Drivers' championship 1978Final standings

1978Drivers’ championship

Mario Andretti took the 1978 title by 13 points from Peterson, with 6 wins.

1978 World Champion

MarioAndretti

Team Lotus

64Points

6Wins

Champion: 64; points · Andretti
Margin: 13; points to Peterson
Rounds: 16; in the season
Winners: 6; different race winners

Round by round

Points after each round

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Round	Andretti	Peterson	Reutemann	Lauda	Depailler
R1 · Argentine Grand Prix	9	2	0	6	4
R2 · Brazilian Grand Prix	12	2	9	10	4
R3 · South African Grand Prix	12	11	9	10	10
R4 · United States Grand Prix West	18	14	18	10	14
R5 · Monaco Grand Prix	18	14	18	16	23
R6 · Belgian Grand Prix	27	20	22	16	23
R7 · Spanish Grand Prix	36	26	22	16	23
R8 · Swedish Grand Prix	36	30	22	25	23
R9 · French Grand Prix	45	36	22	25	23
R10 · British Grand Prix	45	36	31	31	26
R11 · German Grand Prix	54	36	31	31	26
R12 · Austrian Grand Prix	54	45	31	31	32
R13 · Dutch Grand Prix	63	51	31	35	32
R14 · Italian Grand Prix	64	51	35	44	32
R15 · United States Grand Prix	64	51	44	44	32
R16 · Canadian Grand Prix	64	51	48	44	34

After round16 · Canadian Grand Prix

Timing sheet

Standings

Official 1978 drivers’ championship table, after round 16 (Canadian Grand Prix).

1978 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1 (champion)	Mario Andretti Team Lotus	Team Lotus	6	Champion	64Champion
2	Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus	Team Lotus	2	+13	51+13
3	Carlos Reutemann Ferrari	Ferrari	4	+16	48+16
4	Niki Lauda Brabham	Brabham	2	+20	44+20
5	Patrick Depailler Tyrrell	Tyrrell	1	+30	34+30
6	John Watson Brabham	Brabham	0	+39	25+39
7up 1 since the previous round	Jody Scheckter Wolf	Wolf	0	+40	24+40
8down 1 since the previous round	Jacques Laffite Ligier	Ligier	0	+45	19+45
9up 2 since the previous round	Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari	Ferrari	1	+47	17+47
10down 1 since the previous round	Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	+47	17+47
11down 1 since the previous round	Alan Jones Williams	Williams	0	+53	11+53
12	Riccardo Patrese Arrows	Arrows	0	+53	11+53
13	James Hunt McLaren	McLaren	0	+56	8+56
14	Patrick Tambay McLaren	McLaren	0	+56	8+56
15	Didier Pironi Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+57	7+57
16	Clay Regazzoni Shadow	Shadow	0	+60	4+60
17	Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault	Renault	0	+61	3+61
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow	Shadow	0	+62	2+62
19	Vittorio Brambilla Surtees	Surtees	0	+63	1+63
20up 1 since the previous round	Derek DalyHesketh / Ensign	Hesketh / Ensign	0	+63	1+63
21down 1 since the previous round	Hector Rebaque Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+63	1+63
–	Brett LungerMcLaren / Ensign	McLaren / Ensign	0	+64	0+64
–	Bruno Giacomelli McLaren	McLaren	0	+64	0+64
–	Jochen Mass ATS	ATS	0	+64	0+64
–	Jean-Pierre JarierATS / Team Lotus	ATS / Team Lotus	0	+64	0+64
–	René ArnouxMartini / Surtees	Martini / Surtees	0	+64	0+64
–	Rolf Stommelen Arrows	Arrows	0	+64	0+64
–	Nelson PiquetEnsign / McLaren / Brabham	Ensign / McLaren / Brabham	0	+64	0+64
–	Keke RosbergTheodore / Wolf / ATS	Theodore / Wolf / ATS	0	+64	0+64
–	Rupert Keegan Surtees	Surtees	0	+64	0+64
–	Harald ErtlATS / Ensign	ATS / Ensign	0	+64	0+64
–	Jacky Ickx Ensign	Ensign	0	+64	0+64
–	Bobby Rahal Wolf	Wolf	0	+64	0+64
–	Arturo Merzario Merzario	Merzario	0	+64	0+64
–	Michael Bleekemolen ATS	ATS	0	+64	0+64
–	Danny OngaisShadow / Ensign	Shadow / Ensign	0	+64	0+64
–	Lamberto Leoni Ensign	Ensign	0	+64	0+64
–	Eddie CheeverTheodore / Hesketh	Theodore / Hesketh	0	+64	0+64

A dash in the position column means the entry is not ranked in the 1978 championship.

Standings after round 16

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