1978 Grand Prix of Austria
13 August - Ostsrreichring: 54 laps x 5.942 km = 320.868 km
Pole Position: R Peterson Lotus 1 min:37.710s
Fastest Lap: 207.440 km/h R Peterson Lotus 1 min:43.120s
Results:
1 R Peterson Lotus 1 h 41m 21.570s
2 P Depailler Tyrrell 1 h 42m 09.01Os
3 G Villeneuve Ferrari 1 h 43m Ol.330s
4 E Fitiipaldi Copersucar 53
5 J Laffite Ligier 53
6 V Brambilla Surtees 53
7 J Watson Brabham 53
8 B Lunger McLaren 52
9 R Arnoux Martini 52
Not Classified:
C Regazzoni Shadow 50
K Rosberg Wolf 49
Dis Qualified:
D Daly Ensign 43 push start after spin
C Reutemann Ferrari 27 push start after spin
Did Not Finish:
P Tambay McLaren 40 accident
H-J Stuck Shadow 33 accident
J-P Jabouille Renault 31 gearbox
N Lauda Brabham 28 accident
D Pironi Tyrrell 20 accident
J Hunt McLaren 8 accident
A Jones Williams 7 accident
H Ertl Ensign 6 accident
R Patrese Arrows 6 accident
J Scheckter Wolf 3 accident
N Piquet McLaren 2 accident
H Rebaque Lotus 1 clutch
M Andretti Lotus 0 accident
Did Not Qualify:
A Merzario Merzario
J Mass ATS
R Keegan Surtees
H Binder ATS
B Henton Surtees tested only/ car raced by Keegan
Did Not PreQualify:
R Stommelen Arrows
Qualifying Times:
1 6 Ronnie Peterson Lotus/Ford 1'37.71
2 5 Mario Andretti Lotus/Ford 1'37.76
3 15 J.P.Jabouille Renault 1'38.32
4 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1'38.50
5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier/Matra 1'38.71
6 14 E.Fittipaldi Fittipaldi/Ford 1'38.77
7 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf/Ford 1'38.85
8 7 James Hunt McLaren/Ford 1'39.10
9 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell/Ford 1'39.23
10 2 John Watson Brabham/Alfa Romeo 1'39.35
11 12 G.Villeneuve Ferrari 1'39.40
12 1 Niki Lauda Brabham/Alfa Romeo 1'39.49
13 4 P.Depailler Tyrrell/Ford 1'39.51
14 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren/Ford 1'39.59
15 27 Alan Jones Williams/Ford 1'39.81
16 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows/Ford 1'40.11
17 30 Brett Lunger McLaren/Ford 1'40.80
18 25 Hector Rebaque Lotus/Ford 1'40.84
19 22 Derek Daly Ensign/Ford 1'41.02
20 29 Nelson Piquet McLaren/Ford 1'41.15
21 19 V.Brambilla Surtees/Ford 1'41.16
22 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow/Ford 1'41.42
23 16 H.J.Stuck Shadow/Ford 1'41.58
24 23 Harald Ertl Ensign/Ford 1'41.60
25 32 Keke Rosberg Wolf/Ford 1'41.72
26 31 Rene Arnoux Martini/Ford 1'41.84
Not qualified
27 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario/Ford 1'41.85
28 9 Jochen Mass ATS/Ford 1'42.47
29 18 Rupert Keegan Surtees/Ford 1'43.06
30 10 Hans Binder ATS/Ford 1'44.46
Not pre-qualified
31 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows/Ford 1'44.88
Note:
Race was interrupted after 7 laps because a accident ,
for the remaining 47 laps and the 7 complete laps a aggeregate
race result was given.