1978 Season

16 rounds. Andretti won the title by 13 points over Peterson; Team Lotus won the constructors' championship by 28.

1978 race calendar with winners
Rd	Grand Prix	Date	Winner	Team	Laps	Time
1	Argentine Grand Prix	15 Jan	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	52	1:37:04.47
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	29 Jan	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	63	1:49:59.86
3	South African Grand Prix	4 Mar	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	78	1:42:15.767
4	United States Grand Prix West	2 Apr	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	80	1:52:01.301
5	Monaco Grand Prix	7 May	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	75	1:55:14.66
6	Belgian Grand Prix	21 May	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	70	1:39:52.02
7	Spanish Grand Prix	4 Jun	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	75	1:41:47.06
8	Swedish Grand Prix	17 Jun	Niki Lauda	Brabham	70	1:41:00.606
9	French Grand Prix	2 Jul	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	54	1:38:51.92
10	British Grand Prix	16 Jul	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	76	1:42:12.39
11	German Grand Prix	30 Jul	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	45	1:28:00.90
12	Austrian Grand Prix	13 Aug	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	54	1:41:21.57
13	Dutch Grand Prix	27 Aug	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	75	1:41:04.23
14	Italian Grand Prix	10 Sep	Niki Lauda	Brabham	40	1:07:04.54
15	United States Grand Prix	1 Oct	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	59	1:40:48.800
16	Canadian Grand Prix	8 Oct	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	70	1:57:49.196

1978 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Mario Andretti	American	Team Lotus	64
2	Ronnie Peterson	Swedish	Team Lotus	51	−13
3	Carlos Reutemann	Argentine	Ferrari	48	−16
4	Niki Lauda	Austrian	Brabham	44	−20
5	Patrick Depailler	French	Tyrrell	34	−30
6	John Watson	British	Brabham	25	−39
7	Jody Scheckter	South African	Wolf	24	−40
8	Jacques Laffite	French	Ligier	19	−45
9	Gilles Villeneuve	Canadian	Ferrari	17	−47
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	Fittipaldi	17	−47
11	Alan Jones	Australian	Williams	11	−53
12	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	Arrows	11	−53
13	James Hunt	British	McLaren	8	−56
14	Patrick Tambay	French	McLaren	8	−56
15	Didier Pironi	French	Tyrrell	7	−57
16	Clay Regazzoni	Swiss	Shadow	4	−60
17	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	French	Renault	3	−61
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	German	Shadow	2	−62
19	Vittorio Brambilla	Italian	Surtees	1	−63
20	Derek Daly	Irish	Ensign	1	−63
21	Hector Rebaque	Mexican	Team Lotus	1	−63
22	Brett Lunger	American	Ensign	0	−64
23	Bruno Giacomelli	Italian	McLaren	0	−64
24	Jochen Mass	German	ATS	0	−64
25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	French	Team Lotus	0	−64
26	René Arnoux	French	Surtees	0	−64
27	Rolf Stommelen	German	Arrows	0	−64
28	Nelson Piquet	Brazilian	Brabham	0	−64
29	Keke Rosberg	Finnish	ATS	0	−64
30	Rupert Keegan	British	Surtees	0	−64
31	Harald Ertl	Austrian	Ensign	0	−64
32	Jacky Ickx	Belgian	Ensign	0	−64
33	Bobby Rahal	American	Wolf	0	−64
34	Arturo Merzario	Italian	Merzario	0	−64
35	Michael Bleekemolen	Dutch	ATS	0	−64
36	Danny Ongais	American	Shadow	0	−64
37	Lamberto Leoni	Italian	Ensign	0	−64
38	Beppe Gabbiani	Italian	Surtees	0	−64
39	Eddie Cheever	American	Hesketh	0	−64
40	Divina Galica	British	Hesketh	0	−64
41	Emilio de Villota	Spanish	McLaren	0	−64
42	Alberto Colombo	Italian	Merzario	0	−64
43	Carlo Franchi	Italian	Surtees	0	−64
44	Geoff Lees	British	Ensign	0	−64
45	Hans Binder	Austrian	ATS	0	−64
46	Tony Trimmer	British	McLaren	0	−64

1978 constructors' championship standings
Pos	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Team Lotus	86
2	Ferrari	58	−28
3	Brabham	53	−33
4	Tyrrell	38	−48
5	Wolf	24	−62
6	Ligier	19	−67
7	Fittipaldi	17	−69
8	McLaren	15	−71
9	Williams	11	−75
10	Arrows	11	−75
11	Shadow	6	−80
12	Renault	3	−83
13	Surtees	1	−85
14	Ensign	1	−85
15	ATS	0	−86
16	Martini	0	−86
17	Merzario	0	−86
18	Theodore	0	−86
19	Hesketh	0	−86