Austrian Grand Prix
Round 12 · 13 August 1978 ·Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
Depailler
Tyrrell
2
Peterson
Team Lotus
1
Villeneuve
Ferrari
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 54 | 1:41:21.57 | 9 | |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 54 | +47.44 | 6 | |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 54 | +1:39.76 | 4 | |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 53 | +1 Lap | 3 | |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 53 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 53 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 52 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Martini | 52 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| N | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 50 | +7 Laps | 0 | |
| N | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 49 | +7 Laps | 0 | |
| D | Derek Daly | Ensign | 41 | Disqualified | 0 | |
| R | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 40 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 33 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 31 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| D | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 28 | Disqualified | 0 | |
| R | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 27 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 20 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | James Hunt | McLaren | 7 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Alan Jones | Williams | 7 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 7 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Harald Ertl | Ensign | 7 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 4 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 4 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 3 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 0 | Accident | 0 | |
| F | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Jochen Mass | ATS | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Hans Binder | ATS | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify
- N
- Not classified
- D
- Disqualified