1978 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP · ROUND 03

South African Grand Prix

Midrand, South Africa · 04 Mar 1978

Race date04 Mar 1978

Start · UTCNot available

StatusClassification available

Race classification 26 ENTRIES

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	12	78	1:42:15.767	9
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	11	78	+0.466	6
3	John Watson	Brabham	10	78	+4.442	4
4	Alan Jones	Williams	18	78	+30.986	3
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	13	78	+1:09.218	2
6	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	14	77	+1 Lap	1
7	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	2	77	+1 Lap	0
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	17	77	+1 Lap	0
9	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	22	77	+1 Lap	0
10	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	21	77	+1 Lap	0
11	Brett Lunger	McLaren	20	76	+2 Laps	0
12	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	76	+2 Laps	0
RET	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	7	63	Engine	0
RET	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	5	59	Spun off	0
RET	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	4	56	Accident	0
RET	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	8	55	Oil leak	0
RET	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	9	55	Spun off	0
RET	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1	52	Engine	0
RET	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	23	52	Engine	0
RET	Jochen Mass	ATS	15	43	Engine	0
RET	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	26	39	Suspension	0
RET	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	6	38	Engine	0
RET	Keke Rosberg	Theodore	24	15	Clutch	0
RET	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	16	9	Transmission	0
RET	Eddie Cheever	Hesketh	25	8	Oil leak	0
RET	James Hunt	McLaren	3	5	Engine	0

Qualifying data is not available for this race. Historical coverage varies by season.