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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#efefef;"><span class="summary">1978 South African Grand Prix</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-subheader"> Race 3 of 16 in the <a href="/wiki/1978_Formula_One_season" title="1978 Formula One season">1978 Formula One season</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kyalami_1961_-_1988_Layout.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Kyalami_1961_-_1988_Layout.png/220px-Kyalami_1961_-_1988_Layout.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Kyalami_1961_-_1988_Layout.png/330px-Kyalami_1961_-_1988_Layout.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Kyalami_1961_-_1988_Layout.png/440px-Kyalami_1961_-_1988_Layout.png 2x" data-file-width="2484" data-file-height="938" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Race details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Date</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="1978-03-04">4 March 1978</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Official name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> XXIV <a href="/wiki/South_African_Grand_Prix" title="South African Grand Prix">Citizen and Asseng Grand Prix of South Africa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Location</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data location"> <a href="/wiki/Kyalami" title="Kyalami">Kyalami</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Transvaal_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Transvaal Province">Transvaal Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Permanent racing facility</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course length</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 4.104 km (2.550 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 78 laps, 320.112 km (198.908 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Dry</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Niki_Lauda" title="Niki Lauda">Niki Lauda</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:14.65</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Fastest_lap" title="Fastest lap">Fastest lap</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:17.09 on lap 2</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Podium#In_motorsport" title="Podium">Podium</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">First</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Peterson" title="Ronnie Peterson">Ronnie Peterson</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Second</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Depailler" title="Patrick Depailler">Patrick Depailler</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Racing" title="Tyrrell Racing">Tyrrell</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Third</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Watson_(racing_driver)" title="John Watson (racing driver)">John Watson</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#efefef"> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;background-color:#efefef;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">Lap leaders</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align: center;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_ir0g48q8kfkn3k2az4o62ttg5zqb2hm"></map><img usemap="#timeline_ir0g48q8kfkn3k2az4o62ttg5zqb2hm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/ir0g48q8kfkn3k2az4o62ttg5zqb2hm.png" /></div></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Motor car race</div> <p>The <b>1978 South African Grand Prix</b> (formally the <b>XXIV Citizen and Asseng Grand Prix of South Africa</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> motor race held on 4 March 1978 at <a href="/wiki/Kyalami" title="Kyalami">Kyalami</a>. It was the third round of the <a href="/wiki/1978_Formula_One_season" title="1978 Formula One season">1978 Formula One season</a> and the 300th World Championship Grand Prix held since the championship began in <a href="/wiki/1950_Formula_One_season" title="1950 Formula One season">1950</a>. This was the debut race of the future world champion <a href="/wiki/Keke_Rosberg" title="Keke Rosberg">Keke Rosberg</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ferrari_312T3" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferrari 312T3">312T3</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brabham_BT46" title="Brabham BT46">BT46</a>) teams had new cars in Kyalami for the race. The event also saw the return of <a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> with its unique turbocharged car. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_South_African_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Peterson" title="Ronnie Peterson">Ronnie Peterson</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Lotus_78" title="Lotus 78">Lotus 78</a> with its <a href="/wiki/Colin_Chapman" title="Colin Chapman">Colin Chapman</a>-inspired <a href="/wiki/Ground_effect_in_cars" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground effect in cars">ground effect</a> aerodynamics, battled <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Depailler" title="Patrick Depailler">Patrick Depailler</a> in his Tyrrell on the last lap to take a dramatic victory. John Watson finished third for Brabham. Young Italian, <a href="/wiki/Riccardo_Patrese" title="Riccardo Patrese">Riccardo Patrese</a> got his Arrows into the lead before retiring with a blown engine. Pole sitter and reigning world champion <a href="/wiki/Niki_Lauda" title="Niki Lauda">Niki Lauda</a>, in his first season with Brabham, retired with engine failure and the Ferraris of <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Reutemann" title="Carlos Reutemann">Carlos Reutemann</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gilles_Villeneuve" title="Gilles Villeneuve">Gilles Villeneuve</a> exited on lap 55. <a href="/wiki/James_Hunt" title="James Hunt">James Hunt</a>, who had qualified third on the grid in his <a href="/wiki/McLaren_M26" title="McLaren M26">McLaren M26</a>, only lasted five laps when his engine failed, while his new teammate <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Tambay" title="Patrick Tambay">Patrick Tambay</a>, who qualified fourth, crashed out mid race. