Canadian Grand Prix
Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) won the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Circuit Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
LocationMontreal, Canada
Date8 October 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 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 70 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 2 | 70 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | 70 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | 70 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | 70 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 15 | 70 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 18 | 70 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | 70 | Finished | 0 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 5 | 70 | Finished | 0 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 22 | 65 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 21 | 58 | +12 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 52 | Transmission | 0 |
| 15 | James Hunt | McLaren | 19 | 51 | Spun off | 0 |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Team Lotus | 1 | 49 | Oil leak | 0 |
| 17 | René Arnoux | Surtees | 16 | 37 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Bobby Rahal | Wolf | 20 | 16 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 19 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | 8 | Accident | 0 |
| 20 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 7 | 5 | Brakes | 0 |
| 21 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 8 | 1 | Accident | 0 |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | 0 | Accident | 0 |