South African Grand Prix
Ronnie Peterson (Team Lotus) won the 1978 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami.
Circuit Kyalami
LocationMidrand, South Africa
Date4 March 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 | 12 | 78 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 11 | 78 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | John Watson | Brabham | 10 | 78 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Williams | 18 | 78 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 13 | 78 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 14 | 77 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 17 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 22 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 21 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 20 | 76 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 76 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 7 | 63 | Engine | 0 |
| 14 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 5 | 59 | Spun off | 0 |
| 15 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 4 | 56 | Accident | 0 |
| 16 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | 55 | Oil leak | 0 |
| 17 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 9 | 55 | Spun off | 0 |
| 18 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | 52 | Engine | 0 |
| 19 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 23 | 52 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 15 | 43 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 26 | 39 | Suspension | 0 |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 6 | 38 | Engine | 0 |
| 23 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore | 24 | 15 | Clutch | 0 |
| 24 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | 9 | Transmission | 0 |
| 25 | Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | 25 | 8 | Oil leak | 0 |
| 26 | James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | 5 | Engine | 0 |