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_South_African_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_South_African_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos</th> <th>No</th> <th>Driver</th> <th>Constructor</th> <th>Time</th> <th>Gap </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Niki_Lauda" title="Niki Lauda">Niki Lauda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_(Formula_One)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfa Romeo (Formula One)">Alfa Romeo</a> </td> <td>1:14.65 </td> <td align="center">— </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:14.90 </td> <td>+0.25 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/James_Hunt" title="James Hunt">James Hunt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren_(racing)" class="mw-redirect" title="McLaren (racing)">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:15.14 </td> <td>+0.49 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>8 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Tambay" title="Patrick Tambay">Patrick Tambay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren_(racing)" class="mw-redirect" title="McLaren (racing)">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:15.30 </td> <td>+0.65 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>20 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jody_Scheckter" title="Jody Scheckter">Jody Scheckter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Wolf_Racing" title="Walter Wolf Racing">Wolf</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:15.32 </td> <td>+0.67 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>15 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Jabouille" title="Jean-Pierre Jabouille">Jean-Pierre Jabouille</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="Renault F1">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:15.36 </td> <td>+0.71 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>35 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Reutemann" title="Carlos Reutemann">Carlos Reutemann</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:15.52 </td> <td>+0.87 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Watson_(racing_driver)" title="John Watson (racing driver)">John Watson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_(Formula_One)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfa Romeo (Formula One)">Alfa Romeo</a> </td> <td>1:15.62 </td> <td>+0.97 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>6 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Peterson" title="Ronnie Peterson">Ronnie Peterson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:15.94 </td> <td>+1.29 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Depailler" title="Patrick Depailler">Patrick Depailler</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Racing" title="Tyrrell Racing">Tyrrell</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:15.97 </td> <td>+1.32 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Didier_Pironi" title="Didier Pironi">Didier Pironi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Racing" title="Tyrrell Racing">Tyrrell</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:16.38 </td> <td>+1.73 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>26 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Laffite" title="Jacques Laffite">Jacques Laffite</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Equipe_Ligier" class="mw-redirect" title="Equipe Ligier">Ligier</a>-<a href="/wiki/Equipe_Matra_Sports" title="Equipe Matra Sports">Matra</a> </td> <td>1:16.40 </td> <td>+1.75 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>14 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Emerson_Fittipaldi" title="Emerson Fittipaldi">Emerson Fittipaldi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fittipaldi_Automotive" title="Fittipaldi Automotive">Fittipaldi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:16.47 </td> <td>+1.82 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>9 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jochen_Mass" title="Jochen Mass">Jochen Mass</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ATS_(wheels)" class="mw-redirect" title="ATS (wheels)">ATS</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:16.60 </td> <td>+1.95 </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>10 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Jarier" title="Jean-Pierre Jarier">Jean-Pierre Jarier</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ATS_(wheels)" class="mw-redirect" title="ATS (wheels)">ATS</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:17.12 </td> <td>+2.47 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td>27 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jones_(racing_driver)" title="Alan Jones (racing driver)">Alan Jones</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WilliamsF1" class="mw-redirect" title="WilliamsF1">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:17.16 </td> <td>+2.51 </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td>30 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brett_Lunger" title="Brett Lunger">Brett Lunger</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren_(racing)" class="mw-redirect" title="McLaren (racing)">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:17.30 </td> <td>+2.65 </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td>19 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vittorio_Brambilla" title="Vittorio Brambilla">Vittorio Brambilla</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surtees_Racing_Organisation" title="Surtees Racing Organisation">Surtees</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:17.32 </td> <td>+2.67 </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td>36 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rolf_Stommelen" title="Rolf Stommelen">Rolf Stommelen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrows_Grand_Prix_International" title="Arrows Grand Prix International">Arrows</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:17.49 </td> <td>+2.84 </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td>25 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Rebaque" title="Héctor Rebaque">Héctor Rebaque</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:17.50 </td> <td>+2.85 </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td>18 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Keegan" title="Rupert Keegan">Rupert Keegan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surtees_Racing_Organisation" title="Surtees Racing Organisation">Surtees</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:17.57 </td> <td>+2.92 </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td>32 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Keke_Rosberg" title="Keke Rosberg">Keke Rosberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Racing" title="Theodore Racing">Theodore</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:17.62 </td> <td>+2.97 </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td>24 