1978 Austrian Grand Prix

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The 1978 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 13 August 1978 at Österreichring.

[edit] Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Flag of Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 54 1:41:21.57 1 9
2 4 Flag of France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 54 +47.44 secs 14 6
3 12 Flag of Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 54 +1:39.76 11 4
4 14 Flag of Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 53 +1 Lap 6 3
5 26 Flag of France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 53 +1 Lap 5 2
6 19 Flag of Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 53 +1 Lap 21 1
7 2 Flag of the United Kingdom John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 53 +1 lap 10
8 30 Flag of the United States Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 52 +2 Laps 17
9 31 Flag of France René Arnoux Martini-Ford 52 +2 Laps 26
NC 17 Flag of Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford 50 +7 Laps 22
NC 32 Flag of Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford 49 +7 Laps 25
DSQ 22 Flag of Ireland Derek Daly Ensign-Ford 41 Pushed at Start 19
Ret 8 Flag of France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 40 Accident 14
Ret 16 Flag of Germany Hans Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford 33 Accident 23
Ret 15 Flag of France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 31 Gearbox 3
DSQ 11 Flag of Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 28 Pushed at Start 12
Ret 1 Flag of Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 27 Accident 4
Ret 3 Flag of France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 20 Accident 9
Ret 7 Flag of the United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Ford 7 Accident 8
Ret 27 Flag of Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford 7 Accident 15
Ret 35 Flag of Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 7 Accident 16
Ret 23 Flag of Austria Harald Ertl Ensign-Ford 7 Accident 24
Ret 25 Flag of Mexico Hector Rebaque Lotus-Ford 4 Accident 18
Ret 29 Flag of Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren-Ford 4 Accident 20
Ret 20 Flag of South Africa Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 3 Accident 7
Ret 5 Flag of the United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 0 Accident 2
DNQ 37 Flag of Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford
DNQ 9 Flag of Germany Jochen Mass ATS-Ford
DNQ 18 Flag of the United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford
DNQ 10 Flag of Austria Hans Binder ATS-Ford
DNPQ 36 Flag of Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford

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