Austrian Grand Prix
1978 · Round 12 · Spielberg, Austria · Aug 13, 1978Race summary
Victory went to Peterson (from 1st on the grid), with a 47.4s margin. Arnoux made the biggest gain, from 26th on the grid to 9th (up 17 places).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 1 | 54 | 1:41:21.570 | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 14 | 54 | +47.440 | 6 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 11 | 54 | +1:39.760 | 4 |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | 53 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 53 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 21 | 53 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 10 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 17 | 52 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Martini | 26 | 52 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| – | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 22 | 50 | +7 Laps | 0 |
| – | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 25 | 49 | +7 Laps | 0 |
| – | Derek Daly | Ensign | 19 | 41 | Disqualified | 0 |
| – | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 14 | 40 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 23 | 33 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 3 | 31 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 12 | 28 | Disqualified | 0 |
| – | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 4 | 27 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 9 | 20 | Accident | 0 |
| – | James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Alan Jones | Williams | 15 | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Harald Ertl | Ensign | 24 | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 18 | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 20 | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 7 | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 0 | Accident | 0 |