Round 12 · 13 August 1978
Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring · Spielberg, Austria
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
36 drivers
After Round 11
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
54
pts
2
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
36
pts
3
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
31
pts
4
Niki Lauda
Brabham
31
pts
5
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
26
pts
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6
John Watson
Brabham
16
pts
7
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
14
pts
8
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
14
pts
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
10
pts
10
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
8
pts
11
James Hunt
McLaren
8
pts
12
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
7
pts
13
Alan Jones
Williams
5
pts
14
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
5
pts
15
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
4
pts
16
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
3
pts
17
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
2
pts
18
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
1
pts
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
0
pts
-
Bruno Giacomelli
McLaren
0
pts
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
0
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
0
pts
-
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
0
pts
-
René Arnoux
Martini
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
pts
-
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
0
pts
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
0
pts
-
Harald Ertl
Ensign
0
pts
-
Jacky Ickx
Ensign
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
-
Nelson Piquet
Ensign
0
pts
-
Danny Ongais
Shadow
0
pts
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
0
pts
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
0
pts
-
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh
0
pts
After the race
36 drivers
After Round 12
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
54
+0
2
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
—
45
+9
3
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
↑2
32
+6
4
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
↓1
31
+0
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham
↓1
31
+0
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6
John Watson
Brabham
—
16
+0
7
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↑1
16
+2
8
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
↓1
14
+0
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
—
13
+3
10
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
—
8
+0
11
James Hunt
McLaren
—
8
+0
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
↑4
7
+4
13
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↓1
7
+0
14
Alan Jones
Williams
↓1
5
+0
15
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
↓1
5
+0
16
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
↓1
4
+0
17
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
—
2
+0
18
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
↑981
1
+1
19
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
↓1
1
+0
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Bruno Giacomelli
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
René Arnoux
Martini
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Harald Ertl
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Jacky Ickx
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Derek Daly
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
-
Nelson Piquet
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Danny Ongais
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh
—
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PET Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:41:21.570 | 9 |
| 2 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 14 | +47.440 | 6 |
| 3 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 11 | +1:39.760 | 4 |
| 4 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | 1L | 3 |
| 5 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 21 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 10 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | LUN Brett Lunger | McLaren | 17 | 2L | 0 |
| 9 | ARN René Arnoux | Martini | 26 | 2L | 0 |
| R | REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 22 | 7L | 0 |
| R | ROS Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 25 | 7L | 0 |
| D | DAL Derek Daly | Ensign | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 3 | — | 0 |
| D | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | ERT Harald Ertl | Ensign | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | REB Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | — | 0 |