Argentine Grand Prix 1978 Results – won by Mario Andretti

Race result

Race results
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / Status	Pts
1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	1	52	1:37:04.470	9
2	Niki Lauda	Brabham	5	52	+13.210	6
3	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	10	52	+13.640	4
4	James Hunt	McLaren	6	52	+16.050	3
5	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	3	52	+1:14.850	2
6	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	9	52	+1:19.900	1
7	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	2	52	+1:22.600	0
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	7	52	+1:38.880	0
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	17	52	+1:40.600	0
10	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	15	52	+1:43.500	0
11	Jochen Mass	ATS	13	52	+1:49.070	0
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	11	51	+1 Lap	0
13	Brett Lunger	McLaren	24	51	+1 Lap	0
14	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	23	51	+1 Lap	0
15	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	16	51	+1 Lap	0
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	8	50	Engine	0
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	18	50	+2 Laps	0
18	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	12	50	+2 Laps	0
R	John Watson	Brabham	4	41	Engine	0
R	Alan Jones	Williams	14	36	Fuel system	0
R	Danny Ongais	Ensign	21	35	Distributor	0
R	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign	22	28	Engine	0
R	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	20	9	Differential	0
R	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	19	4	Overheating	0

About the Grand Prix

The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 15 January 1978 at Buenos Aires. It was the first race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 52-lap race was won from pole position by American driver Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, with Austrian Niki Lauda second in a Brabham-Alfa Romeo and Frenchman Patrick Depailler third in a Tyrrell-Ford. This was the debut of multiple-time Constructors' Champions, Williams.