1978 / ROUND 12

Austrian Grand Prix

1978-08-13 · Red Bull Ring

WinnerRonnie PetersonPublished race classification

Official poleRonnie PetersonSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance320.868 km54 laps

Race entries31Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	1	1	54	1:41:21.570	9
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	13	13	54	1:42:09.010	6
3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	11	11	54	1:43:01.330	4
4	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	6	6	53	+1 lap	3
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	5	5	53	+1 lap	2
6	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	21	21	53	+1 lap	1
7	John Watson	Brabham	10	10	53	+1 lap	0
8	Brett Lunger	McLaren	17	17	52	+2 laps	0
9	René Arnoux	Martini	26	26	52	+2 laps	0
NC	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	22	22	50	+4 laps	0
NC	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	25	25	49	+5 laps	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	14	14	40	Accident	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	23	23	33	Accident	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	3	3	31	Gearbox	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	12	12	28	Accident	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	9	9	20	Accident	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	8	8	8	Accident	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	15	15	7	Accident	0
DNF	Harald Ertl	Ensign	24	24	6	Accident	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	16	16	6	Accident	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	7	7	3	Accident	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	McLaren	20	20	2	Accident	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	18	18	1	Accident	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	2	2	0	Accident	0
DSQ	Derek Daly	Ensign	19	19	43	Push start	0
DSQ	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	4	4	27	Push start	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jochen Mass	ATS	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Hans Binder	ATS	30	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Ronnie Peterson	1:37.710
2	Mario Andretti	1:37.760
3	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:38.320
4	Carlos Reutemann	1:38.500
5	Jacques Laffite	1:38.710
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:38.770
7	Jody Scheckter	1:38.850
8	James Hunt	1:39.100
9	Didier Pironi	1:39.230
10	John Watson	1:39.350
11	Gilles Villeneuve	1:39.400
12	Niki Lauda	1:39.490
13	Patrick Depailler	1:39.510
14	Patrick Tambay	1:39.590
15	Alan Jones	1:39.810
16	Riccardo Patrese	1:40.110
17	Brett Lunger	1:40.800
18	Héctor Rebaque	1:40.840
19	Derek Daly	1:41.020
20	Nelson Piquet	1:41.150
21	Vittorio Brambilla	1:41.160
22	Clay Regazzoni	1:41.420
23	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:41.580
24	Harald Ertl	1:41.600
25	Keke Rosberg	1:41.720
26	René Arnoux	1:41.840
27	Arturo Merzario	1:41.850
28	Jochen Mass	1:42.470
29	Rupert Keegan	1:43.060
30	Hans Binder	1:44.460

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