The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 11

German Grand Prix

1978  ·  Hockenheimring  ·  30 July 1978  ·  45 laps

  1. 1st Mario Andretti Team Lotus · 01:28:00.9
  2. 2nd Jody Scheckter Wolf · +15.35
  3. 3rd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +28.01

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 11

Niki Lauda

Retirement Brabham  —  Engine

03 Lap 31

Alan Jones

Retirement Williams  —  Fuel system

04 Lap 34

James Hunt

Retirement McLaren  —  Disqualified

05 Lap 36

Ronnie Peterson

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Gearbox

06 Lap 42

Rolf Stommelen

Retirement Arrows  —  Disqualified

07 On the Charge

Hector Rebaque

Team Lotus  —  P18 → P6

08 Victory

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 45 01:28:00.9 9
2 Jody Scheckter Wolf 4 45 +15.35 6
3 Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 45 +28.01 4
4 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 10 45 +36.88 3
5 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 16 45 +57.26 2
6 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 18 45 +1:37.860 1
7 John Watson Brabham 5 45 +1:39.530
8 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 15 45 +1:56.870
9 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 44 +1 Lap
10 Keke Rosberg Wolf 19 42 +3 Laps
11 Harald Ertl Ensign 17 41 Engine
12 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 23 42 Disqualified
13 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 36 Gearbox
14 James Hunt McLaren 8 34 Disqualified
15 Alan Jones Williams 6 31 Fuel system
16 Nelson Piquet Ensign 21 31 Engine
17 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 20 24 Fuel system
18 Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 16 Accident
19 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 12 14 Fuel system
20 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 11 Engine
21 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 5 Engine
22 Jochen Mass ATS 22 1 Accident
23 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 24 1 Accident
24 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 0 Accident

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