The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 13

Dutch Grand Prix

1978  ·  Circuit Park Zandvoort  ·  27 August 1978  ·  75 laps

  1. 1st Mario Andretti Team Lotus · 01:41:04.23
  2. 2nd Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus · +0.32
  3. 3rd Niki Lauda Brabham · +12.21

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 56

Hans-Joachim Stuck

Retirement Shadow  —  Transmission

03 Lap 60

Bruno Giacomelli

Retirement McLaren  —  Spun off

04 On the Charge

Hector Rebaque

Team Lotus  —  P20 → P11

05 Victory

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 75 01:41:04.23 9
2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 75 +0.32 6
3 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 75 +12.21 4
4 John Watson Brabham 8 75 +20.92 3
5 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 10 75 +21.5 2
6 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 75 +45.95 1
7 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 4 75 +1:00.520
8 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 74 +1 Lap
9 Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 74 +1 Lap
10 James Hunt McLaren 7 74 +1 Lap
11 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 20 74 +1 Lap
12 Jody Scheckter Wolf 15 73 +2 Laps
13 Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 19 60 Spun off
14 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 18 56 Transmission
15 René Arnoux Martini 23 40 Chassis
16 Arturo Merzario Merzario 26 40 Engine
17 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 22 37 Disqualified
18 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 35 Engine
19 Brett Lunger McLaren 21 35 Engine
20 Keke Rosberg Wolf 24 21 Accident
21 Alan Jones Williams 11 17 Throttle
22 Nelson Piquet McLaren 25 16 Transmission
23 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 13 Engine
24 Derek Daly Ensign 16 10 Transmission
25 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 0 Accident
26 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 0 Accident
27 Rupert Keegan Surtees 0 Withdrew

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