1978 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 16 races of the 1978 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	VII Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	January 29, 1978
Place:	Rio de Janeiro
Course:	Jacarepaguá
Length:	316.953 km in 63 laps of 5.031 km
Weather:	hot
Spectator:	~ 50,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ronnie Peterson	lotus
Time:	1: 40.45 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
Time:	1: 43.07 min
Podium
First:	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
Second:	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
Third:	Niki Lauda	Brabham

The 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in Rio de Janeiro on January 29th and was the second race of the 1978 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

This year, for the first time since its existence as a World Championship run, the Brazilian GP was not held in Interlagos , but on the newly built Jacarepaguá course in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro.

The only addition in the field of participants compared to the Argentine Grand Prix , which had taken place two weeks earlier, was the new Arrows team, which was represented for the first time. The majority of the employees on this team came from Shadow , including designer Tony Southgate , team boss Jackie Oliver and driver Riccardo Patrese . Since the team's car, which was named Arrows FA1 , looked very similar to the new Shadow DN9 , which was to debut in Long Beach , allegations were made that the construction plans had been copied before leaving the team. As a result, Shadow announced legal action against Arrows.

training

Since the announced Lotus 79 with further developed wing car technology was not yet ready for use, the works drivers had to continue to fall back on the Type 78 from the previous year, which did not prevent Ronnie Peterson from reaching the pole position. His team-mate Mario Andretti followed in third behind James Hunt . Carlos Reutemann finished fourth in the Ferrari 312T2 ahead of Patrick Tambay and Gilles Villeneuve . Emerson Fittipaldi showed in his own vehicle, which officially bore his name since this season, just as convincing training performance as Alan Jones in the new Williams FW06 , which was developed under the direction of Patrick Head .

run

Carlos Reutemann immediately took the lead, held it until the end and thus achieved his first Grand Prix victory for Scuderia Ferrari . It was also the first GP success for the tire manufacturer Michelin .

In the early stages of the race, James Hunt was able to keep up with the Argentine, but fell behind hopelessly after a tire change. Andretti then took second place until his transmission got stuck in fourth gear on lap 57. Emerson Fittipaldi then achieved an impressive second place with his own team ahead of Niki Lauda . Andretti was able to secure fourth place despite the damaged gearbox. This was followed by Clay Regazzoni before Didier Pironi , who thus received his first championship point already in his second Grand Prix.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Parmalat Racing Team	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham BT45C	Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12	G
	2	John Watson
Eleven Team Tyrrell	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 008	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	4th	Patrick Depailler
John Player Team Lotus	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus 78		G
	6th	Ronnie Peterson
Marlboro Team McLaren	7th	James Hunt	McLaren M26		G
	8th	Patrick Tambay
ATS Racing Team	9	Jochen Mass	ATS HS1		G
	10	Jean-Pierre Jarier
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari 312T2	Ferrari 015 3.0 F12	M.
	12	Gilles Villeneuve
Fittipaldi Automotive	14th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F5A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Shadow Racing Team	16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow DN8		G
	17th	Clay Regazzoni
Durex Team Surtees	18th	Rupert Keegan	Surtees TS19		G
Beta Team Surtees	19th	Vittorio Brambilla
Walter Wolf Racing	20th	Jody Scheckter	Wolf WR1		G
Team Tissot Ensign	22nd	Danny Ongais	Ensign N177		G
	23	Lamberto Leoni
Olympus Cameras / Hesketh Racing	24	Divina Galica	Hesketh 308E		G
Team Rebaque	25th	Hector Rebaque	Lotus 78		G
Ligier Gitanes	26th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS7	Matra MS76 3.0 V12	G
Williams Grand Prix Engineering	27	Alan Jones	Williams FW06	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Liggett Group / BS Fabrications	30th	Brett Lunger	McLaren M23		G
Theodore Racing	32	Eddie Cheever	Theodore TR1		G
Arrows Racing Team	36	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows FA1		G
Team Merzario	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario A1		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	1: 40.45	180,305 km / h	01
02	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	1: 40.53	180.161 km / h	02
03	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	1: 40.62	180,000 km / h	03
04th	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1: 40.73	179.803 km / h	04th
05	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	1: 40.94	179.429 km / h	05
06th	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 40.97	179.376 km / h	06th
07th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 41.50	178.439 km / h	07th
08th	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	1: 41.87	177.791 km / h	08th
09	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow Ford	1: 42.07	177.443 km / h	09
10	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 42.08	177.426 km / h	10
11	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 42.10	177.391 km / h	11
12	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	1: 42.11	177.373 km / h	12
13	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	1: 42.65	176.440 km / h	13
14th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 42.71	176.337 km / h	14th
15th	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow Ford	1: 42.80	176.183 km / h	15th
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS Ford	1: 42.91	175.995 km / h	16
17th	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford	1: 43.19	175.517 km / h	17th
18th	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	1: 43.19	175.517 km / h	18th
19th	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 43.55	174.907 km / h	19th
20th	Jochen Mass	ATS Ford	1: 43.74	174.586 km / h	20th
21st	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	1: 43.75	174.570 km / h	21st
22nd	Hector Rebaque	Lotus Ford	1: 43.86	174.385 km / h	22nd
23	Danny Ongais	Ensign-Ford	1: 43.94	174.251 km / h	23
24	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford	1: 44.20	173.816 km / h	24
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford	1: 44.20	173.816 km / h	-
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Theodore Ford	1: 44.28	173.682 km / h	-
DNQ	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford	1: 44.66	173.052 km / h	-
DNQ	Divina Galica	Hesketh-Ford	1: 46.79	169.600 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	63	0	1: 49: 59.86	04th	1: 43.07
02	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	63	0	+ 49.13	07th	1: 44.06
03	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	63	0	+ 57.02	10	1: 43.57
04th	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	63	0	+1: 33.12	03	1: 43.81
05	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow Ford	62	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 44.57
06th	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	62	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 45.26
07th	Jochen Mass	ATS Ford	62	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 45.79
08th	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	61	0	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 45.01
09	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	61	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 44.37
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	59	0	+ 4 rounds	18th	1: 44.04
11	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	58	0	+ 5 rounds	08th	1: 43.25
-	Hector Rebaque	Lotus Ford	40	0	DNF	22nd	1: 45.58	task
-	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	35	0	DNF	06th	1: 43.94	accident
-	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	34	0	DNF	05	1: 44.34	accident
-	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow Ford	25th	0	DNF	09	1: 44.78	defective fuel pump
-	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	25th	1	DNF	02	1: 44.61	accident
-	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	16	0	DNF	12	1: 45.57	Collision damage
-	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	15th	0	DNF	01	1: 44.80	Collision damage
-	Danny Ongais	Ensign-Ford	13	0	DNF	23	1: 48.29	Brake defect
-	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford	11	0	DNF	13	1: 46.02	overheated engine
-	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	08th	0	DNF	11	1: 46.38	accident
-	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford	05	0	DNF	24	1: 48.29	accident
-	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign-Ford	00	0	DNF	17th	-	broken half-wave
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS Ford	-	0	DNS	16	-	not started

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Mario Andretti lotus 12 02  Niki Lauda Brabham 10 03  Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 9 04th  Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6th 05  Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 4th

Item driver constructor Points 06th  James Hunt McLaren 3 07th  Clay Regazzoni Shadow 2 08th  Ronnie Peterson lotus 2 09  Didier Pironi Tyrrell 1 10  Patrick Tambay McLaren 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 12 02  Brabham 10 03  Ferrari 9 04th  Fittipaldi 6th

Item constructor Points 05  Tyrrell 5 06th  McLaren 3 07th  Shadow 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 203
2. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 5, 2012)  
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on August 5, 2012)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 5, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website