South African Grand Prix

Round 3 · 4 March 1978 ·Kyalami, Midrand, South Africa

Depailler

Tyrrell

Peterson

Team Lotus

Watson

Brabham

Race classification

Pos.	Driver	Nationality	Team	Laps	Time	Pts.
1	Ronnie Peterson	Swedish	Team Lotus	78	1:42:15.767	9
2	Patrick Depailler	French	Tyrrell	78	+0.466	6
3	John Watson	British	Brabham	78	+4.442	4
4	Alan Jones	Australian	Williams	78	+30.986	3
5	Jacques Laffite	French	Ligier	78	+1:09.218	2
6	Didier Pironi	French	Tyrrell	77	+1 Lap	1
7	Mario Andretti	American	Team Lotus	77	+1 Lap	0
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	French	ATS	77	+1 Lap	0
9	Rolf Stommelen	German	Arrows	77	+1 Lap	0
10	Hector Rebaque	Mexican	Team Lotus	77	+1 Lap	0
11	Brett Lunger	American	McLaren	76	+2 Laps	0
12	Vittorio Brambilla	Italian	Surtees	76	+2 Laps	0
R	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	Arrows	63	Engine	0
R	Jody Scheckter	South African	Wolf	59	Spun off	0
R	Patrick Tambay	French	McLaren	56	Accident	0
R	Gilles Villeneuve	Canadian	Ferrari	55	Oil leak	0
R	Carlos Reutemann	Argentine	Ferrari	55	Spun off	0
R	Niki Lauda	Austrian	Brabham	52	Engine	0
R	Rupert Keegan	British	Surtees	52	Engine	0
R	Jochen Mass	German	ATS	43	Engine	0
R	Arturo Merzario	Italian	Merzario	39	Suspension	0
R	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	French	Renault	38	Engine	0
R	Keke Rosberg	Finnish	Theodore	15	Clutch	0
R	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazilian	Fittipaldi	9	Transmission	0
R	Eddie Cheever	American	Hesketh	8	Oil leak	0
R	James Hunt	British	McLaren	5	Engine	0
F	René Arnoux	French	Martini	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Clay Regazzoni	Swiss	Shadow	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Lamberto Leoni	Italian	Ensign	0	Did not qualify	0
F	Hans-Joachim Stuck	German	Shadow	0	Did not qualify	0