Formula 1 season

1978

Driver standings

Position	Driver	Team	Points	Wins
1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	64	6
2	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	51	2
3	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	48	4
4	Niki Lauda	Brabham	44	2
5	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	34	1
6	John Watson	Brabham	25	0
7	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	24	0
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	19	0
9	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	17	1
10	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	17	0
11	Alan Jones	Williams	11	0
12	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	11	0
13	James Hunt	McLaren	8	0
14	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	8	0
15	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	7	0
16	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	4	0
17	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	3	0
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	2	0
19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	1	0
20	Derek Daly	Hesketh , Ensign	1	0
21	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	1	0
—	Brett Lunger	McLaren , Ensign	0	0
—	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	0	0
—	Jochen Mass	ATS	0	0
—	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS , Team Lotus	0	0
—	René Arnoux	Martini , Surtees	0	0
—	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	0	0
—	Nelson Piquet	Ensign , McLaren , Brabham	0	0
—	Keke Rosberg	Theodore , ATS , Wolf	0	0
—	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	0	0
—	Harald Ertl	Ensign , ATS	0	0
—	Jacky Ickx	Ensign	0	0
—	Bobby Rahal	Wolf	0	0
—	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	0	0
—	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	0	0
—	Danny Ongais	Ensign , Shadow	0	0
—	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign	0	0
—	Eddie Cheever	Theodore , Hesketh	0	0

Position	Team	Points	Wins
1	Team Lotus	86	8
2	Ferrari	58	5
3	Brabham	53	2
4	Tyrrell	38	1
5	Wolf	24	0
6	Ligier	19	0
7	Fittipaldi	17	0
8	McLaren	15	0
9	Williams	11	0
10	Arrows	11	0
11	Shadow	6	0
12	Renault	3	0
13	Surtees	1	0
14	Ensign	1	0
—	ATS	0	0
—	Martini	0	0
—	Merzario	0	0
—	Theodore	0	0
—	Hesketh	0	0

All points systems

Points awarded to drivers and constructors in this season’s scoring sessions.

Pos	Driver	Constructor
No finishing-position points were awarded.