Season
1978
Race
2. Brazilian Grand Prix
1978 Brazilian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- -22.9756, -43.395
- Altitude
- 1126 m
- Race number
- 299
Race winner
Winning driver
9.0 pts
- Race
- 9.0 pts
Top team
Leader Team
Driver standings before the race
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1 | 0 |
| — | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| — | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| — | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jochen Mass | ATS | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 0 | 0 |
| — | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 0 | 0 |
| — | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 0 | 0 |
| — | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 0 | 0 |
| — | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 0 | 0 |
| — | Vittorio Brambilla | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | John Watson | Brabham | 0 | 0 |
| — | Alan Jones | Williams | 0 | 0 |
| — | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 0 | 0 |
| — | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 0 | 0 |
| — | Arturo Merzario | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 0 | 0 |