1978 F1 Championship Standings
Driver and constructor standings for the 1978 season, with race-by-race results and cumulative points charts.
Drivers
1978 cumulative points
Championship standings
- 1
LEAD64Mario AndrettiTeam Lotus6 wins - 2
−1351Ronnie PetersonTeam Lotus2 wins - 3
−1648Carlos ReutemannFerrari4 wins - 4
−2044Niki LaudaBrabham2 wins - 5
−3034Patrick DepaillerTyrrell1 win - 6
−3925John WatsonBrabham - 7
−4024Jody ScheckterWolf - 8
−4519Jacques LaffiteLigier - 9−4717Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1 win
- 10
−4717Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi - 11
−5311Riccardo PatreseArrows - 12−5311Alan JonesWilliams
- 13
−568James HuntMcLaren - 14
−568Patrick TambayMcLaren - 15
−577Didier PironiTyrrell - 16
−604Clay RegazzoniShadow - 17
−613Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault - 18−622Hans-Joachim StuckShadow
- 19
−631Vittorio BrambillaSurtees - 20−631Hector RebaqueTeam Lotus
- 21
−631Derek DalyHesketh - 22
−640Michael BleekemolenATS - 23
−640Rupert KeeganSurtees - 24
−640Jacky IckxEnsign - 25
−640Arturo MerzarioMerzario - 26
−640Jean-Pierre JarierATS - 27−640Brett LungerMcLaren
- 28
−640René ArnouxMartini - 29
−640Harald ErtlEnsign - 30
−640Lamberto LeoniEnsign - 31
−640Nelson PiquetEnsign - 32−640Alberto ColomboATS
- 33
−640Keke RosbergTheodore - 34
−640Bobby RahalWolf - 35−640Hans BinderATS
- 36−640Geoff LeesEnsign
- 37−640Divina GalicaHesketh
- 38−640Tony TrimmerMcLaren
- 39
−640Eddie CheeverTheodore - 40
−640Emilio de VillotaMcLaren - 41
−640Rolf StommelenArrows - 42
−640Danny OngaisEnsign - 43
−640Bruno GiacomelliMcLaren - 44
−640Jochen MassATS - 45
−640Beppe GabbianiSurtees - 46−640Carlo FranchiSurtees
Race results
R1: Argentine Grand Prix
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Argentina15 Jan
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
R2: Brazilian Grand Prix
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brazil29 Jan
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
R3: South African Grand Prix
Kyalami, South Africa4 Mar
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
R4: United States Grand Prix West
Long Beach, USA2 Apr
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
R5: Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco, Monaco7 May
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
R6: Belgian Grand Prix
Zolder, Belgium21 May
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
R7: Spanish Grand Prix
Jarama, Spain4 Jun
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
R8: Swedish Grand Prix
Scandinavian Raceway, Sweden17 Jun
Niki Lauda
Brabham
R9: French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard, France2 Jul
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
R10: British Grand Prix
Brands Hatch, UK16 Jul
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
R11: German Grand Prix
Hockenheimring, Germany30 Jul
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
R12: Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring, Austria13 Aug
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
R13: Dutch Grand Prix
Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands27 Aug
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
R14: Italian Grand Prix
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy10 Sept
Niki Lauda
Brabham
R15: United States Grand Prix
Watkins Glen, USA1 Oct
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
R16: Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Canada8 Oct
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
Points calculated from race and sprint results.