Argentine Grand Prix
1978 · Round 1 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Jan 15, 1978Race summary
Victory went to Andretti (from 1st on the grid), with a 13.2s margin. Lunger made the biggest gain, from 24th on the grid to 13th (up 11 places). Laffite had a difficult race, dropping from 8th to 16th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 52 | 1:37:04.470 | 9 |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 5 | 52 | +13.210 | 6 |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 10 | 52 | +13.640 | 4 |
| 4 | James Hunt | McLaren | 6 | 52 | +16.050 | 3 |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 3 | 52 | +1:14.850 | 2 |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | 52 | +1:19.900 | 1 |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 2 | 52 | +1:22.600 | 0 |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | 52 | +1:38.880 | 0 |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 17 | 52 | +1:40.600 | 0 |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 15 | 52 | +1:43.500 | 0 |
| 11 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 13 | 52 | +1:49.070 | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 11 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 24 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 23 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 16 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | 50 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 18 | 50 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 12 | 50 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| – | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | 41 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Alan Jones | Williams | 14 | 36 | Fuel system | 0 |
| – | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 21 | 35 | Distributor | 0 |
| – | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 22 | 28 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 20 | 9 | Differential | 0 |
| – | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 19 | 4 | Overheating | 0 |