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1978 Dutch Grand Prix

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1978 Dutch Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1978 Formula One season
Race details
Date 27 August 1978
Official name XXVI Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location Zandvoort
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.226 km (2.626 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 316.95 km (196.95 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:16.36
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Time 1:19.57 on lap 57
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Lotus-Ford
Third Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Lap leaders

The 1978 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 27 August 1978. It was the 13th race of the 1978 Formula One season. It was the final career victory for Mario Andretti, who went on to win the championship after Ronnie Peterson's fatal crash at Monza. It is also the last 1-2 finish for the original Lotus team, and also, the last win for an American Formula One driver, as of the 2024 Season.

Report

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Patrese and Pironi's collision at the race start

For the fourth consecutive race, the Lotuses came 1–2 in qualifying with Mario Andretti ahead of Ronnie Peterson. Niki Lauda was third in the Brabham, ahead of the Ferraris of Carlos Reutemann and Gilles Villeneuve. The top ten was completed by Jacques Laffite in the Ligier, James Hunt in the McLaren, John Watson in the second Brabham, Jean-Pierre Jabouille in the Renault, and Emerson Fittipaldi in the Fittipaldi.

At the start of the race, Andretti led from Peterson with Laffite charging up to third, while at the second corner Didier Pironi's Tyrrell collided with Riccardo Patrese's Arrows. Thereafter, the race was relatively uneventful, Peterson dutifully following Andretti while Laffite fell back down the order, enabling Lauda to reclaim third. At the end, Andretti was just over three-tenths of a second ahead of Peterson, with Lauda a further 12 seconds back; the minor points went to Watson, Fittipaldi and Villeneuve.

This fourth 1–2 finish of the season for Lotus meant that, with three races left to run, only Andretti or Peterson could take the Drivers' Championship. It would go to Andretti in the next race at Monza, when Peterson crashed fatally.

Andretti (front) and Peterson at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix

Classification

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Pre-qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 33 Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren-Ford 1:19.59
2 30 United States Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 1:20.01 +0.42
3 37 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 1:20.32 +0.73
4 32 Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford 1:20.46 +0.87
5 29 Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren-Ford 1:20.52 +0.93
6 31 France René Arnoux Martini-Ford 1:20.52 +0.93
7 25 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 1:20.95 +1.36
8 23 Austria Harald Ertl Ensign-Ford 1:21.00 +1.41
9 39 United States Danny Ongais Shadow-Ford 1:21.41 +1.82
10 36 West Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford 1:22.24 +2.65

*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to pre-qualify.

Qualifying

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Pos. Driver Constructor Time/Gap
1 United States Mario Andretti LotusFord 1:16.36
2 Sweden Ronnie Peterson LotusFord +0.61
3 Austria Niki Lauda BrabhamAlfa Romeo +0.97
4 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari +0.98
5 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari +1.18
6 France Jacques Laffite LigierMatra +1.19
7 United Kingdom James Hunt McLarenFord +1.31
8 United Kingdom John Watson BrabhamAlfa Romeo +1.37
9 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault +1.92
10 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi FittipaldiFord +1.94
11 Australia Alan Jones WilliamsFord +2.06
12 France Patrick Depailler TyrrellFord +2.07
13 Italy Riccardo Patrese ArrowsFord +2.14
14 France Patrick Tambay McLarenFord +2.14
15 South Africa Jody Scheckter WolfFord +2.21
16 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly EnsignFord +3.03
17 France Didier Pironi TyrrellFord +3.23
18 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck ShadowFord +3.26
19 Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLarenFord +3.47
20 Mexico Héctor Rebaque LotusFord +3.66
21 United States Brett Lunger McLarenFord +3.67
22 Italy Vittorio Brambilla SurteesFord +3.90
23 France René Arnoux MartiniFord +3.95
24 Finland Keke Rosberg WolfFord +4.11
25 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan SurteesFord +4.16
26 Brazil Nelson Piquet McLarenFord +4.28
27 Italy Arturo Merzario MerzarioFord +4.28
28 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni ShadowFord +4.33
29 Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen ATSFord +4.97
30 West Germany Jochen Mass ATSFord +5.46
Source:[1]

*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify.

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 75 1:41:04.23 1 9
2 6 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford G 75 + 0.32 2 6
3 1 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 75 + 12.21 3 4
4 2 United Kingdom John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 75 + 20.92 8 3
5 14 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 75 + 21.50 10 2
6 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari M 75 + 45.95 5 1
7 11 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari M 75 + 1:00.52 4
8 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra G 74 + 1 Lap 6
9 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford G 74 + 1 Lap 14
10 7 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Ford G 74 + 1 Lap 7
11 25 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford G 74 + 1 Lap 20
12 20 South Africa Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford G 73 + 2 Laps 15
Ret 33 Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren-Ford G 60 Spun Off 19
Ret 16 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford G 56 Transmission 18
Ret 31 France René Arnoux Martini-Ford G 40 Chassis 23
Ret 37 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford G 40 Engine 26
DSQ 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford G 37 Pushed At Start 22
Ret 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M 35 Engine 9
Ret 30 United States Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford G 35 Engine 21
Ret 32 Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford G 21 Accident 24
Ret 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford G 17 Throttle 11
Ret 29 Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren-Ford G 16 Transmission 25
Ret 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford G 13 Engine 12
Ret 22 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Ensign-Ford G 10 Transmission 16
Ret 35 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford G 0 Accident 13
Ret 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford G 0 Accident 17
DNS 18 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford G Injury
DNQ 17 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford G
DNQ 10 Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen ATS-Ford G
DNQ 9 West Germany Jochen Mass ATS-Ford G
DNPQ 23 Austria Harald Ertl Ensign-Ford G
DNPQ 39 United States Danny Ongais Shadow-Ford G
DNPQ 36 West Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford G
Source:[2][3]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Formula One 1978 Dutch Grand Prix Classification | Motorsport Stats".
  2. ^ "1978 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ "1978 Dutch Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 27 August 1978. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Netherlands 1978 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.


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