Season
1978
Race
6. Belgian Grand Prix
1978 Belgian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 50.9894, 5.25694
- Altitude
- 36 m
- Race number
- 303
R
21/05/1978 00:00 · Europe/Brussels · 70 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | = | 70 | 1:39:52.020 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 7 | +5 | 70 | 1:40:01.920 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 2 | -1 | 70 | 1:40:16.360 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 4 | = | 70 | 1:40:39.060 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 14 | +9 | 69 | — | 2 | Accident | — | |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 23 | +17 | 69 | — | 1 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 7 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 24 | +17 | 69 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 8 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 21 | +13 | 69 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Martini | 19 | +10 | 68 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 10 | Alan Jones | Williams | 11 | +1 | 68 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 11 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 16 | +5 | 68 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 12 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 22 | +10 | 64 | — | 0 | +6 Laps | — | |
| 13 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 12 | -1 | 63 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 10 | -4 | 56 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 20 | +5 | 56 | — | 0 | Not classified | — | |
| 16 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 5 | -11 | 53 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 17 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | -4 | 51 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 18 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 18 | = | 40 | — | 0 | Transmission | — | |
| 19 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 8 | -11 | 31 | — | 0 | Suspension | — | |
| 20 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 17 | -3 | 26 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 21 | John Watson | Brabham | 9 | -12 | 18 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 22 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | -19 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 23 | James Hunt | McLaren | 6 | -17 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 24 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | -9 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — |