Season
1978
Race
16. Canadian Grand Prix
1978 Canadian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 45.5, -73.5228
- Altitude
- 13 m
- Race number
- 313
R
08/10/1978 00:00 · America/Montreal · 70 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | +2 | 70 | 1:57:49.196 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 2 | = | 70 | 1:58:02.568 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | +8 | 70 | 1:58:08.604 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | +8 | 70 | 1:58:13.863 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | +8 | 70 | 1:58:17.754 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 15 | +9 | 70 | 1:58:43.672 | 1 | Finished | — | |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 18 | +11 | 70 | 1:59:10.446 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | +9 | 70 | 1:59:15.756 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 5 | -4 | 70 | 1:59:18.138 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | -1 | 69 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | +3 | 69 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 22 | +10 | 65 | — | 0 | +5 Laps | — | |
| 13 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 21 | +8 | 58 | — | 0 | +12 Laps | — | |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | -4 | 52 | — | 0 | Transmission | — | |
| 15 | James Hunt | McLaren | 19 | +4 | 51 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Team Lotus | 1 | -15 | 49 | — | 0 | Oil leak | — | |
| 17 | René Arnoux | Surtees | 16 | -1 | 37 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 18 | Bobby Rahal | Wolf | 20 | +2 | 16 | — | 0 | Fuel system | — | |
| 19 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | -15 | 8 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 20 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 7 | -13 | 5 | — | 0 | Brakes | — | |
| 21 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 8 | -13 | 1 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | -16 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — |