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29 Jan 1978

1978 Brazilian Grand Prix

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 63 1:49'59.86 4 9
2 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 63 + 49.13 7 6
3 1 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 63 + 57.02 10 4
4 5 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 63 + 1'33.12 3 3
5 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford 62 + 1 Lap 15 2
6 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 62 + 1 Lap 19 1
7 9 Jochen Mass ATS-Ford 62 + 1 Lap 20
8 2 John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 61 + 2 Laps 21
9 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 61 + 2 Laps 14
10 36 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 59 + 4 Laps 18
11 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 58 + 5 Laps 8
Ret 25 Hector Rebaque Lotus-Ford 40 Physical 22
Ret 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 35 Spun Off 6
Ret 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 34 Spun Off 5
Ret 7 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 25 Spun Off 2
Ret 16 Hans Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford 25 Fuel System 9
Ret 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 16 Accident 12
Ret 6 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 15 Collision 1
Ret 22 Danny Ongais Ensign-Ford 13 Brakes 23
Ret 30 Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 11 Overheating 13
Ret 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 8 Accident 11
Ret 18 Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford 5 Accident 24
Ret 23 Lamberto Leoni Ensign-Ford 0 Transmission 17
DNS 10 Jean Pierre Jarier ATS-Ford 0 Non Starter 16
DNQ 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford
DNQ 32 Eddie Cheever Theodore-Ford
DNQ 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford
DNQ 24 Divina Galica Hesketh-Ford

Fastest Lap: Carlos Reutemann 1'43.070