Round 9 · 2 July 1978
French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard · Le Castellet, France
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
33 drivers
After Round 8
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
36
pts
2
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
30
pts
3
Niki Lauda
Brabham
25
pts
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
23
pts
5
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
22
pts
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6
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
10
pts
7
John Watson
Brabham
9
pts
8
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
8
pts
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
7
pts
10
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
7
pts
11
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
5
pts
12
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
4
pts
13
James Hunt
McLaren
4
pts
14
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
4
pts
15
Alan Jones
Williams
3
pts
16
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
3
pts
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
0
pts
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
0
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
0
pts
-
Bruno Giacomelli
McLaren
0
pts
-
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
0
pts
-
René Arnoux
Martini
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
0
pts
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
0
pts
-
Jacky Ickx
Ensign
0
pts
-
Keke Rosberg
ATS
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
-
Danny Ongais
Shadow
0
pts
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
0
pts
-
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh
0
pts
After the race
33 drivers
After Round 9
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
45
+9
2
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
—
36
+6
3
Niki Lauda
Brabham
—
25
+0
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
—
23
+0
5
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
—
22
+0
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6
John Watson
Brabham
↑1
12
+3
7
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↓1
10
+0
8
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
—
8
+0
9
James Hunt
McLaren
↑4
8
+4
10
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
—
8
+1
11
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
↓2
7
+0
12
Alan Jones
Williams
↑3
5
+2
13
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↓2
5
+0
14
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
↓2
4
+0
15
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
↓1
4
+0
16
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
—
3
+0
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Bruno Giacomelli
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
René Arnoux
Martini
—
0
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Jacky Ickx
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
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 | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:38:51.920 | 9 |
| 2 | PET Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 5 | +2.930 | 6 |
| 3 | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 4 | +19.800 | 4 |
| 4 | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 1 | +36.880 | 3 |
| 5 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 14 | +41.810 | 2 |
| 6 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 7 | +54.530 | 1 |
| 7 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | +54.740 | 0 |
| 8 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | +1:24.880 | 0 |
| 9 | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 6 | +1:27.060 | 0 |
| 10 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 16 | +1:29.980 | 0 |
| 11 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 20 | 1L | 0 |
| 12 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 9 | 1L | 0 |
| 13 | MAS Jochen Mass | ATS | 25 | 1L | 0 |
| 14 | ARN René Arnoux | Martini | 18 | 1L | 0 |
| 15 | STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 21 | 1L | 0 |
| 16 | ROS Keke Rosberg | ATS | 26 | 2L | 0 |
| 17 | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 2L | 0 |
| 18 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 8 | 5L | 0 |
| R | LUN Brett Lunger | McLaren | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | KEE Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | — | 0 |
| R | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 11 | — | 0 |