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Cheever" title="Eddie Cheever">Eddie Cheever</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hesketh_Racing" title="Hesketh Racing">Hesketh</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:17.83 </td> <td>+3.18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td>37 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Arturo_Merzario" title="Arturo Merzario">Arturo Merzario</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merzario" title="Merzario">Merzario</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:18.15 </td> <td>+3.50 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffcccc;">27 </th> <td>31 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Arnoux" title="René Arnoux">René Arnoux</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Automobiles_Martini" title="Automobiles Martini">Martini</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:18.21 </td> <td>+3.56 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffcccc;">28 </th> <td>17 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Clay_Regazzoni" title="Clay Regazzoni">Clay Regazzoni</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Racing_Cars" title="Shadow Racing Cars">Shadow</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:18.30 </td> <td>+3.65 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffcccc;">29 </th> <td>22 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lamberto_Leoni" title="Lamberto Leoni">Lamberto Leoni</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(racing_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ensign (racing team)">Ensign</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:18.38 </td> <td>+3.73 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffcccc;">30 </th> <td>16 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Stuck" title="Hans-Joachim Stuck">Hans-Joachim Stuck</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Racing_Cars" title="Shadow Racing Cars">Shadow</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td>1:18.45 </td> <td>+3.80 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race">Race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_South_African_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos</th> <th>No</th> <th>Driver</th> <th>Constructor</th> <th>Tyre</th> <th>Laps</th> <th>Time/Retired</th> <th>Grid</th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>6 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Peterson" title="Ronnie Peterson">Ronnie Peterson</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>1:42:15.767 </td> <td>12 </td> <td><b>9</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Depailler" title="Patrick Depailler">Patrick Depailler</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Racing" title="Tyrrell Racing">Tyrrell</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>+0.466 </td> <td>11 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/John_Watson_(racing_driver)" title="John Watson (racing driver)">John Watson</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>+4.442 </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>27 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jones_(racing_driver)" title="Alan Jones (racing driver)">Alan Jones</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>+30.986 </td> <td>18 </td> <td><b>3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>26 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Laffite" title="Jacques Laffite">Jacques Laffite</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Equipe_Ligier" class="mw-redirect" title="Equipe Ligier">Ligier</a>-<a href="/wiki/Equipe_Matra_Sports" title="Equipe Matra Sports">Matra</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>+1:09.218 </td> <td>13 </td> <td><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Didier_Pironi" title="Didier Pironi">Didier Pironi</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Racing" title="Tyrrell Racing">Tyrrell</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>14 </td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>10 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Jarier" title="Jean-Pierre Jarier">Jean-Pierre Jarier</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ATS_(wheels)" class="mw-redirect" title="ATS (wheels)">ATS</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>17 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>36 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rolf_Stommelen" title="Rolf Stommelen">Rolf Stommelen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrows_Grand_Prix_International" title="Arrows Grand Prix International">Arrows</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>22 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>25 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Rebaque" title="Héctor Rebaque">Héctor Rebaque</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>21 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>30 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brett_Lunger" title="Brett Lunger">Brett Lunger</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>76 </td> <td>+2 Laps </td> <td>20 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>19 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vittorio_Brambilla" title="Vittorio Brambilla">Vittorio Brambilla</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surtees_Racing_Organisation" title="Surtees Racing Organisation">Surtees</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>76 </td> <td>+2 Laps </td> <td>19 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>35 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Riccardo_Patrese" title="Riccardo Patrese">Riccardo Patrese</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrows_Grand_Prix_International" title="Arrows Grand Prix International">Arrows</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>63 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>20 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jody_Scheckter" title="Jody Scheckter">Jody Scheckter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Wolf_Racing" title="Walter Wolf Racing">Wolf</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>59 </td> <td>Spun Off </td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>8 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Tambay" title="Patrick Tambay">Patrick Tambay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>Accident </td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>12 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gilles_Villeneuve" title="Gilles Villeneuve">Gilles