French Grand Prix
Mario Andretti (Team Lotus) won the 1978 French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard.
Circuit Circuit Paul Ricard
LocationLe Castellet, France
Date2 July 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 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 54 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 5 | 54 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | James Hunt | McLaren | 4 | 54 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | John Watson | Brabham | 1 | 54 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Alan Jones | Williams | 14 | 54 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 7 | 54 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 54 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | 54 | Finished | 0 |
| 9 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 6 | 54 | Finished | 0 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 16 | 54 | Finished | 0 |
| 11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 20 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 9 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 25 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | René Arnoux | Martini | 18 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 21 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 26 | 52 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 17 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 52 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 8 | 49 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 19 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 24 | 45 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | 43 | Suspension | 0 |
| 21 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 23 | 40 | Engine | 0 |
| 22 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 22 | 28 | Engine | 0 |
| 23 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | 10 | Engine | 0 |
| 24 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | 10 | Engine | 0 |
| 25 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 17 | 4 | Electrical | 0 |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 11 | 1 | Engine | 0 |