The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 14

Italian Grand Prix

1978  ·  Autodromo Nazionale di Monza  ·  10 September 1978  ·  40 laps

  1. 1st Niki Lauda Brabham · 01:07:04.54
  2. 2nd John Watson Brabham · +1.48
  3. 3rd Carlos Reutemann Ferrari · +20.47

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Ronnie Peterson

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Accident

03 Lap 6

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Retirement Renault  —  Engine

04 Lap 28

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Arrows  —  Engine

05 Lap 33

Clay Regazzoni

Retirement Shadow  —  +7 Laps

06 On the Charge

Nelson Piquet

McLaren  —  P24 → P9

07 Victory

Niki Lauda

Brabham  —  Won from P4

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Niki Lauda Brabham 4 40 01:07:04.54 9
2 John Watson Brabham 7 40 +1.48 6
3 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 11 40 +20.47 4
4 Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 40 +37.53 3
5 Patrick Tambay McLaren 19 40 +40.39 2
6 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 40 +46.33 1
7 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 40 +48.48
8 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 40 +55.24
9 Nelson Piquet McLaren 24 40 +1:06.830
10 Derek Daly Ensign 18 40 +1:09.110
11 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 16 40 +1:16.570
12 Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 39 +1 Lap
13 Alan Jones Williams 6 39 +1 Lap
14 Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 20 39 +1 Lap
15 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 33 +7 Laps
16 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 28 Engine
17 James Hunt McLaren 10 19 Distributor
18 Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 14 Engine
19 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 6 Engine
20 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 5 0 Accident
21 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 14 0 Accident
22 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 17 0 Accident
23 Brett Lunger McLaren 21 0 Accident
24 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 23 0 Accident

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