 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix German Grand Prix