1978 Canadian Grand Prix

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The 1978 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 8 October 1978 at Montreal.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	70	1:57:49.196	3	9
2	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	70	+13.372 secs	2	6
3	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	70	+19.408 secs	11	4
4	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	70	+24.667 secs	12	3
5	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	70	+28.558 secs	13	2
6	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford	70	+54.476 secs	15	1
7	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	70	+1:21.250	18
8	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	70	+1:26.560	17
9	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	70	+1:28.942	5
10	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	69	+1 Lap	9
11	66	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	69	+1 Lap	14
12	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	65	+5 Laps	22
NC	10	Keke Rosberg	ATS-Ford	58	+12 Laps	21
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	52	Transmission	10
Ret	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	51	Spun Off	19
Ret	55	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Lotus-Ford	49	Oil Leak	1
Ret	31	René Arnoux	Surtees-Ford	37	Engine	16
Ret	21	Bobby Rahal	Wolf-Ford	16	Fuel System	20
Ret	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	8	Accident	4
Ret	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	5	Brakes	7
Ret	16	Hans Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford	1	Accident	8
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	0	Accident	6
DNQ	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	19	Beppe Gabbiani	Surtees-Ford
DNQ	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford
DNQ	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford
DNPQ	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows-Ford
DNPQ	9	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Jean-Pierre Jarier - 1:38.015
• Fastest Lap: Alan Jones - 1:38.072
• Lap Leaders: Jean-Pierre Jarier 49 laps (1-49); Gilles Villeneuve 21 laps (50-70).

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