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1978 Canadian Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 16 of 16 Sunday, October 8, 1978 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec 70 laps on a 4.500 kilometer road course (315.000 kilometers) Time of race: 1:57:49.20 Average speed: 160.414 kph Pole time: 98.015 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 13.372 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1978 Formula One results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 3 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 70 1:57:49.196 21 9 2 2 20   Jody Scheckter Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR5 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +13.372 0 6 3 11 11   Carlos Reutemann Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 70 +19.408 0 4 4 12 35   Riccardo Patrese Arrows Racing Team Arrows A1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +24.667 0 3 5 13 4   Patrick Depailler Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +28.558 0 2 6 15 22   Derek Daly Team Tissot Ensign Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +54.476 0 1 7 18 3   Didier Pironi Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +81.250 0 0 8 17 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +86.560 0 0 9 5 27   Alan Jones Williams Grand Prix Engineering Williams FW06 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +88.942 0 0 10 9 5   Mario Andretti John Player Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 +1 lap 0 0 11 14 66   Nelson Piquet Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46 / Alfa Romeo 1260 69 +1 lap 0 0 12 22 15   Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS01 / Renault-Gordini EF1 65 +5 lap 0 0 nc 21 10   Keke Rosberg ATS Racing Team ATS D1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 58 +12 laps 0 0 ret 10 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS9 / Matra MS76 52 transmission 0 0 ret 19 7   James Hunt Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 51 spun off 0 0 ret 1 55   Jean-Pierre Jarier John Player Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 49 oil leak 49 0 ret 16 18   Rene Arnoux Team Surtees Surtees TS20 / Ford Cosworth DFV 37 engine 0 0 ret 20 21   Bobby Rahal Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 16 fuel system 0 0 ret 4 2   John Watson Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46 / Alfa Romeo 1260 8 crash 0 0 ret 7 1   Niki Lauda Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46 / Alfa Romeo 1260 5 brakes 0 0 ret 8 16   Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 1 crash 0 0 ret 6 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 crash 0 0

Fastest Lap: 165.185 kph by Alan Jones Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 23 Clay Regazzoni 17 Shadow Racing Team 24 Beppe Gabbiani 19 Beta Team Surtees 25 Arturo Merzario 37 Team Merzario 26 Hector Rebaque 25 Team Rebaque 27 Rolf Stommelen 36 Arrows Racing Team 28 Michael Bleekemolen 9 ATS Racing Team Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jean-Pierre Jarier 1 49 49   Gilles Villeneuve 50 70 21 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Mario Andretti 64     2   Ronnie Peterson 51   -13   3   Carlos Reutemann 48   -16   4   Niki Lauda 44   -20   5   Patrick Depailler 34   -30   6   John Watson 25   -39   7   Jody Scheckter 24   -40   8   Jacques Laffite 19   -45   9   Gilles Villeneuve 17   -47   9   Emerson Fittipaldi 17   -47   11   Alan Jones 11   -53   11   Riccardo Patrese 11   -53   13   James Hunt 8   -56   13   Patrick Tambay 8   -56   15   Didier Pironi 7   -57   16   Clay Regazzoni 4   -60   17   Jean-Pierre Jabouille 3   -61   18   Hans-Joachim Stuck 2   -62   19   Hector Rebaque 1   -63   19   Derek Daly 1   -63   19   Vittorio Brambilla 1   -63