1978 / ROUND 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

WinnerCarlos ReutemannPublished race classification

Official poleRonnie PetersonSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance316.953 km63 laps

Race entries28Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	4	4	63	1:49:59.860	9
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	7	7	63	1:50:48.990	6
3	Niki Lauda	Brabham	10	10	63	1:50:56.880	4
4	Mario Andretti	Lotus	3	3	63	1:51:32.980	3
5	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	15	15	62	+1 lap	2
6	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	19	19	62	+1 lap	1
7	Jochen Mass	ATS	20	20	62	+1 lap	0
8	John Watson	Brabham	21	21	61	+2 laps	0
9	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	14	14	61	+2 laps	0
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	18	18	59	+4 laps	0
11	Alan Jones	Williams	8	8	58	+5 laps	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	22	22	40	Physical	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	6	6	35	Spun off	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	5	5	34	Spun off	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	9	9	25	Fuel system	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	2	2	25	Spun off	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	12	12	16	Accident	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	1	1	15	Collision	0
DNF	Danny Ongais	Ensign	23	23	13	Brakes	0
DNF	Brett Lunger	McLaren	13	13	11	Overheating	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	11	11	8	Accident	0
DNF	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	24	24	5	Accident	0
DNS	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign	17	17	—	DNS	0
DNS	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	16	16	—	DNS	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Theodore	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Divina Galica	Hesketh	28	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Ronnie Peterson	1:40.450
2	James Hunt	1:40.530
3	Mario Andretti	1:40.620
4	Carlos Reutemann	1:40.730
5	Patrick Tambay	1:40.940
6	Gilles Villeneuve	1:40.970
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:41.500
8	Alan Jones	1:41.870
9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:42.070
10	Niki Lauda	1:42.080
11	Patrick Depailler	1:42.100
12	Jody Scheckter	1:42.110
13	Brett Lunger	1:42.650
14	Jacques Laffite	1:42.710
15	Clay Regazzoni	1:42.800
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:42.910
17	Lamberto Leoni	1:43.190
18	Riccardo Patrese	1:43.190
19	Didier Pironi	1:43.550
20	Jochen Mass	1:43.740
21	John Watson	1:43.750
22	Héctor Rebaque	1:43.860
23	Danny Ongais	1:43.940
24	Rupert Keegan	1:44.200
25	Arturo Merzario	1:44.200
26	Eddie Cheever	1:44.280
27	Vittorio Brambilla	1:44.660
28	Divina Galica	1:46.790

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