1978 / ROUND 14

Italian Grand Prix

WinnerNiki LaudaPublished race classification

Official poleMario AndrettiSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance232 km40 laps

Race entries32Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Niki Lauda	Brabham	4	4	40	1:07:04.540	9
2	John Watson	Brabham	7	7	40	1:07:06.020	6
3	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	11	11	40	1:07:25.010	4
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	8	8	40	1:07:42.070	3
5	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	19	19	40	1:07:44.930	2
6	Mario Andretti	Lotus	1	1	40	1:07:50.870	1
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2	2	40	1:07:53.020	0
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	13	13	40	1:07:59.780	0
9	Nelson Piquet	McLaren	24	24	40	1:08:11.370	0
10	Derek Daly	Ensign	18	18	40	1:08:13.650	0
11	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	16	16	40	1:08:21.110	0
12	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	9	9	39	+1 lap	0
13	Alan Jones	Williams	6	6	39	+1 lap	0
14	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	20	20	39	+1 lap	0
NC	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	15	15	33	+7 laps	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	12	12	29	Engine	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	10	10	19	Distributor	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	22	22	14	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	3	3	6	Engine	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	5	5	0	Fatal collision	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	23	23	0	Collision	0
DNF	Brett Lunger	McLaren	21	21	0	Collision	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	14	14	0	Collision	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	17	17	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Harald Ertl	ATS	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Carlo Franchi	Surtees	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Harald Ertl	Ensign	26	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Keke Rosberg	Wolf	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Alberto Colombo	Merzario	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Mario Andretti	1:37.520
2	Gilles Villeneuve	1:37.860
3	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:37.930
4	Niki Lauda	1:38.215
5	Ronnie Peterson	1:38.256
6	Alan Jones	1:38.271
7	John Watson	1:38.610
8	Jacques Laffite	1:38.917
9	Jody Scheckter	1:38.937
10	James Hunt	1:38.938
11	Carlos Reutemann	1:38.959
12	Riccardo Patrese	1:39.179
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:39.421
14	Didier Pironi	1:39.563
15	Clay Regazzoni	1:39.621
16	Patrick Depailler	1:39.630
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:39.701
18	Derek Daly	1:40.075
19	Patrick Tambay	1:40.163
20	Bruno Giacomelli	1:40.199
21	Brett Lunger	1:40.302
22	Arturo Merzario	1:40.702
23	Vittorio Brambilla	1:40.805
24	Nelson Piquet	1:40.846
25	Héctor Rebaque	1:41.063
26	Harald Ertl	1:41.185
27	Michael Bleekemolen	1:41.677
28	Carlo Franchi	1:44.408

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