Season
1978
Race
1. Argentine Grand Prix
1978 Argentine Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- -34.6943, -58.4593
- Altitude
- 8 m
- Race number
- 298
R
15/01/1978 00:00 · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · 52 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | = | 52 | 1:37:04.470 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 5 | +3 | 52 | 1:37:17.680 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 10 | +7 | 52 | 1:37:18.110 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | James Hunt | McLaren | 6 | +2 | 52 | 1:37:20.520 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 3 | -2 | 52 | 1:38:19.320 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | +3 | 52 | 1:38:24.370 | 1 | Finished | — | |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 2 | -5 | 52 | 1:38:27.070 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | -1 | 52 | 1:38:43.350 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 17 | +8 | 52 | 1:38:45.070 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 15 | +5 | 52 | 1:38:47.970 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 11 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 13 | +2 | 52 | 1:38:53.540 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 11 | -1 | 51 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 13 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 24 | +11 | 51 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 23 | +9 | 51 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 16 | +1 | 51 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | -8 | 50 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 18 | +1 | 50 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 12 | -6 | 50 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 19 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | -15 | 41 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 20 | Alan Jones | Williams | 14 | -6 | 36 | — | 0 | Fuel system | — | |
| 21 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 21 | = | 35 | — | 0 | Distributor | — | |
| 22 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 22 | = | 28 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 23 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 20 | -3 | 9 | — | 0 | Differential | — | |
| 24 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 19 | -5 | 4 | — | 0 | Overheating | — |