Season
1978
Race
9. French Grand Prix
1978 French Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 43.2506, 5.79167
- Altitude
- 432 m
- Race number
- 306
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 | 36 | 3 |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 30 | 1 |
| 3 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 25 | 1 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 23 | 1 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 22 | 2 |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | James Hunt | McLaren | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Williams | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 0 |
| — | Jochen Mass | ATS | 0 | 0 |
| — | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 0 | 0 |
| — | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jean-Pierre Jarier | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 0 | 0 |
| — | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 0 | 0 |
| — | René Arnoux | Martini | 0 | 0 |
| — | Hector Rebaque | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 0 | 0 |
| — | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 0 | 0 |
| — | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jacky Ickx | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 0 | 0 |
| — | Arturo Merzario | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Danny Ongais | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Lamberto Leoni | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Eddie Cheever | — | 0 | 0 |