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1978 Radio 210 European Trophy
1978 Belgian GP
1977 Spanish GP

1978 Spanish GP

1978 Swedish GP
1979 Spanish GP

XXIV Gran Premio de España

Event		Overview • Sessions • Entry List
Qualifying		Qualification
Race		Starting Grid • Classification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Details

Date

Sunday 4 June 1978

Start time

14:00

Event

Spanish GP

Circuit

Jarama

Event Format

Race of 75 laps

Championship

World Championship

Race number

#7 of 16 in 1978
#304 (of all time)

Circuit

Laps

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

Sunny, Mild, Dry

Participants

Entries

Qualifiers

Finishers

Debutants

Wolf WR5 (Car Model),

Centro Asegurador F1 (Entrant)

Milestones

Car 9 – 200th Race Entry (Car Number)

Records Broken

1. Most Failures to Qualify – Italy

Arturo Merzario (9)

Records Extended

1. Most Retirements – Great Britain

Lotus (338),
2. Most Race Entries – Great Britain

Lotus (793),
3. Most 3rd Place Qualifications – Italy

Ferrari (74),
4. Most 5th Place Qualifications – Italy

Ferrari (73)

World Championship standings

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	Alan Jones	3
12	Gilles Villeneuve	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

	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Results
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