1978 Italian Grand Prix

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Flag of Italy.svg 1978 Italian Grand Prix
Racing data
14th of 16 races of the 1978 World Automobile Championship
Route profile
Surname: XLIX Gran Premio d'Italia
Date: September 10, 1978
Place: Monza
Course: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Length: 232 km in 40 laps of 5.8 km

Weather: cloudy but warm
Spectator: ~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver: United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti United KingdomUnited Kingdom lotus
Time: 1: 37.520 min
Fastest lap
Driver: United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti United KingdomUnited Kingdom lotus
Time: 1: 38.23 min
Podium
First: AustriaAustria Niki Lauda United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham
Second: United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham
Third: ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann ItalyItaly Ferrari

The 1978 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 10th at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza and was the 14th race of the 1978 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

Riccardo Patrese's Arrows A1
Jody Scheckter's stripped Wolf WR5

background

When the teams traveled to Monza for the last European race of the season, the world championship had already been decided in favor of Mario Andretti , as the only remaining pilot who could arithmetically have challenged him for the championship lead was his team-mate Ronnie Peterson . However, the latter had contractually guaranteed his support and had strictly adhered to it during the previous races.

Because of leg fractures that he is in tests for the ATS Racing Team in Silverstone had contracted, was Jochen Mass did not finish the season. Instead, Michael Bleekemolen , who had already competed as a guest starter for the team at the Dutch Grand Prix two weeks earlier, took his place. After Harald Ertl failed the pre-qualification in the Ensign on Friday , he was allowed to complete the regular training at the wheel of the second ATS HS1 .

At Team Surtees , the still injured Rupert Keegan was represented by the local debutant Carlo Franchi . His compatriot Alberto Colombo took part in a second Merzario A1 on the race weekend.

training

For once, the training was not completely dominated by Lotus . Nevertheless, Mario Andretti achieved his seventh pole position of the season. Gilles Villeneuve followed in front of Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Niki Lauda . Ronnie Peterson shared the third row with Alan Jones . John Watson , Jacques Laffite , Jody Scheckter and James Hunt completed the top ten.

Only the 24 fastest of the 31 pilots present were allowed to take part in the race.

run

Since Ronnie Peterson had an accident with the Lotus 79 during warm-up on Sunday morning due to a brake defect , he had to start the race with the previous year's Lotus 78 car .

The starter Gianni Restelli already released the race when the drivers in the back ranks were still rolling to their starting positions. So while the first rows of the grid had to start from a standing start, the following drivers had an acceleration advantage. This made the field very compact. Since the start straight in Monza was unusually wide, there were daring maneuvers, which turned out to be a mistake at the end of this straight, where the track before the first chicane narrowed massively.

Villeneuve was the first to reach the chicane ahead of Andretti and Lauda. Jabouille followed before Jones, Watson, Laffite, Scheckter, Peterson and Hunt. Riccardo Patrese found himself on the wrong side of the track in the thick of the crowd and had to pull inwards in order to be able to brake the chicane. There, however, Hunt did not give him the necessary space, which led to the collision of the two. Peterson's Lotus was then thrown into the guardrails after contact with Hunt's car, bounced back onto the track and went up in flames. The two Shadow pilots Clay Regazzoni and Hans-Joachim Stuck , the Tyrrell factory drivers Didier Pironi and Patrick Depailler , as well as Vittorio Brambilla , Derek Daly and Brett Lunger were involved in the following mass collision, none of whom had a chance to evade. Debris flying through the air hit stucco on the helmet. Brambilla was even hit by a torn off bike and seriously injured. Hunt, Depailler, and Regazzoni pulled Peterson, who was fully conscious, out of his burning car. Emergency doctors did not arrive at the scene of the accident until a few minutes later. With severe broken legs, Peterson was transported to a hospital in Milan with Brambilla . The race had meanwhile been stopped with the red flag.

When the 19 remaining drivers, some of whom had to change to their T-Cars due to excessive damage to their emergency vehicles , completed the introductory lap to restart, Jody Scheckter lost a wheel in one of the two Lesmo bends and hit the track barriers violently. Andretti, Hunt, Lauda, ​​Reutemann and Fittipaldi then inspected the scene of the accident and refused to start unless the guard rails were repaired. Due to the necessary repair work, the restart was delayed to shortly before 6 p.m.

Villeneuve and Andretti started the new race with an early start. On the 35th lap of the race, which was shortened to 40 laps, Andretti took the lead as Villeneuve was struggling with deteriorating brakes and tires. After Jabouille was eliminated due to an engine failure, Lauda took third place. Watson took fourth place ahead of Reutemann, Laffite and Tambay . This finish did not last, however, as the early starts of Andretti and Villeneuve were subsequently punished with a time penalty, which threw them back to sixth and seventh place. Lauda was thus declared the winner.

