1978 Dutch Grand Prix

The Dutch Grand Prix 1978 was the 13th round of the 1978 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands, on August 27th.

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

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

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 33 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Bruno Giacomelli, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 60, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Nelson Piquet, and Derek Daly, all of whom had a transmission problem, René Arnoux, who experienced problems with the chassis of the car on lap 40, Arturo Merzario, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Brett Lunger, and Patrick Depailler, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Keke Rosberg, Riccardo Patrese, and Didier Pironi, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Alan Jones, who had a throttle issue on lap 17, Rupert Keegan, who withdrew on lap 0, and Harald Ertl, Danny Ongais, and Rolf Stommelen, all of whom did not prequalify.

There was also action outise of the track itself, and the stwearts decided to disqualify Vittorio Brambilla.

Qualifying