Season
1978
Race
12. Austrian Grand Prix
1978 Austrian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 47.2197, 14.7647
- Altitude
- 678 m
- Race number
- 309
R
13/08/1978 00:00 · Europe/Vienna · 54 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 1 | = | 54 | 1:41:21.570 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 14 | +12 | 54 | 1:42:09.010 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 11 | +8 | 54 | 1:43:01.330 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | +2 | 53 | — | 3 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | = | 53 | — | 2 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 6 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 21 | +15 | 53 | — | 1 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 10 | +3 | 53 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 8 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 17 | +9 | 52 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Martini | 26 | +17 | 52 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 22 | +12 | 50 | — | 0 | +7 Laps | — | |
| 11 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 25 | +14 | 49 | — | 0 | +7 Laps | — | |
| 12 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 19 | +7 | 41 | — | 0 | Disqualified | — | |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 14 | +1 | 40 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 23 | +9 | 33 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 3 | -12 | 31 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 16 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 12 | -4 | 28 | — | 0 | Disqualified | — | |
| 17 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 4 | -13 | 27 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 18 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 9 | -9 | 20 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 19 | James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | -11 | 7 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 20 | Alan Jones | Williams | 15 | -5 | 7 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 21 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | -5 | 7 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 22 | Harald Ertl | Ensign | 24 | +2 | 7 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 23 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 18 | -5 | 4 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 24 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 20 | -4 | 4 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 25 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 7 | -18 | 3 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 26 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | -24 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — |