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1978 Belgian GP
1977 Spanish GP
1978 Spanish GP
1978 Swedish GP
1979 Spanish GP
XXIV
Gran Premio de Espaņa
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Entry List
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Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 4 June 1978
Start time
14:00
Event
Spanish GP
Circuit
Jarama
Event Format
Race of 75 laps
Race
8 of
17
Championship race
304
Circuit
Laps
75
Circuit Perimeter
3404 m
Race Distance
3404 × 75 = 255.300 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
29
Qualifiers
24
Finishers
15
Championship Debutants
Wolf WR5
(
Car Model
),
Centro Asegurador F1
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Arrows Racing Team
- 10th Race Entry (
Entrant
)
Arrows
- 10th Race Entry (
Car Manufacturer
)
Equipe Renault Elf
- 10th Race Entry (
Entrant
)
Gilles Villeneuve
- 10th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Jody Scheckter
- 75th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Mario Andretti
- 75th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Renault
- 10th Race Entry (
Car Manufacturer
)
Renault
- 10th Race Entry (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Shadow Racing Team
- 75th Race Entry (
Entrant
)
Records Broken
1.
Most Failures to Qualify
–
Arturo Merzario
(
9
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
338
),
2.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
793
),
3.
Most 3rd Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
74
),
4.
Most 5th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
73
)
Championships
1
Mario Andretti
36
2
Ronnie Peterson
26
3
Patrick Depailler
23
4
Carlos Reutemann
22
5
Niki Lauda
16
6
Jacques Laffite
10
7
John Watson
9
8
Jody Scheckter
7
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
6
10
Didier Pironi
5
11
James Hunt
4
12
Gilles Villeneuve
3
Alan Jones
3
14
Clay Regazzoni
2
15
Riccardo Patrese
2
16
Patrick Tambay
1
1
Lotus
/
Ford
45
2
Tyrrell
/
Ford
25
3
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
22
4
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
22
5
Ligier
/
Matra
10
6
Wolf
/
Ford
7
7
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
6
8
McLaren
/
Ford
4
9
Williams
/
Ford
3
10
Shadow
/
Ford
2
11
Arrows
/
Ford
2
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 5
Car 5
Car 5
Entrant
John Player Team Lotus
John Player Team Lotus
John Player Team Lotus
Driver
Mario Andretti
Mario Andretti
Mario Andretti
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
1:41'47.06
1'16.39
1'20.06
Speed
150.495 km/h
160.419 km/h
153.065 km/h
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