1978 Rio de Janeiro Formula 1 Grand Prix
29 January 1978
Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | FL | Team | Time | Grid | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▲ 3 | Carlos Reutemann | FL | Ferrari | 1:49:59.860 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | ▲ 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | -00:49.130 | 7 | 6 | |
| 3 | ▲ 7 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | -00:57.020 | 10 | 4 | |
| 4 | ▼ 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | -01:33.120 | 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | ▲ 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | -1 lap | 15 | 2 | |
| 6 | ▲ 13 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | -1 lap | 19 | 1 | |
| 7 | ▲ 13 | Jochen Mass | ATS | -1 lap | 20 | ||
| 8 | ▲ 13 | John Watson | Brabham | -2 laps | 21 | ||
| 9 | ▲ 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | -2 laps | 14 | ||
| 10 | ▲ 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | -4 laps | 18 | ||
| 11 | ▼ 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | -5 laps | 8 | ||
| 12 | ▲ 10 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus | 40 laps | 22 | ||
| 13 | ▼ 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 35 laps | 6 | ||
| 14 | ▼ 9 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 34 laps | 5 | ||
| 15 | ▼ 6 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 25 laps | 9 | ||
| 16 | ▼ 14 | James Hunt | McLaren | 25 laps | 2 | ||
| 17 | ▼ 5 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 16 laps | 12 | ||
| 18 | ▼ 17 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 15 laps | 1 | ||
| 19 | ▲ 4 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 13 laps | 23 | ||
| 20 | ▼ 7 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 11 laps | 13 | ||
| 21 | ▼ 10 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 8 laps | 11 | ||
| 22 | ▲ 2 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 6 laps | 24 | ||
| 23 | ▼ 6 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 0 laps | 17 | ||
| 24 | ▼ 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | DNS | 16 | ||
| 25 | ▼ 25 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 26 | ▼ 26 | Eddie Cheever | Theodore | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 27 | ▼ 27 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 28 | ▼ 28 | Divina Galica | Hesketh | DNQ | 0 |
Fastest lap Carlos Reutemann : 1:43.070
Last
| Type | Driver | #Past |
|---|---|---|
| race | Divina Galica | 2 |
Aniversary
| Type | Driver | #Aniversary | #Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| race | Brett Lunger | 30 | 13 |
| race | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 70 | 72 |
| race | Jody Scheckter | 70 | 43 |
| race | Mario Andretti | 70 | 61 |
| race | Riccardo Patrese | 10 | 247 |