The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 3

South African Grand Prix

1978  ·  Kyalami  ·  4 March 1978  ·  78 laps

  1. 1st Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus · 01:42:15.767
  2. 2nd Patrick Depailler Tyrrell · +0.466
  3. 3rd John Watson Brabham · +4.442

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Niki Lauda

Brabham  —  Pole position

02 Lap 52

Niki Lauda

Retirement Brabham  —  Engine

03 Lap 55

Gilles Villeneuve

Retirement Ferrari  —  Oil leak

04 Lap 55

Carlos Reutemann

Retirement Ferrari  —  Spun off

05 Lap 56

Patrick Tambay

Retirement McLaren  —  Accident

06 Lap 59

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Wolf  —  Spun off

07 Lap 63

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Arrows  —  Engine

08 On the Charge

Alan Jones

Williams  —  P18 → P4

09 Victory

Ronnie Peterson

Team Lotus  —  Won from P12

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 12 78 01:42:15.767 9
2 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11 78 +0.466 6
3 John Watson Brabham 10 78 +4.442 4
4 Alan Jones Williams 18 78 +30.986 3
5 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 78 +1:09.218 2
6 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 14 77 +1 Lap 1
7 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 77 +1 Lap
8 Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 17 77 +1 Lap
9 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 22 77 +1 Lap
10 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 21 77 +1 Lap
11 Brett Lunger McLaren 20 76 +2 Laps
12 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 19 76 +2 Laps
13 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 7 63 Engine
14 Jody Scheckter Wolf 5 59 Spun off
15 Patrick Tambay McLaren 4 56 Accident
16 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 55 Oil leak
17 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 9 55 Spun off
18 Niki Lauda Brabham 1 52 Engine
19 Rupert Keegan Surtees 23 52 Engine
20 Jochen Mass ATS 15 43 Engine
21 Arturo Merzario Merzario 26 39 Suspension
22 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 6 38 Engine
23 Keke Rosberg Theodore 24 15 Clutch
24 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 9 Transmission
25 Eddie Cheever Hesketh 25 8 Oil leak
26 James Hunt McLaren 3 5 Engine

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