Villeneuve</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michelin" title="Michelin"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:white; background-color:#00008b;">M</span></a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>Oil Leak </td> <td>8 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>11 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Reutemann" title="Carlos Reutemann">Carlos Reutemann</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michelin" title="Michelin"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:white; background-color:#00008b;">M</span></a></b> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>Spun Off </td> <td>9 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Niki_Lauda" title="Niki Lauda">Niki Lauda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>52 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>18 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Keegan" title="Rupert Keegan">Rupert Keegan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surtees_Racing_Organisation" title="Surtees Racing Organisation">Surtees</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>52 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>23 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>9 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jochen_Mass" title="Jochen Mass">Jochen Mass</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ATS_(wheels)" class="mw-redirect" title="ATS (wheels)">ATS</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>15 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>37 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Arturo_Merzario" title="Arturo Merzario">Arturo Merzario</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merzario" title="Merzario">Merzario</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>Suspension </td> <td>26 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>15 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Jabouille" title="Jean-Pierre Jabouille">Jean-Pierre Jabouille</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michelin" title="Michelin"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:white; background-color:#00008b;">M</span></a></b> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>6 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>32 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Keke_Rosberg" title="Keke Rosberg">Keke Rosberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Racing" title="Theodore Racing">Theodore</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>Clutch </td> <td>24 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>14 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="504" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Emerson_Fittipaldi" title="Emerson Fittipaldi">Emerson Fittipaldi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fittipaldi_Automotive" title="Fittipaldi Automotive">Fittipaldi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>Transmission </td> <td>16 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>24 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Cheever" title="Eddie Cheever">Eddie Cheever</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hesketh_Racing" title="Hesketh Racing">Hesketh</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>Oil Leak </td> <td>25 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/James_Hunt" title="James Hunt">James Hunt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>DNQ </th> <td>31 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Arnoux" title="René Arnoux">René Arnoux</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Automobiles_Martini" title="Automobiles Martini">Martini</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>DNQ </th> <td>17 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Clay_Regazzoni" title="Clay Regazzoni">Clay Regazzoni</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Racing_Cars" title="Shadow Racing Cars">Shadow</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>DNQ </th> <td>23 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lamberto_Leoni" title="Lamberto Leoni">Lamberto Leoni</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ensign_Racing" title="Ensign Racing">Ensign</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>DNQ </th> <td>16 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Stuck" title="Hans-Joachim Stuck">Hans-Joachim Stuck</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Racing_Cars" title="Shadow Racing Cars">Shadow</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_South_African_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Finnish driver and future World Champion <a href="/wiki/Keke_Rosberg" title="Keke Rosberg">Keke Rosberg</a> and for French driver and future Grand Prix winner <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Arnoux" title="René Arnoux">René Arnoux</a>.</li> <li>This was the Formula One World Championship for French constructor <a href="/wiki/Automobiles_Martini" title="Automobiles Martini">Martini</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championship_standings_after_the_race">Championship standings after the race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_South_African_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Championship standings after the race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output 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data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> </td> <td align="right">12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Peterson" title="Ronnie Peterson">Ronnie Peterson</a> </td> <td align="right">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Niki_Lauda" title="Niki Lauda">Niki Lauda</a> </td> <td align="right">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Depailler" title="Patrick Depailler">Patrick Depailler</a> </td> <td align="right">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Reutemann" title="Carlos Reutemann">Carlos Reutemann</a> </td> <td align="right">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-Championship_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Championship-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Constructors' Championship standings</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Team_Lotus" title="Team Lotus">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td align="right">21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a>-<a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo</a> </td> <td align="right">14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="504" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fittipaldi_Automotive" title="Fittipaldi