Season
1978
Race
11. German Grand Prix
1978 German Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 49.3278, 8.56583
- Altitude
- 103 m
- Race number
- 308
R
30/07/1978 00:00 · Europe/Berlin · 45 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | = | 45 | 1:28:00.900 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 4 | +2 | 45 | 1:28:16.250 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 7 | +4 | 45 | 1:28:28.910 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 10 | +6 | 45 | 1:28:37.780 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 16 | +11 | 45 | 1:28:58.160 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 18 | +12 | 45 | 1:29:38.760 | 1 | Finished | — | |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 5 | -2 | 45 | 1:29:40.430 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 15 | +7 | 45 | 1:29:57.770 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 14 | +5 | 44 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 19 | +9 | 42 | — | 0 | +3 Laps | — | |
| 11 | Harald Ertl | Ensign | 17 | +6 | 41 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 12 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 23 | +11 | 42 | — | 0 | Disqualified | — | |
| 13 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 2 | -11 | 36 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 14 | James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | -6 | 34 | — | 0 | Disqualified | — | |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Williams | 6 | -9 | 31 | — | 0 | Fuel system | — | |
| 16 | Nelson Piquet | Ensign | 21 | +5 | 31 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 17 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 20 | +3 | 24 | — | 0 | Fuel system | — | |
| 18 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 11 | -7 | 16 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 19 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 12 | -7 | 14 | — | 0 | Fuel system | — | |
| 20 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | -17 | 11 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | -12 | 5 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 22 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 22 | = | 1 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 23 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 24 | +1 | 1 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 24 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | -11 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — |