1978 / ROUND 1

Argentine Grand Prix

WinnerMario AndrettiPublished race classification

Official poleMario AndrettiSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance310.336 km52 laps

Race entries27Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus	1	1	52	1:37:04.470	9
2	Niki Lauda	Brabham	5	5	52	1:37:17.680	6
3	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	10	10	52	1:37:18.110	4
4	James Hunt	McLaren	6	6	52	1:37:20.520	3
5	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	3	3	52	1:38:19.320	2
6	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	9	9	52	1:38:24.370	1
7	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	2	2	52	1:38:27.070	0
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	7	7	52	1:38:43.350	0
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	17	17	52	1:38:45.070	0
10	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	15	15	52	1:38:47.970	0
11	Jochen Mass	ATS	13	13	52	1:38:53.540	0
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	11	11	51	+1 lap	0
13	Brett Lunger	McLaren	24	24	51	+1 lap	0
14	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	23	23	51	+1 lap	0
15	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	16	16	51	+1 lap	0
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	8	8	50	Engine	0
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	18	18	50	+2 laps	0
18	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	12	12	50	+2 laps	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	4	4	41	Engine	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	14	14	36	Fuel system	0
DNF	Danny Ongais	Ensign	21	21	35	Distributor	0
DNF	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign	22	22	28	Engine	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	20	20	9	Differential	0
DNF	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	19	19	4	Overheating	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Theodore	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Divina Galica	Hesketh	27	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Mario Andretti	1:47.750
2	Carlos Reutemann	1:47.840
3	Ronnie Peterson	1:48.390
4	John Watson	1:48.420
5	Niki Lauda	1:48.700
6	James Hunt	1:48.720
7	Gilles Villeneuve	1:48.970
8	Jacques Laffite	1:49.130
9	Patrick Tambay	1:49.470
10	Patrick Depailler	1:49.690
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:49.770
12	Vittorio Brambilla	1:49.910
13	Jochen Mass	1:50.060
14	Alan Jones	1:50.110
15	Jody Scheckter	1:50.350
16	Clay Regazzoni	1:50.450
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:50.820
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:51.160
19	Rupert Keegan	1:51.420
20	Arturo Merzario	1:51.680
21	Danny Ongais	1:51.710
22	Lamberto Leoni	1:51.940
23	Didier Pironi	1:51.990
24	Brett Lunger	1:52.270
25	Héctor Rebaque	1:52.520
26	Eddie Cheever	1:53.250
27	Divina Galica	1:56.690

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.