Round 3 · 4 March 1978
South African Grand Prix
Kyalami · Midrand, South Africa
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
26 drivers
After Round 2
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
12
pts
2
Niki Lauda
Brabham
10
pts
3
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
9
pts
4
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
6
pts
5
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
4
pts
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6
James Hunt
McLaren
3
pts
7
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
2
pts
8
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
2
pts
9
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
1
pts
10
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
1
pts
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
0
pts
-
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
0
pts
-
John Watson
Brabham
0
pts
-
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
0
pts
-
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
0
pts
-
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
0
pts
-
Alan Jones
Williams
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
0
pts
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
0
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Danny Ongais
Ensign
0
pts
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
0
pts
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
After the race
30 drivers
After Round 3
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
12
+0
2
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
↑6
11
+9
3
Niki Lauda
Brabham
↓1
10
+0
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
↑1
10
+6
5
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
↓2
9
+0
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6
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
↓2
6
+0
7
John Watson
Brabham
↑992
4
+4
8
Alan Jones
Williams
↑991
3
+3
9
James Hunt
McLaren
↓3
3
+0
10
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↑989
2
+2
11
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
↓4
2
+0
12
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↓3
2
+1
13
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
↓3
1
+0
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
—
0
+0
-
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
NEW
0
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Danny Ongais
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
NEW
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
Theodore
NEW
0
+0
-
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh
NEW
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PET Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:42:15.767 | 9 |
| 2 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 11 | +0.466 | 6 |
| 3 | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 10 | +4.442 | 4 |
| 4 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 18 | +30.986 | 3 |
| 5 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 13 | +1:09.218 | 2 |
| 6 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 14 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 17 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 22 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | REB Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 21 | 1L | 0 |
| 11 | LUN Brett Lunger | McLaren | 20 | 2L | 0 |
| 12 | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 2L | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | KEE Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | MAS Jochen Mass | ATS | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 26 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | ROS Keke Rosberg | Theodore | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | CHE Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | 25 | — | 0 |
| R | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | — | 0 |