Season
1978
Race
14. Italian Grand Prix
1978 Italian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 45.6156, 9.28111
- Altitude
- 162 m
- Race number
- 311
R
10/09/1978 00:00 · Europe/Rome · 52 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 4 | +3 | 40 | 1:07:04.540 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 7 | +5 | 40 | 1:07:06.020 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | +8 | 40 | 1:07:25.010 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | +4 | 40 | 1:07:42.070 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 19 | +14 | 40 | 1:07:44.930 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | -5 | 40 | 1:07:50.870 | 1 | Finished | — | |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | -5 | 40 | 1:07:53.020 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 13 | +5 | 40 | 1:07:59.780 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 24 | +15 | 40 | 1:08:11.370 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 10 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 18 | +8 | 40 | 1:08:13.650 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 11 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 16 | +5 | 40 | 1:08:21.110 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 12 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 9 | -3 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 13 | Alan Jones | Williams | 6 | -7 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 14 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 20 | +6 | 39 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 15 | = | 33 | — | 0 | +7 Laps | — | |
| 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | -4 | 28 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 17 | James Hunt | McLaren | 10 | -7 | 19 | — | 0 | Distributor | — | |
| 18 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | +4 | 14 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 3 | -16 | 6 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 20 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 5 | -15 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 21 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 14 | -7 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 22 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 17 | -5 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 23 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 21 | -2 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 24 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 23 | -1 | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — |