The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 16

Canadian Grand Prix

1978  ·  Circuit Gilles Villeneuve  ·  8 October 1978  ·  70 laps

  1. 1st Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari · 01:57:49.196
  2. 2nd Jody Scheckter Wolf · +13.372
  3. 3rd Carlos Reutemann Ferrari · +19.408

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jean-Pierre Jarier

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Emerson Fittipaldi

Retirement Fittipaldi  —  Accident

03 Lap 8

John Watson

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

04 Lap 49

Jean-Pierre Jarier

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Oil leak

05 Lap 51

James Hunt

Retirement McLaren  —  Spun off

06 Lap 52

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Transmission

07 Lap 58

Keke Rosberg

Retirement ATS  —  +12 Laps

08 On the Charge

Didier Pironi

Tyrrell  —  P18 → P7

09 Victory

Gilles Villeneuve

Ferrari  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 70 01:57:49.196 9
2 Jody Scheckter Wolf 2 70 +13.372 6
3 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 11 70 +19.408 4
4 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 70 +24.667 3
5 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 70 +28.558 2
6 Derek Daly Ensign 15 70 +54.476 1
7 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 18 70 +1:21.250
8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 17 70 +1:26.560
9 Alan Jones Williams 5 70 +1:28.942
10 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 69 +1 Lap
11 Nelson Piquet Brabham 14 69 +1 Lap
12 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 22 65 +5 Laps
13 Keke Rosberg ATS 21 58 +12 Laps
14 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 52 Transmission
15 James Hunt McLaren 19 51 Spun off
16 Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus 1 49 Oil leak
17 René Arnoux Surtees 16 37 Engine
18 Bobby Rahal Wolf 20 16 Fuel system
19 John Watson Brabham 4 8 Accident
20 Niki Lauda Brabham 7 5 Brakes
21 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 8 1 Accident
22 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6 0 Accident

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