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1978 British GP
1977 German GP
1978 German GP
1978 Austrian GP
1979 German GP
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Overview -
Entry List
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Qualification
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Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 30 July 1978
Start time
14:00
Event
German GP
Circuit
Hockenheim
Event Format
Race of 45 laps
Race
12 of
17
Championship race
308
Circuit
Laps
45
Circuit Perimeter
6789 m
Race Distance
6789 × 45 = 305.505 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Very hot, Dry
Participants
Entries
30
Qualifiers
24
Finishers
11
Championship Debutants
Nélson Piquet
(
Driver
),
Sachs Racing
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Car 20
- 250th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
Car 6
- 20th Fastest Lap (
Car Number
)
John Player Team Lotus
- 200th Race Entry (
Entrant
)
Patrick Depailler
- 75th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Surtees
- 250th Race Entry (
Car Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
1.
Most 17th Place Qualifications
–
Rolf Stommelen
(
9
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
343
),
2.
Most 7th Place Finishes
–
Brabham
(
28
),
3.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
805
),
4.
Most Failures to Qualify
–
Arturo Merzario
(
11
),
5.
Most 18th Place Qualifications
–
Lotus
(
29
),
6.
Most 3rd Place Qualifications in a Season
–
Niki Lauda
(
6
)
Championships
1
Mario Andretti
54
2
Ronnie Peterson
36
3
Carlos Reutemann
31
4
Niki Lauda
31
5
Patrick Depailler
26
6
John Watson
16
7
Jody Scheckter
14
8
Jacques Laffite
14
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
10
10
Riccardo Patrese
8
11
James Hunt
8
12
Didier Pironi
7
13
Patrick Tambay
5
14
Alan Jones
5
15
Clay Regazzoni
4
16
Gilles Villeneuve
3
17
Hans-Joachim Stuck
2
18
Hector Rebaque
1
1
Lotus
/
Ford
67
2
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
40
3
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
31
4
Tyrrell
/
Ford
30
5
Wolf
/
Ford
14
6
Ligier
/
Matra
14
7
McLaren
/
Ford
12
8
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
10
9
Arrows
/
Ford
8
10
Shadow
/
Ford
6
11
Williams
/
Ford
5
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 5
Car 5
Car 6
Entrant
John Player Team Lotus
John Player Team Lotus
John Player Team Lotus
Driver
Mario Andretti
Mario Andretti
Ronnie Peterson
Car
Lotus
79
Lotus
79
Lotus
79
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time
1:28'00.90
1'51.90
1'55.62
Speed
208.263 km/h
218.413 km/h
211.386 km/h
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