1978 British Grand Prix

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The 1978 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 16 July 1978 at Brands Hatch.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	76	1:42:12.39	8	9
2	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	76	+1.23 secs	4	6
3	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	76	+37.25 secs	9	4
4	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	76	+1:13.27	10	3
5	16	Hans Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford	75	+1 Lap	18	2
6	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	75	+1 Lap	20	1
7	33	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren-Ford	75	+1 Lap	16
8	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	75	+1 Lap	24
9	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	75	+1 Lap	25
10	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	73	+3 Laps	7
NC	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford	65	+11 Laps	26
Ret	10	Keke Rosberg	ATS-Ford	59	Suspension	22
Ret	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford	49	Gearbox	17
Ret	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	46	Turbo	12
Ret	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	40	Suspension	5
Ret	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	40	Gearbox	19
Ret	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	36	Gearbox	3
Ret	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	32	Engine	11
Ret	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	32	Fuel System	23
Ret	22	Derek Daly	Ensign-Ford	30	Wheel	15
Ret	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	28	Engine	2
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	26	Transmission	6
Ret	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	19	Transmission	13
Ret	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford	15	Gearbox	21
Ret	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	7	Accident	14
Ret	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	6	Fuel System	1
DNQ	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford
DNQ	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows-Ford
DNQ	23	Geoff Lees	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	40	Tony Trimmer	McLaren-Ford

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - 1:16.80
• Fastest Lap: Niki Lauda - 1:18.60
• Lap Leaders: Mario Andretti 23 laps (1-23); Jody Scheckter 10 laps (24-33); Niki Lauda 26 laps (34-59); Carlos Reutemann 17 laps (60-76).

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