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1978 Season
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1978 Brazilian GP
1977 South African GP

1978 South African GP

1978 BRDC International Trophy
1978 US West GP
1979 South African GP
March 4, Kyalami

Event OverviewSessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Fastest Laps

PosCar NoDriverCar / EngineLapTimeDiffPercentageSpeed (km/h)
1
5
 Mario Andretti  Lotus / Ford
2
1'17.09 - 100.0% 191.651
2
35
 Riccardo Patrese  Arrows / Ford
-
1'17.15 0.06 100.1% 191.502
3
4
 Patrick Depailler  Tyrrell / Ford
-
1'17.29 0.20 100.3% 191.155
4
6
 Ronnie Peterson  Lotus / Ford
-
1'17.35 0.26 100.3% 191.007
5
2
 John Watson  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
-
1'17.39 0.30 100.4% 190.908
6
1
 Niki Lauda  Brabham / Alfa Romeo
-
1'17.43 0.34 100.4% 190.810
7
27
 Alan Jones  Williams / Ford
-
1'17.48 0.39 100.5% 190.687
8
7
 James Hunt  McLaren / Ford
-
1'17.49 0.40 100.5% 190.662
9
20
 Jody Scheckter  Wolf / Ford
-
1'17.51 0.42 100.5% 190.613
10
36
 Rolf Stommelen  Arrows / Ford
-
1'17.86 0.77 101.0% 189.756
11
8
 Patrick Tambay  McLaren / Ford
-
1'17.89 0.80 101.0% 189.683
12
10
 Jean-Pierre Jarier  ATS / Ford
-
1'17.93 0.84 101.1% 189.586
13
26
 Jacques Laffite  Ligier / Matra
-
1'17.96 0.87 101.1% 189.513
14
30
 Brett Lunger  McLaren / Ford
-
1'18.11 1.02 101.3% 189.149
15
15
 Jean-Pierre Jabouille  Renault / Renault
-
1'18.13 1.04 101.3% 189.100
15
11
 Carlos Reutemann  Ferrari / Ferrari
-
1'18.13 1.04 101.3% 189.100
17
12
 Gilles Villeneuve  Ferrari / Ferrari
-
1'18.29 1.20 101.6% 188.714
18
3
 Didier Pironi  Tyrrell / Ford
-
1'18.45 1.36 101.8% 188.329
19
24
 Eddie Cheever  Hesketh / Ford
-
1'18.50 1.41 101.8% 188.209
20
9
 Jochen Mass  ATS / Ford
-
1'18.63 1.54 102.0% 187.898
21
14
 Emerson Fittipaldi  Fittipaldi / Ford
-
1'18.72 1.63 102.1% 187.683
22
18
 Rupert Keegan  Surtees / Ford
-
1'19.29 2.20 102.9% 186.334
23
19
 Vittorio Brambilla  Surtees / Ford
-
1'19.34 2.25 102.9% 186.216
24
25
 Hector Rebaque  Lotus / Ford
-
1'19.53 2.44 103.2% 185.771
25
32
 Keke Rosberg  Theodore / Ford
-
1'19.55 2.46 103.2% 185.725
26
37
 Arturo Merzario  Merzario / Ford
-
1'20.27 3.18 104.1% 184.059