1978 Brazilian Grand Prix

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The 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 29 January 1978 at Jacarepagua.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	63	1:49:59.86	4	9
2	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	63	+49.13 secs	7	6
3	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	63	+57.02 secs	10	4
4	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	63	+1:33.12	3	3
5	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford	62	+1 Lap	15	2
6	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	62	+1 Lap	19	1
7	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford	62	+1 Lap	20
8	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	61	+2 Laps	21
9	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	61	+2 Laps	14
10	36	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	59	+4 Laps	18
11	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	58	+5 Laps	8
Ret	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	40	Physical	22
Ret	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	35	Spun Off	6
Ret	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	34	Spun Off	5
Ret	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	25	Spun Off	2
Ret	16	Hans Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford	25	Fuel System	9
Ret	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	16	Accident	12
Ret	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	15	Collision	1
Ret	22	Danny Ongais	Ensign-Ford	13	Brakes	23
Ret	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	11	Overheating	13
Ret	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	8	Accident	11
Ret	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford	5	Accident	24
Ret	23	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford	0	Transmission	17
DNS	10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford		Mass Drove Car	16
DNQ	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford
DNQ	32	Eddie Cheever	Theodore-Ford
DNQ	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford
DNQ	24	Divina Galica	Hesketh-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - 1:40.45
• Fastest Lap: Carlos Reutemann - 1:43.07
• Lap Leaders: Carlos Reutemann 63 laps (1-63).
• First win for Michelin in Formula One.

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