United States Grand Prix
Watkins Glen, 1 Oct 1978
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari 312T3 [035] - f12 #11 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC |
59 | 1h 40m 48.800s |
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| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams FW06 [001] - Cosworth DFV V8 #27 Williams Grand Prix Engineering |
59 | 1h 41m 08.539s |
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| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf [WR6] - Cosworth DFV V8 #20 Walter Wolf Racing |
59 | 1h 41m 34.501s |
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| 4 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | (F1) 1.5-litre Renault [RS 02] - EF1 turbo v6 #15 Equipe Renault Elf |
59 | 1h 42m 13.807s |
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| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi F5A [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 #14 Fittipaldi Automotive |
59 | 1h 42m 16.889s |
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| 6 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren M26 [7] - Cosworth DFV V8 #8 Marlboro Team McLaren |
59 | 1h 42m 39.010s |
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| 7 | James Hunt | McLaren M26 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8 #7 Marlboro Team McLaren |
58 | ||||||
| 8 | Derek Daly | Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8 #22 Team Tissot Ensign |
58 | ||||||
| 9 | René Arnoux | Surtees TS20 [03] - Cosworth DFV V8 #18 Team Surtees |
58 | ||||||
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell 008 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 #3 Elf Team Tyrrell |
58 | ||||||
| 11 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier JS9 [02] - Matra MS76 V12 #26 Ligier Gitanes |
58 | ||||||
| 12 | Bobby Rahal | Wolf [WR5] - Cosworth DFV V8 #21 Walter Wolf Racing |
58 | ||||||
| 13 | Brett Lunger | Ensign N177 [MN07] - Cosworth DFV V8 #23 Liggett Group with BS Fabrications |
58 | ||||||
| 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow DN9 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8 #17 Shadow Racing Team |
56 | ||||||
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Lotus 79 [1 JPS19] - Cosworth DFV V8 #55 John Player Team Lotus |
55 | out of fuel | |||||
| 16 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows A1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #36 Arrows Racing Team |
54 | ||||||
| R | Arturo Merzario | Merzario A1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #37 Team Merzario |
46 | gearbox | |||||
| R | Michael Bleekemolen | ATS HS1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #9 F&S Properties ATS Racing Team |
43 | oil pump | |||||
| R | Keke Rosberg | ATS D1 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 #10 ATS Racing Team |
31 | gear linkage | |||||
| R | Niki Lauda | Brabham BT46 [7] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 #1 Parmalat Brabham Racing Team |
28 | engine | |||||
| R | Mario Andretti | Lotus 79 [3 JPS21] - Cosworth DFV V8 #5 John Player Team Lotus |
27 | engine | |||||
| R | John Watson | Brabham BT46 [8] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 #2 Parmalat Brabham Racing Team |
25 | engine | |||||
| R | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell 008 [3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #4 Elf Team Tyrrell |
23 | rear wheel failure | |||||
| R | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari 312T3 [034] - f12 #12 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC |
22 | engine | |||||
| R | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow DN9 [5A] - Cosworth DFV V8 #16 Shadow Racing Team |
1 | fuel pump | |||||
| R | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus 78 [2 JPS16] - Cosworth DFV V8 #25 Team Rebaque |
0 | clutch | |||||
| DNQ | Beppe Gabbiani | Surtees TS20 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 #19 Team Surtees |
Did not qualify | ||||||
| T | John Watson | Brabham BT46 [5] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 #2 Parmalat Brabham Racing Team |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Patrick Tambay | McLaren M26 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 #8 Marlboro Team McLaren |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi F5A [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 #14 Fittipaldi Automotive |
(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 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus 78 [1 JPS15] - Cosworth DFV V8 #25 Team Rebaque |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Jacques Laffite | Ligier JS9 [01] - Matra MS76 V12 #26 Ligier Gitanes |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Lotus 79 [3 JPS21] - Cosworth DFV V8 #55 John Player Team Lotus |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T/C | Mario Andretti | Lotus 79 [4 JPS22] - Cosworth DFV V8 #5T John Player Team Lotus |
(Crashed in practice) | ||||||
| T/C | Alan Jones | Williams FW06 [002] - Cosworth DFV V8 #27T Williams Grand Prix Engineering |
(Crashed in practice) | ||||||
| T/S | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell 008 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8 #4 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 | Shadow DN9 [4A] - Cosworth DFV V8 #17 Shadow Racing Team |
(Spare - not used in practice) | |||||||
All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | (F1) 3-litre Lotus 79 [3 JPS21] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 38.114s | ||
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T3 [035] - Ferrari f12 | 1m 39.179s | ||
| 3 | Alan Jones | (F1) 3-litre Williams FW06 [001] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 39.742s | ||
| 4 | Gilles Villeneuve | (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T3 [034] - Ferrari f12 | 1m 39.820s | ||
| 5 | Niki Lauda | (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT46 [7] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 | 1m 39.892s | ||
| 6 | James Hunt | (F1) 3-litre McLaren M26 [5] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 39.991s | ||
| 7 | John Watson | (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT46 [8] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 | 1m 40.000s | ||
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | (F1) 3-litre Lotus 79 [1 JPS19] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 40.034s | ||
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | (F1) 1.5-litre Renault [RS 02] - Renault EF1 turbo v6 | 1m 40.136s | ||
| 10 | Jacques Laffite | (F1) 3-litre Ligier JS9 [02] - Matra MS76 V12 | 1m 40.228s | ||
| 11 | Jody Scheckter | (F1) 3-litre Wolf [WR6] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 40.762s | ||
| 12 | Patrick Depailler | (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 008 [3-2] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 40.828s | ||
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi F5A [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 41.007s | ||
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN9 [5A] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 41.681s | ||
| 15 | Michael Bleekemolen | (F1) 3-litre ATS HS1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 41.773s | ||
| 16 | Didier Pironi | (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 008 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 41.815s | ||
| 17 | Clay Regazzoni | (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN9 [1A] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 41.855s | ||
| 18 | Patrick Tambay | (F1) 3-litre McLaren M26 [7] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 41.974s | ||
| 19 | Derek Daly | (F1) 3-litre Ensign N177 [MN06] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 42.179s | ||
| 20 | Bobby Rahal | (F1) 3-litre Wolf [WR5] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 42.429s | ||
| 21 | René Arnoux | (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS20 [03] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 42.541s | ||
| 22 | Rolf Stommelen | (F1) 3-litre Arrows A1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 42.741s | ||
| 23 | Héctor Rebaque | (F1) 3-litre Lotus 78 [2 JPS16] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 43.028s | ||
| 24 | Brett Lunger | (F1) 3-litre Ensign N177 [MN07] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 43.067s | ||
| 25 | Keke Rosberg | (F1) 3-litre ATS D1 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 43.572s | ||
| 26 | Arturo Merzario | (F1) 3-litre Merzario A1 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 44.286s | ||
| 27 | Beppe Gabbiani * | (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS20 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 | 1m 45.155s | ||
| * 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.