Round 1 of 16 · Buenos Aires · 15 January 1978, Sunday
Argentine Grand Prix
Key highlights
Andretti
pole position
52
laps
18
finishers out of 24
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1:37:04.47 | 9 |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | +13.21 | 6 |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +13.64 | 4 |
| 4 | James Hunt | McLaren | +16.05 | 3 |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | +1:14.85 | 2 |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | +1:19.90 | 1 |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | +1:22.60 | |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +1:38.88 | |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1:40.60 | |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | +1:43.50 | |
| 11 | Jochen Mass | ATS | +1:49.07 | |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | +1 Lap | |
| 13 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | +1 Lap | |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | +1 Lap | |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | Engine | |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | +2 Laps | |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | +2 Laps | |
| DNF | John Watson | Brabham | Engine | |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Williams | Fuel system | |
| DNF | Danny Ongais | Ensign | Distributor | |
| DNF | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | Engine | |
| DNF | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Differential | |
| DNF | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | Overheating | |
| DNQ | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Eddie Cheever | Theodore | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Divina Galica | Hesketh | Did not qualify |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- DNQ
- Did not qualify