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.

It was the first race of the Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, who would become a 3-time world champion.

[edit] Classification

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

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