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1978 French Grand Prix

The French Grand Prix 1978 was the 9th round of the 1978 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France, on July 2nd.

Mario Andretti won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Ronnie Peterson, and James Hunt completing the podium.

John Watson started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 4th.

Final results

1
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
1:38:51.92
Finished
2
3
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
+2.93
Finished
3
1
James Hunt
McLaren
+19.8
Finished
4
3
John Watson
Brabham
+36.88
Finished
5
9
Alan Jones
Williams
+41.81
Finished
6
1
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
+54.53
Finished
7
3
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
+54.74
Finished
8
4
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
+1:24.88
Finished
9
3
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
+1:27.06
Finished
10
6
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
+1:29.98
Finished
11
9
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
+1 Lap
12
3
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+1 Lap
13
12
Jochen Mass
ATS
+1 Lap
14
4
René Arnoux
Martini
+1 Lap
15
6
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
+1 Lap
16
10
Keke Rosberg
ATS
+2 Laps
17
2
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
+2 Laps
18
10
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
+5 Laps
19
5
Brett Lunger
McLaren
Engine
20
5
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
Suspension
21
2
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
Engine
22
-
Bruno Giacomelli
McLaren
Engine
23
20
Niki Lauda
Brabham
Engine
24
11
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
Engine
25
8
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
Electrical
26
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
Engine
27
27
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
Did not qualify
28
28
Derek Daly
Ensign
Did not qualify
29
29
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
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 9 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Brett Lunger, Rupert Keegan, Bruno Giacomelli, Niki Lauda, Patrick Depailler, and Jean-Pierre Jabouille, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Emerson Fittipaldi, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 43, and Clay Regazzoni, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 4.

Engine

  • Brett Lunger
    Lap 45
  • Rupert Keegan
    Lap 40
  • Bruno Giacomelli
    Lap 28
  • Niki Lauda
    Lap 10
  • Patrick Depailler
    Lap 10
  • Jean-Pierre Jabouille
    Lap 1

Suspension

  • Emerson Fittipaldi
    Lap 43

Electrical

  • Clay Regazzoni
    Lap 4

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.