1978 South African Grand Prix

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	6	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	12	78	1:42:15.767	9
2	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	11	78	+0.466	6
3	2	John Watson	Brabham	10	78	+4.442	4
4	27	Alan Jones	Williams	18	78	+30.986	3
5	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	13	78	+1:09.218	2
6	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	14	77	+1 Lap	1
7	5	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	2	77	+1 Lap	0
8	10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	17	77	+1 Lap	0
9	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	22	77	+1 Lap	0
10	25	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	21	77	+1 Lap	0
11	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren	20	76	+2 Laps	0
12	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	76	+2 Laps	0
R	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	7	63	Engine	0
R	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	5	59	Spun off	0
R	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	4	56	Accident	0
R	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	8	55	Oil leak	0
R	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	9	55	Spun off	0
R	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1	52	Engine	0
R	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	23	52	Engine	0
R	9	Jochen Mass	ATS	15	43	Engine	0
R	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	26	39	Suspension	0
R	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	6	38	Engine	0
R	32	Keke Rosberg	Theodore	24	15	Clutch	0
R	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	16	9	Transmission	0
R	24	Eddie Cheever	Hesketh	25	8	Oil leak	0
R	7	James Hunt	McLaren	3	5	Engine	0
F	31	René Arnoux	Martini	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	23	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign	PL	0	Did not qualify	0
F	16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	PL	0	Did not qualify	0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	1	12
2	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	1	11
3	Niki Lauda	Brabham	0	10
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	0	10
5	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1	9
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	6
7	John Watson	Brabham	0	4
8	Alan Jones	Williams	0	3
9	James Hunt	McLaren	0	3
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	0	2

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Team Lotus	2	21
2	Brabham	0	14
3	Tyrrell	0	11
4	Ferrari	1	9
5	Fittipaldi	0	6
6	McLaren	0	3
7	Williams	0	3
8	Ligier	0	2
9	Shadow	0	2
10	ATS	0	0