The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 7

Spanish Grand Prix

1978  ·  Jarama  ·  4 June 1978  ·  75 laps

  1. 1st Mario Andretti Team Lotus · 01:41:47.06
  2. 2nd Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus · +19.56
  3. 3rd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +37.24

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 56

Niki Lauda

Retirement Brabham  —  Engine

03 Lap 57

Carlos Reutemann

Retirement Ferrari  —  Accident

04 Lap 62

Emerson Fittipaldi

Retirement Fittipaldi  —  Throttle

05 Lap 64

Jacky Ickx

Retirement Ensign  —  Engine

06 On the Charge

Rupert Keegan

Surtees  —  P23 → P11

07 Victory

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 75 01:41:47.06 9
2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 75 +19.56 6
3 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 75 +37.24 4
4 Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 75 +1:00.060 3
5 John Watson Brabham 7 75 +1:05.930 2
6 James Hunt McLaren 4 74 +1 Lap 1
7 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 16 74 +1 Lap
8 Alan Jones Williams 18 74 +1 Lap
9 Jochen Mass ATS 17 74 +1 Lap
10 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 74 +1 Lap
11 Rupert Keegan Surtees 23 73 +2 Laps
12 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 13 71 +4 Laps
13 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 11 71 +4 Laps
14 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 19 71 +4 Laps
15 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 22 67 Fuel pipe
16 Jacky Ickx Ensign 21 64 Engine
17 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 62 Throttle
18 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 3 57 Accident
19 Niki Lauda Brabham 6 56 Engine
20 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 51 Engine
21 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 24 45 Suspension
22 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8 21 Engine
23 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 20 21 Exhaust
24 Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 16 Spun off

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