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Canadian Grand Prix

Montréal, 8 Oct 1978

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312T3 [034] - f12
#12 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		70 1h 57m 49.196s
2 Jody Scheckter Wolf [WR6] - Cosworth DFV V8
#20 Walter Wolf Racing 		70 1h 58m 02.568s
3 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 312T3 [035] - f12
#11 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		70 1h 58m 08.604s
4 Riccardo Patrese Arrows A1 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#35 Arrows Racing Team 		70 1h 58m 13.863s
5 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 008 [3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#4 Elf Team Tyrrell 		70 1h 58m 17.754s
6 Derek Daly Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8
#22 Team Tissot Ensign 		70 1h 58m 43.672s
7 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 008 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#3 Elf Team Tyrrell 		70 1h 59m 10.446s
8 Patrick Tambay McLaren M26 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#8 Marlboro Team McLaren 		70 1h 59m 15.756s
9 Alan Jones Williams FW06 [002] - Cosworth DFV V8
#27 Williams Grand Prix Engineering
 		70 1h 59m 18.138s
10 Mario Andretti Lotus 79 [4 JPS22] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5 John Player Team Lotus 		69 1h 58m 00.933s
11 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT46 [5] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#66 Parmalat Brabham Racing Team
 		69 1h 58m 38.151s
12 Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F1) 1.5-litre Renault [RS 02] - EF1 turbo v6
#15 Equipe Renault Elf 		65 1h 59m 01.186s
NC Keke Rosberg ATS D1 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10 ATS Racing Team 		58 not classified
R Jacques Laffite Ligier JS9 [01] - Matra MS76 V12
#26 Ligier Gitanes 		52 transmission
R James Hunt McLaren M26 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8
#7 Marlboro Team McLaren 		51 accident
R Jean-Pierre Jarier Lotus 79 [3 JPS21] - Cosworth DFV V8
#55 John Player Team Lotus 		49 oil leak
R René Arnoux Surtees TS20 [03] - Cosworth DFV V8
#18 Team Surtees 		37 oil pressure
R Bobby Rahal Wolf [WR1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#21 Walter Wolf Racing 		16 fuel feed
R John Watson Brabham BT46 [8] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#2 Parmalat Brabham Racing Team
 		8 accident
R Niki Lauda Brabham BT46 [7] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#1 Parmalat Brabham Racing Team
 		5 accident
R Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow DN9 [5A] - Cosworth DFV V8
#16 Shadow Racing Team 		1 accident
R Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi F5A [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#14 Fittipaldi Automotive 		0 accident
DNQ Michael Bleekemolen ATS HS1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#9 F&S Properties ATS Racing Team
 		Did not qualify
DNQ Clay Regazzoni Shadow DN9 [4A] - Cosworth DFV V8
#17 Shadow Racing Team 		Did not qualify
DNQ Beppe Gabbiani Surtees TS20 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#19 Team Surtees 		Did not qualify
DNQ Héctor Rebaque Lotus 78 [2 JPS16] - Cosworth DFV V8
#25 Team Rebaque 		Did not qualify
DNQ Rolf Stommelen Arrows A1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#36 Arrows Racing Team 		Did not qualify
DNQ Arturo Merzario Merzario A1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#37 Team Merzario 		Did not qualify
T Mario Andretti Lotus 79 [1 JPS19] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5T John Player Team Lotus 		(Only used in practice)
T James Hunt McLaren M26 [7] - Cosworth DFV V8
#7 Marlboro Team McLaren 		(Only used in practice)
T Patrick Tambay McLaren M26 [7] - Cosworth DFV V8
#8 Marlboro Team McLaren 		(Only used in practice)
T Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F1) 1.5-litre Renault [RS 03] - EF1 turbo v6
#15 Equipe Renault Elf 		(Only used in practice)
T Clay Regazzoni Shadow DN9 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8
#16 Shadow Racing Team 		(Only used in practice)
T Derek Daly Ensign N177 [MN07] - Cosworth DFV V8
#22T Team Tissot Ensign 		(Only used in practice)
T Héctor Rebaque Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8
#25 Team Rebaque 		(Only used in practice)
T Jacques Laffite Ligier JS9 [02] - Matra MS76 V12
#26 Ligier Gitanes 		(Only used in practice)
T Alan Jones Williams FW06 [001] - Cosworth DFV V8
#27T Williams Grand Prix Engineering
 		(Only used in practice)
T/C Bobby Rahal Wolf [WR5] - Cosworth DFV V8
#21 Walter Wolf Racing 		(Crashed in practice)
T/S Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 008 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8
#4T Elf Team Tyrrell 		(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 312T3 [036] - f12
#11 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		(Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi F5A [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#14 Fittipaldi Automotive 		(Spare - not used in practice)

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Jean-Pierre Jarier (F1) 3-litre Lotus 79 [3 JPS21] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 38.015s
2 Jody Scheckter (F1) 3-litre Wolf [WR6] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 38.026s
3 Gilles Villeneuve (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T3 [034] - Ferrari f12 1m 38.230s
4 John Watson (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT46 [8] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 38.417s
5 Alan Jones (F1) 3-litre Williams FW06 [002] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 38.861s
6 Emerson Fittipaldi (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi F5A [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 38.930s
7 Niki Lauda (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT46 [7] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 39.020s
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN9 [5A] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 39.081s
9 Mario Andretti (F1) 3-litre Lotus 79 [4 JPS22] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 39.236s
10 Jacques Laffite (F1) 3-litre Ligier JS9 [01] - Matra MS76 V12 1m 39.381s
11 Carlos Reutemann (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T3 [035] - Ferrari f12 1m 39.455s
12 Riccardo Patrese (F1) 3-litre Arrows A1 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 39.491s
13 Patrick Depailler (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 008 [3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 39.619s
14 Nelson Piquet (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT46 [5] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 39.624s
15 Derek Daly (F1) 3-litre Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 40.042s
16 René Arnoux (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS20 [03] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 40.515s
17 Patrick Tambay (F1) 3-litre McLaren M26 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 40.669s
18 Didier Pironi (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 008 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 40.959s
19 James Hunt (F1) 3-litre McLaren M26 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 40.970s
20 Bobby Rahal (F1) 3-litre Wolf [WR1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 40.983s
21 Keke Rosberg (F1) 3-litre ATS D1 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 41.611s
22 Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F1) 1.5-litre Renault [RS 02] - Renault EF1 turbo v6 1m 41.689s
23 Clay Regazzoni * (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN9 [4A] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 41.739s
24 Beppe Gabbiani * (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS20 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 41.799s
25 Arturo Merzario * (F1) 3-litre Merzario A1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 41.962s
26 Héctor Rebaque * (F1) 3-litre Lotus 78 [2 JPS16] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 42.413s
27 Rolf Stommelen * (F1) 3-litre Arrows A1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 43.267s
28 Michael Bleekemolen * (F1) 3-litre ATS HS1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 45.553s
 
* Did not start

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985

These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.