1978 / ROUND 9

French Grand Prix

WinnerMario AndrettiPublished race classification

Official poleJohn WatsonSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance313.686 km54 laps

Race entries29Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus	2	2	54	1:38:51.920	9
2	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	5	5	54	1:38:54.850	6
3	James Hunt	McLaren	4	4	54	1:39:11.720	4
4	John Watson	Brabham	1	1	54	1:39:28.800	3
5	Alan Jones	Williams	14	14	54	1:39:33.730	2
6	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	7	7	54	1:39:46.450	1
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	10	10	54	1:39:46.660	0
8	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	12	12	54	1:40:16.800	0
9	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	6	6	54	1:40:18.980	0
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	16	16	54	1:40:21.900	0
11	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	20	20	53	+1 lap	0
12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	9	9	53	+1 lap	0
13	Jochen Mass	ATS	25	25	53	+1 lap	0
14	René Arnoux	Martini	18	18	53	+1 lap	0
15	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	21	21	53	+1 lap	0
16	Keke Rosberg	ATS	26	26	52	+2 laps	0
17	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	19	52	+2 laps	0
18	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	8	8	49	+5 laps	0
DNF	Brett Lunger	McLaren	24	24	45	Engine	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	15	15	43	Suspension	0
DNF	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	23	23	40	Engine	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	22	22	28	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	13	13	10	Engine	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	3	3	10	Engine	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	17	17	4	Electrical	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	11	11	1	Engine	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	Ensign	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	29	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	John Watson	1:44.410
2	Mario Andretti	1:44.460
3	Niki Lauda	1:44.710
4	James Hunt	1:44.920
5	Ronnie Peterson	1:44.980
6	Patrick Tambay	1:45.070
7	Jody Scheckter	1:45.200
8	Carlos Reutemann	1:45.350
9	Gilles Villeneuve	1:45.550
10	Jacques Laffite	1:45.680
11	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:45.730
12	Riccardo Patrese	1:46.320
13	Patrick Depailler	1:46.370
14	Alan Jones	1:46.400
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:46.700
16	Didier Pironi	1:47.120
17	Clay Regazzoni	1:48.550
18	René Arnoux	1:48.680
19	Vittorio Brambilla	1:48.680
20	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:48.890
21	Rolf Stommelen	1:49.140
22	Bruno Giacomelli	1:49.530
23	Rupert Keegan	1:49.540
24	Brett Lunger	1:49.550
25	Jochen Mass	1:49.900
26	Keke Rosberg	1:50.090
27	Arturo Merzario	1:50.110
28	Derek Daly	1:50.190
29	Héctor Rebaque	1:50.400

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