Round 12 of 16 · Spielberg · 13 August 1978, Sunday
Austrian Grand Prix
Key highlights
Peterson
pole position
54
laps
9
finishers out of 26
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 1:41:21.57 | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +47.44 | 6 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +1:39.76 | 4 |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | +1 Lap | |
| 8 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | +2 Laps | |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Martini | +2 Laps | |
| NC | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | +7 Laps | |
| NC | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | +7 Laps | |
| DSQ | Derek Daly | Ensign | Disqualified | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | Accident | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | Accident | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | Gearbox | |
| DSQ | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | Disqualified | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda | Brabham | Accident | |
| DNF | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | Accident | |
| DNF | James Hunt | McLaren | Accident | |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Williams | Accident | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | Accident | |
| DNF | Harald Ertl | Ensign | Accident | |
| DNF | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | Accident | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | Accident | |
| DNF | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | Accident | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | Accident | |
| DNQ | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Jochen Mass | ATS | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Hans Binder | ATS | Did not qualify | |
| DNPQ | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | Did not prequalify |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- DSQ
- Disqualified
- NC
- Not classified
- DNQ
- Did not qualify
- DNPQ
- Did not pre-qualify