The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 12

Austrian Grand Prix

1978  ·  Red Bull Ring  ·  13 August 1978  ·  54 laps

  1. 1st Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus · 01:41:21.57
  2. 2nd Patrick Depailler Tyrrell · +47.44
  3. 3rd Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari · +1:39.760

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ronnie Peterson

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Mario Andretti

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Accident

03 Lap 27

Niki Lauda

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

04 Lap 31

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Retirement Renault  —  Gearbox

05 Lap 40

Patrick Tambay

Retirement McLaren  —  Accident

06 Lap 49

Keke Rosberg

Retirement Wolf  —  +7 Laps

07 Lap 50

Clay Regazzoni

Retirement Shadow  —  +7 Laps

08 On the Charge

René Arnoux

Martini  —  P26 → P9

09 Victory

Ronnie Peterson

Team Lotus  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 54 01:41:21.57 9
2 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 14 54 +47.44 6
3 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 11 54 +1:39.760 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
8 Brett Lunger McLaren 17 52 +2 Laps
9 René Arnoux Martini 26 52 +2 Laps
10 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 22 50 +7 Laps
11 Keke Rosberg Wolf 25 49 +7 Laps
12 Derek Daly Ensign 19 41 Disqualified
13 Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 40 Accident
14 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 23 33 Accident
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 31 Gearbox
16 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 12 28 Disqualified
17 Niki Lauda Brabham 4 27 Accident
18 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 9 20 Accident
19 James Hunt McLaren 8 7 Accident
20 Alan Jones Williams 15 7 Accident
21 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 7 Accident
22 Harald Ertl Ensign 24 7 Accident
23 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 18 4 Accident
24 Nelson Piquet McLaren 20 4 Accident
25 Jody Scheckter Wolf 7 3 Accident
26 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 0 Accident

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