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15 Jan 1978

1978 Argentine Grand Prix

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 5 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 52 1:37'04.47 1 9
2 1 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 52 + 13.21 5 6
3 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 52 + 13.64 10 4
4 7 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 52 + 16.05 6 3
5 6 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 52 + 1'14.85 3 2
6 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 52 + 1'19.90 9 1
7 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 52 + 1'22.60 2
8 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 52 + 1'38.88 7
9 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 52 + 1'40.60 17
10 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 52 + 1'43.50 15
11 9 Jochen Mass ATS-Ford 52 + 1'49.07 13
12 10 Jean Pierre Jarier ATS-Ford 51 + 1 Lap 11
13 30 Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 51 + 1 Lap 24
14 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 51 + 1 Lap 23
15 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford 51 + 1 Lap 16
16 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 50 Engine 8
17 16 Hans Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford 50 + 2 Laps 18
Ret 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 50 + 2 Laps 12
Ret 2 John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 41 Engine 4
Ret 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 36 Fuel System 14
Ret 22 Danny Ongais Ensign-Ford 35 Distributor 21
Ret 23 Lamberto Leoni Ensign-Ford 28 Engine 22
Ret 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 9 Differential 20
Ret 18 Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford 4 Overheating 19
DNQ 25 Hector Rebaque Lotus-Ford
DNQ 32 Eddie Cheever Theodore-Ford
DNQ 24 Divina Galica Hesketh-Ford

Fastest Lap: Gilles Villeneuve 1'49.760