1978 Argentine Grand Prix

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The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 15 January 1978 at Buenos Aires.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	52	1:37:04.47	1	9
2	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	52	+13.21 secs	5	6
3	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	52	+13.64 secs	10	4
4	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	52	+16.05 secs	6	3
5	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	52	+1:14.85	3	2
6	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	52	+1:19.90	9	1
7	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	52	+1:22.60	2
8	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	52	+1:38.88	7
9	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	52	+1:40.60	17
10	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	52	+1:43.50	15
11	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford	52	+1:49.07	13
12	10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford	51	+1 Lap	11
13	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	51	+1 Lap	24
14	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	51	+1 Lap	23
15	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford	51	+1 Lap	16
16	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	50	Engine	8
17	16	Hans Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford	50	+2 Laps	18
18	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	50	+2 Laps	12
Ret	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	41	Engine	4
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	36	Fuel System	14
Ret	22	Danny Ongais	Ensign-Ford	35	Distributor	21
Ret	23	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford	28	Engine	22
Ret	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	9	Differential	20
Ret	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford	4	Overheating	19
DNQ	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	32	Eddie Cheever	Theodore-Ford
DNQ	24	Divina Galica	Hesketh-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Mario Andretti - 1:47.75
• Fastest Lap: Gilles Villeneuve - 1:49.76
• Lap Leaders: Mario Andretti 52 laps (1-52).

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