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1978 Argentine Grand Prix

The Argentine Grand Prix 1978 was the 1st round of the 1978 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 15th.

Mario Andretti won the race from the pole, followed by Niki Lauda, and Patrick Depailler completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
1:37:04.47
Finished
2
3
Niki Lauda
Brabham
+13.21
Finished
3
7
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
+13.64
Finished
4
2
James Hunt
McLaren
+16.05
Finished
5
2
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
+1:14.85
Finished
6
3
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
+1:19.90
Finished
7
5
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
+1:22.60
Finished
8
1
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+1:38.88
Finished
9
8
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
+1:40.60
Finished
10
5
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
+1:43.50
Finished
11
2
Jochen Mass
ATS
+1:49.07
Finished
12
1
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
+1 Lap
13
11
Brett Lunger
McLaren
+1 Lap
14
9
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
+1 Lap
15
1
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
+1 Lap
16
8
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
Engine
17
1
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
+2 Laps
18
6
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
+2 Laps
19
15
John Watson
Brabham
Engine
20
6
Alan Jones
Williams
Fuel system
21
-
Danny Ongais
Ensign
Distributor
22
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
Engine
23
3
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
Differential
24
5
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
Overheating
25
25
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
Did not qualify
26
26
Eddie Cheever
Theodore
Did not qualify
27
27
Divina Galica
Hesketh
Did not qualify
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

There were some incidents during the race, with 7 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Jacques Laffite, John Watson, and Lamberto Leoni, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Alan Jones, who had a fuel system failure on lap 36, Danny Ongais, who had a problem with the distributor on lap 35, Arturo Merzario, who had a problem with the differential on lap 9, and Rupert Keegan, who suffered from an overall car overhating on lap 4.

Engine

  • Jacques Laffite
    Lap 50
  • John Watson
    Lap 41
  • Lamberto Leoni
    Lap 28

Fuel system

  • Alan Jones
    Lap 36

Distributor

  • Danny Ongais
    Lap 35

Differential

  • Arturo Merzario
    Lap 9

Overheating

  • Rupert Keegan
    Lap 4

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.