The Austrian Grand Prix 1978 was the 12th round of the 1978 F1 season, and took place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, on August 13th.
Ronnie Peterson won the race from the pole, followed by Patrick Depailler, and Gilles Villeneuve completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 11th position of the grid.
Final results
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
The reace did not end without incidents... 18 drivers out of the original 31 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Patrick Tambay, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Niki Lauda, Didier Pironi, James Hunt, Alan Jones, Riccardo Patrese, Harald Ertl, Hector Rebaque, Nelson Piquet, Jody Scheckter, and Mario Andretti, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 31, and Rolf Stommelen, who did not prequalify on lap 0.
Accident
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Patrick TambayLap 40
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Hans-Joachim StuckLap 33
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Niki LaudaLap 27
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Didier PironiLap 20
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James HuntLap 7
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Alan JonesLap 7
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Riccardo PatreseLap 7
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Harald ErtlLap 7
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Hector RebaqueLap 4
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Nelson PiquetLap 4
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Jody ScheckterLap 3
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Mario AndrettiLap 0
Gearbox
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Jean-Pierre JabouilleLap 31
Did not prequalify
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Rolf StommelenLap 0
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There was also action outise of the track itself, and the stwearts decided to disqualify 2 drivers.
Disqualified
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Derek DalyLap 41
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Carlos ReutemannLap 28
Qualifying
We do not have qualifying data for this race.