1978 German Grand Prix

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The 1978 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 30 July 1978 at Hockenheimring.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	45	1:28:00.90	1	9
2	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	45	+15.35 secs	4	6
3	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	45	+28.01 secs	7	4
4	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	45	+36.88 secs	10	3
5	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	45	+57.26 secs	16	2
6	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	45	+1:37.86	18	1
7	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	45	+1:39.53	5
8	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	45	+1:56.87	15
9	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	44	+1 Lap	14
10	32	Keke Rosberg	Wolf-Ford	42	+3 Laps	19
11	23	Harald Ertl	Ensign-Ford	41	Engine	17
DSQ	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows-Ford	42	Wrong Route to Pits	23
Ret	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	36	Gearbox	2
DSQ	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	34	Wrong Route to Pits	8
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	31	Fuel System	6
Ret	22	Nelson Piquet	Ensign-Ford	31	Engine	21
Ret	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	24	Fuel System	20
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	16	Accident	11
Ret	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	14	Fuel System	12
Ret	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	11	Engine	3
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	5	Engine	9
Ret	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford	1	Accident	22
Ret	16	Hans Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford	1	Accident	24
Ret	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	0	Accident	13
DNQ	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford
DNQ	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford
DNQ	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford
DNPQ	31	René Arnoux	Martini-Ford
DNPQ	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Mario Andretti - 1:51.90
• Fastest Lap: Ronnie Peterson - 1:55.62
• Lap Leaders: Ronnie Peterson 4 laps (1-4); Mario Andretti 41 laps (5-45).

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