1978 / ROUND 16

Canadian Grand Prix

WinnerGilles VilleneuvePublished race classification

Official poleJean-Pierre JarierSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance315 km70 laps

Race entries28Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	3	70	1:57:49.196	9
2	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	2	2	70	1:58:02.566	6
3	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	11	11	70	1:58:08.606	4
4	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	12	12	70	1:58:13.866	3
5	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	13	13	70	1:58:17.756	2
6	Derek Daly	Ensign	15	15	70	1:58:43.676	1
7	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	18	18	70	1:59:10.446	0
8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	17	17	70	1:59:15.756	0
9	Alan Jones	Williams	5	5	70	1:59:18.136	0
10	Mario Andretti	Lotus	9	9	69	+1 lap	0
11	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	14	14	69	+1 lap	0
12	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	22	22	65	+5 laps	0
NC	Keke Rosberg	ATS	21	21	58	+12 laps	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	10	10	52	Transmission	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	19	19	51	Spun off	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Lotus	1	1	49	Oil leak	0
DNF	René Arnoux	Surtees	16	16	37	Engine	0
DNF	Bobby Rahal	Wolf	20	20	16	Fuel system	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	4	4	8	Accident	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	7	7	5	Brakes	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	8	8	1	Accident	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	6	6	0	Accident	0
DNQ	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	23	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Surtees	24	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	28	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:38.015
2	Jody Scheckter	1:38.026
3	Gilles Villeneuve	1:38.230
4	John Watson	1:38.417
5	Alan Jones	1:38.861
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:38.930
7	Niki Lauda	1:39.020
8	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:39.081
9	Mario Andretti	1:39.236
10	Jacques Laffite	1:39.381
11	Carlos Reutemann	1:39.455
12	Riccardo Patrese	1:39.491
13	Patrick Depailler	1:39.619
14	Nelson Piquet	1:39.624
15	Derek Daly	1:40.042
16	René Arnoux	1:40.515
17	Patrick Tambay	1:40.669
18	Didier Pironi	1:40.959
19	James Hunt	1:40.970
20	Bobby Rahal	1:40.983
21	Keke Rosberg	1:41.611
22	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:41.689
23	Clay Regazzoni	1:41.739
24	Beppe Gabbiani	1:41.799
25	Arturo Merzario	1:41.962
26	Héctor Rebaque	1:42.413
27	Rolf Stommelen	1:43.267
28	Michael Bleekemolen	1:45.553

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