1978 French Grand Prix

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The 1978 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 2 July 1978 at Paul Ricard.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	54	1:38:51.92	2	9
2	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	54	+2.93 secs	5	6
3	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	54	+19.8 secs	4	4
4	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	54	+36.88 secs	1	3
5	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	54	+41.81 secs	14	2
6	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	54	+54.53 secs	7	1
7	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	54	+54.74 secs	10
8	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	54	+1:24.88	12
9	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	54	+1:27.06	6
10	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	54	+1:29.98	16
11	16	Hans Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford	53	+1 Lap	20
12	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	53	+1 Lap	9
13	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford	53	+1 Lap	25
14	31	René Arnoux	Martini-Ford	53	+1 Lap	18
15	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows-Ford	53	+1 Lap	21
16	10	Keke Rosberg	ATS-Ford	52	+2 Laps	26
17	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	52	+2 Laps	19
18	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	49	+5 Laps	8
Ret	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	45	Engine	24
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	43	Suspension	15
Ret	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford	40	Engine	23
Ret	33	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren-Ford	28	Engine	22
Ret	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	10	Engine	3
Ret	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	10	Engine	13
Ret	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford	4	Electrical	17
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	Engine	11
DNQ	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford
DNQ	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: John Watson - 1:44.41
• Fastest Lap: Carlos Reutemann - 1:48.56
• Lap Leaders: Mario Andretti 54 laps (1-54).

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