Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sunday, 29 January 1978

1st

Carlos Reutemann

2nd

Emerson Fittipaldi

3rd

Fastest Lap

Carlos Reutemann

1:43.070Lap 35 · 175.721 km/h

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Time	Pts
P1	CR Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	43	63	1:49:59.860 1:43.070	9
P2	EF Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	75	63	1:50:48.990	6
P3	NL Niki Lauda	Brabham	107	63	1:50:56.880	4
P4	MA Mario Andretti	Lotus	31	63	1:51:32.980	3
P5	CR Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	1510	62	Finished	2
P6	DP Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	1913	62	Finished	1
P7	JM Jochen Mass	ATS	2013	62	Finished	0
P8	JW John Watson	Brabham	2113	61	Finished	0
P9	JL Jacques Laffite	Ligier	145	61	Finished	0
P10	RP Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	188	59	Finished	0
P11	AJ Alan Jones	Williams	83	58	Finished	0
DNF	HR Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	22	40	Physical	0
DNF	GV Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	6	35	Spun off	0
DNF	PT Patrick Tambay	McLaren	5	34	Spun off	0
DNF	HS Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	9	25	Fuel system	0
DNF	JH James Hunt	McLaren	2	25	Spun off	0
DNF	JS Jody Scheckter	Wolf	12	16	Accident	0
DNF	RP Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	1	15	Collision	0
DNF	DO Danny Ongais	Ensign	23	13	Brakes	0
DNF	BL Brett Lunger	McLaren	13	11	Overheating	0
DNF	PD Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	11	8	Accident	0
DNF	RK Rupert Keegan	Surtees	24	5	Accident	0
DNS	LL Lamberto Leoni	Ensign	17		Finished	0
DNS	JJ Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	16		Finished	0
DNQ	AM Arturo Merzario	Merzario			Finished	0
DNQ	EC Eddie Cheever	Theodore			Finished	0
DNQ	VB Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees			Finished	0
DNQ	DG Divina Galica	Hesketh			Finished	0