Automotive">Fittipaldi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td> <td align="right">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-Championship_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Championship-3"><span 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Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="1971 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Dutch_Grand_Prix" title="1971 Dutch Grand Prix">NED</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_French_Grand_Prix" title="1971 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_British_Grand_Prix" title="1971 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_German_Grand_Prix" title="1971 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="1971 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="1971 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="1971 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="1971 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1972_Formula_One_season" title="1972 Formula One season">1972</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Argentine_Grand_Prix" title="1972 Argentine Grand Prix">ARG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_South_African_Grand_Prix" title="1972 South African Grand Prix">RSA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="1972 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="1972 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="1972 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_French_Grand_Prix" title="1972 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_British_Grand_Prix" title="1972 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_German_Grand_Prix" title="1972 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="1972 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="1972 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="1972 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="1972 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1973_Formula_One_season" title="1973 Formula One season">1973</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1973_Argentine_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Argentine Grand Prix">ARG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_South_African_Grand_Prix" title="1973 South African Grand Prix">RSA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Swedish_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Swedish Grand Prix">SWE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_French_Grand_Prix" title="1973 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_British_Grand_Prix" title="1973 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Dutch_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Dutch Grand Prix">NED</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_German_Grand_Prix" title="1973 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="1973 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="1973 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1974_Formula_One_season" title="1974 Formula One season">1974</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_Argentine_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Argentine Grand Prix">ARG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_South_African_Grand_Prix" title="1974 South African Grand Prix">RSA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Swedish_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Swedish Grand Prix">SWE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Dutch_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Dutch Grand Prix">NED</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_French_Grand_Prix" title="1974 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_British_Grand_Prix" title="1974 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_German_Grand_Prix" title="1974 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="1974 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="1974 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1975_Formula_One_season" title="1975 Formula One season">1975</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_Argentine_Grand_Prix" title="1975 Argentine Grand Prix">ARG</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/1975_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="1975 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="1975 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1976_Formula_One_season" title="1976 Formula One season">1976</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_South_African_Grand_Prix" title="1976 South African Grand Prix">RSA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Grand_Prix_West" title="1976 United States Grand Prix West">USW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Swedish_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Swedish Grand Prix">SWE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_French_Grand_Prix" title="1976 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_British_Grand_Prix" title="1976 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_German_Grand_Prix" title="1976 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Dutch_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Dutch Grand Prix">NED</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="1976 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="1976 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1977_Formula_One_season" title="1977 Formula One season">1977</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1977_Argentine_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Argentine Grand Prix">ARG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_South_African_Grand_Prix" title="1977 South African Grand Prix">RSA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_United_States_Grand_Prix_West" title="1977 United States Grand Prix West">USW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Swedish_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Swedish Grand Prix">SWE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_French_Grand_Prix" title="1977 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_British_Grand_Prix" title="1977 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_German_Grand_Prix" title="1977 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Dutch_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Dutch Grand Prix">NED</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="1977 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="1977 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1978_Formula_One_season" title="1978 Formula One season">1978</a></th><td 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