1978 / ROUND 11

German Grand Prix

WinnerMario AndrettiPublished race classification

Official poleMario AndrettiSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance305.505 km45 laps

Race entries30Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus	1	1	45	1:28:00.900	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	4	4	45	1:28:16.250	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	7	7	45	1:28:28.910	4
4	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	10	10	45	1:28:37.780	3
5	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	16	16	45	1:28:58.160	2
6	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	18	18	45	1:29:38.760	1
7	John Watson	Brabham	5	5	45	1:29:40.430	0
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	15	15	45	1:29:57.770	0
9	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	14	14	44	+1 lap	0
10	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	19	19	42	+3 laps	0
11	Harald Ertl	Ensign	23	23	41	Engine	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	2	2	36	Gearbox	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	6	6	31	Fuel system	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Ensign	21	21	31	Engine	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	20	20	24	Fuel system	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	11	11	16	Accident	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	12	12	14	Fuel system	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	3	3	11	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	9	9	5	Engine	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	24	24	1	Accident	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	ATS	22	22	1	Accident	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	13	13	0	Accident	0
DSQ	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	17	17	42	Illegal pit stop	0
DSQ	James Hunt	McLaren	8	8	34	Illegal pit stop	0
DNQ	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	René Arnoux	Martini	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Brett Lunger	McLaren	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Mario Andretti	1:51.900
2	Ronnie Peterson	1:51.990
3	Niki Lauda	1:52.290
4	Jody Scheckter	1:52.680
5	John Watson	1:52.840
6	Alan Jones	1:53.500
7	Jacques Laffite	1:53.540
8	James Hunt	1:53.540
9	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:53.610
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:54.030
11	Patrick Tambay	1:54.040
12	Carlos Reutemann	1:54.170
13	Patrick Depailler	1:54.320
14	Riccardo Patrese	1:54.340
15	Gilles Villeneuve	1:54.400
16	Didier Pironi	1:54.630
17	Rolf Stommelen	1:55.180
18	Héctor Rebaque	1:55.570
19	Keke Rosberg	1:55.570
20	Vittorio Brambilla	1:55.860
21	Nelson Piquet	1:56.150
22	Jochen Mass	1:56.210
23	Harald Ertl	1:56.250
24	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:56.450
25	Clay Regazzoni	1:56.570
26	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:57.400
27	Rupert Keegan	1:57.860
28	Arturo Merzario	1:58.310

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