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1978 German Grand Prix

The German Grand Prix 1978 was the 11th round of the 1978 F1 season, and took place at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany, on July 30th.

Mario Andretti won the race from the pole, followed by Jody Scheckter, and Jacques Laffite completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
1:28:00.90
Finished
2
2
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
+15.35
Finished
3
4
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
+28.01
Finished
4
6
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
+36.88
Finished
5
11
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
+57.26
Finished
6
12
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
+1:37.86
Finished
7
2
John Watson
Brabham
+1:39.53
Finished
8
7
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
+1:56.87
Finished
9
5
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
+1 Lap
10
9
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
+3 Laps
11
6
Harald Ertl
Ensign
Engine
12
11
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
Disqualified
13
11
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
Gearbox
14
6
James Hunt
McLaren
Disqualified
15
9
Alan Jones
Williams
Fuel system
16
5
Nelson Piquet
Ensign
Engine
17
3
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
Fuel system
18
7
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
Accident
19
7
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
Fuel system
20
17
Niki Lauda
Brabham
Engine
21
12
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
Engine
22
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
Accident
23
1
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
Accident
24
11
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
Accident
25
25
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
Did not qualify
26
26
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
Did not qualify
27
27
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
Did not qualify
28
28
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
Did not qualify
29
29
René Arnoux
Martini
Did not prequalify
30
30
Brett Lunger
McLaren
Did not prequalify
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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

The reace did not end without incidents... 16 drivers out of the original 30 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Harald Ertl, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, and Jean-Pierre Jabouille, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Ronnie Peterson, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 36, Alan Jones, Vittorio Brambilla, and Carlos Reutemann, all of whom had a fuel system failure, Patrick Tambay, Jochen Mass, Hans-Joachim Stuck, and Patrick Depailler, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, and René Arnoux, and Brett Lunger, both did not prequalify.

Engine

  • Harald Ertl
    Lap 41
  • Nelson Piquet
    Lap 31
  • Niki Lauda
    Lap 11
  • Jean-Pierre Jabouille
    Lap 5

Gearbox

  • Ronnie Peterson
    Lap 36

Fuel system

  • Alan Jones
    Lap 31
  • Vittorio Brambilla
    Lap 24
  • Carlos Reutemann
    Lap 14

Accident

  • Patrick Tambay
    Lap 16
  • Jochen Mass
    Lap 1
  • Hans-Joachim Stuck
    Lap 1
  • Patrick Depailler
    Lap 0

Did not prequalify

  • René Arnoux
    Lap 0
  • Brett Lunger
    Lap 0

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There was also action outise of the track itself, and the stwearts decided to disqualify 2 drivers.

Disqualified

  • Rolf Stommelen
    Lap 42
  • James Hunt
    Lap 34

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.