The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 6

Belgian Grand Prix

1978  ·  Zolder  ·  21 May 1978  ·  70 laps

  1. 1st Mario Andretti Team Lotus · 01:39:52.02
  2. 2nd Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus · +9.9
  3. 3rd Carlos Reutemann Ferrari · +24.34

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Niki Lauda

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

03 Lap 0

James Hunt

Retirement McLaren  —  Accident

04 Lap 51

Patrick Depailler

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Gearbox

05 Lap 53

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Wolf  —  Spun off

06 Lap 56

Hans-Joachim Stuck

Retirement Shadow  —  Spun off

07 Lap 56

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Retirement Renault  —  Not classified

08 On the Charge

Didier Pironi

Tyrrell  —  P23 → P6

09 Victory

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 70 01:39:52.02 9
2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 7 70 +9.9 6
3 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 2 70 +24.34 4
4 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 4 70 +47.04 3
5 Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 69 Accident 2
6 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 23 69 +1 Lap 1
7 Brett Lunger McLaren 24 69 +1 Lap
8 Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 21 69 +1 Lap
9 René Arnoux Martini 19 68 +2 Laps
10 Alan Jones Williams 11 68 +2 Laps
11 Jochen Mass ATS 16 68 +2 Laps
12 Jacky Ickx Ensign 22 64 +6 Laps
13 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 12 63 Engine
14 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 10 56 Spun off
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 20 56 Not classified
16 Jody Scheckter Wolf 5 53 Spun off
17 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 51 Gearbox
18 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 18 40 Transmission
19 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8 31 Suspension
20 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 17 26 Spun off
21 John Watson Brabham 9 18 Accident
22 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 0 Accident
23 James Hunt McLaren 6 0 Accident
24 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 0 Accident

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