Round 9

French Grand Prix

Circuit Paul Ricard

Le Castellet, France

Sunday, 2 July 1978

1st

2nd

Ronnie Peterson

3rd

Fastest Lap

Carlos Reutemann

1:48.560Lap 48 · 192.634 km/h

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Time	Pts
P1	MA Mario Andretti	Lotus	21	54	1:38:51.920	9
P2	RP Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	53	54	1:38:54.850	6
P3	JH James Hunt	McLaren	41	54	1:39:11.720	4
P4	JW John Watson	Brabham	13	54	1:39:28.800	3
P5	AJ Alan Jones	Williams	149	54	1:39:33.730	2
P6	JS Jody Scheckter	Wolf	71	54	1:39:46.450	1
P7	JL Jacques Laffite	Ligier	103	54	1:39:46.660	0
P8	RP Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	124	54	1:40:16.800	0
P9	PT Patrick Tambay	McLaren	63	54	1:40:18.980	0
P10	DP Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	166	54	1:40:21.900	0
P11	HS Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	209	53	Finished	0
P12	GV Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	93	53	Finished	0
P13	JM Jochen Mass	ATS	2512	53	Finished	0
P14	RA René Arnoux	Martini	184	53	Finished	0
P15	RS Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	216	53	Finished	0
P16	KR Keke Rosberg	ATS	2610	52	Finished	0
P17	VB Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	192	52	Finished	0
P18	CR Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	810	49	Finished 1:48.560	0
DNF	BL Brett Lunger	McLaren	24	45	Engine	0
DNF	EF Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	15	43	Suspension	0
DNF	RK Rupert Keegan	Surtees	23	40	Engine	0
DNF	BG Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	22	28	Engine	0
DNF	PD Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	13	10	Engine	0
DNF	NL Niki Lauda	Brabham	3	10	Engine	0
DNF	CR Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	17	4	Electrical	0
DNF	JJ Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	11	1	Engine	0
DNQ	AM Arturo Merzario	Merzario			Finished	0
DNQ	DD Derek Daly	Ensign			Finished	0
DNQ	HR Héctor Rebaque	Lotus			Finished	0