Austrian Grand Prix
Ronnie Peterson (Team Lotus) won the 1978 Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring.
Circuit Red Bull Ring
LocationSpielberg, Austria
Date13 August 1978
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 1 | 54 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 14 | 54 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 11 | 54 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | 53 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 53 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 21 | 53 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 10 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 17 | 52 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Martini | 26 | 52 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 22 | 50 | +7 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 25 | 49 | +7 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 19 | 41 | Disqualified | 0 |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 14 | 40 | Accident | 0 |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 23 | 33 | Accident | 0 |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 3 | 31 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 16 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 12 | 28 | Disqualified | 0 |
| 17 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 4 | 27 | Accident | 0 |
| 18 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 9 | 20 | Accident | 0 |
| 19 | James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| 20 | Alan Jones | Williams | 15 | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| 22 | Harald Ertl | Ensign | 24 | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 18 | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 20 | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| 25 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 7 | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| 26 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 0 | Accident | 0 |