1978 South African Grand Prix

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	78	1:42:15.767	12	9
2	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	78	+0.466 secs	11	6
3	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	78	+4.442 secs	10	4
4	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	78	+30.986 secs	18	3
5	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	78	+1:09.218	13	2
6	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	77	+1 Lap	14	1
7	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	77	+1 Lap	2
8	10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford	77	+1 Lap	17
9	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows-Ford	77	+1 Lap	22
10	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	77	+1 Lap	21
11	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	76	+2 Laps	20
12	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	76	+2 Laps	19
Ret	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	63	Engine	7
Ret	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	59	Spun Off	5
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	56	Accident	4
Ret	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	55	Oil Leak	8
Ret	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	55	Spun Off	9
Ret	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	52	Engine	1
Ret	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford	52	Engine	23
Ret	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford	43	Engine	15
Ret	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	39	Suspension	26
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	38	Engine	6
Ret	32	Keke Rosberg	Theodore-Ford	15	Clutch	24
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	9	Transmission	16
Ret	24	Eddie Cheever	Hesketh-Ford	8	Oil Leak	25
Ret	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	5	Engine	3
DNQ	31	René Arnoux	Martini-Ford
DNQ	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	23	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	16	Hans Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford

Pole position: Niki Lauda - 1:14.65
Fastest Lap: Mario Andretti - 1:17.09
Lap Leaders: Mario Andretti 20 laps (1-20); Jody Scheckter 6 laps (21-26); Riccardo Patrese 37 laps (27-63); Patrick Depailler 14 laps (64-77); Ronnie Peterson 1 lap (78).

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