Due to the fact that Peterson was in the hospital, there were no victory celebrations at Lotus despite having won the world title. The news that he had not suffered any serious burns and that his leg injuries were not life-threatening provided relief.

However, complications arose during an operation on Monday night. Ronnie Peterson fell into a coma and eventually died suddenly. Mario Andretti found out about this when he wanted to visit his colleague in the hospital.

Riccardo Patrese was seen as the cause of the disaster. A few years later, a videotaped court ruled that it was James Hunt.

Registration list

team No. driver chassis engine tires
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Parmalat Racing Team 1 AustriaAustria Niki Lauda Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12 G
2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eleven Team Tyrrell 3 FranceFrance Didier Pironi Tyrrell 008 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G
4th FranceFrance Patrick Depailler
United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Player Team Lotus 5 United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti Lotus 79 G
6th SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson 1 Lotus 79
Lotus 78
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Marlboro Team McLaren 7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt McLaren M26 G
8th FranceFrance Patrick Tambay
33 ItalyItaly Bruno Giacomelli
GermanyGermany F&S Properties / ATS Racing Team 9 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael Bleekemolen ATS HS1 G
GermanyGermany ATS Racing Team 10 GermanyGermany Harald Ertl 2
ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 11 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 312T3 Ferrari 015 3.0 F12 M.
12 CanadaCanada Gilles Villeneuve
Brazil 1968Brazil Fittipaldi Automotive 14th Brazil 1968Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi F5A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G
FranceFrance Equipe Renault Elf 15th FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault RS01 Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t M.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Racing Team 16 GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow DN9 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clay Regazzoni
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Durex Team Surtees 18th ItalyItaly Carlo Franchi Surtees TS20 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beta Team Surtees 19th ItalyItaly Vittorio Brambilla
CanadaCanada Walter Wolf Racing 20th South Africa 1961South Africa Jody Scheckter Wolf WR5 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Tissot Ensign 22nd IrelandIreland Derek Daly Ensign N177 G
GermanyGermany Sachs Racing 23 GermanyGermanyHarald Ertl 2 G
MexicoMexico Team Rebaque 25th MexicoMexico Hector Rebaque Lotus 78 G
FranceFrance Ligier Gitanes 26th FranceFrance Jacques Laffite Ligier JS9 Matra MS78 3.0 V12 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams Grand Prix Engineering 27 AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones Williams FW06 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom BS Fabrications 29 Brazil 1968Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren M23 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Liggett Group / BS Fabrications 30th United StatesUnited States Brett Lunger McLaren M26 G
Hong Kong 1959Hong Kong Theodore Racing Hong Kong 32 FinlandFinland Keke Rosberg Wolf WR3 G
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows Racing Team 35 ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese Arrows A1 G
36 GermanyGermany Rolf Stommelen
ItalyItaly Team Merzario 37 ItalyItaly Arturo Merzario Merzario A1 G
38 ItalyItaly Alberto Colombo

1 Ronnie Peterson had an accident in the warm-up with the Lotus 79 and then started the race with the Lotus 78.
2 Harald Ertl was registered for both Sachs Racing and ATS this weekend.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item driver constructor time Ø speed begin
01 United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Ford 1: 37.520 214.110 km / h 01
02 CanadaCanada Gilles Villeneuve ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 37.866 213.353 km / h 02
03 FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille FranceFrance Renault 1: 37.930 213.214 km / h 03
04th AustriaAustria Niki Lauda United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1: 38.215 212.595 km / h 04th
05 SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Ford 1: 38.256 212.506 km / h 05
06th AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Ford 1: 38.271 212.474 km / h 06th
07th United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1: 38.610 211.743 km / h 07th
08th FranceFrance Jacques Laffite FranceFrance Ligier-Matra 1: 38.917 211.086 km / h 08th
09 South Africa 1961South Africa Jody Scheckter CanadaCanada Wolf-Ford 1: 38.937 211.043 km / h 09
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 38.938 211.041 km / h 10
11 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 38.959 210.996 km / h 11
12 ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows Ford 1: 39.179 210.528 km / h 12
13 Brazil 1968Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Brazil 1968Brazil Fittipaldi-Ford 1: 39.421 210.016 km / h 13
14th FranceFrance Didier Pironi United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 1: 39.531 209.784 km / h 14th
15th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clay Regazzoni United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Ford 1: 39.621 209.594 km / h 15th
16 FranceFrance Patrick Depailler United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 1: 39.630 209.575 km / h 16
17th GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Ford 1: 39.701 209.426 km / h 17th
18th IrelandIreland Derek Daly United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign-Ford 1: 40.075 208.644 km / h 18th
19th FranceFrance Patrick Tambay United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 40.163 208.460 km / h 19th
20th ItalyItaly Bruno Giacomelli United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 40.199 208.385 km / h 20th
21st United StatesUnited States Brett Lunger United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 40.302 208.171 km / h 21st
22nd ItalyItaly Arturo Merzario ItalyItaly Merzario-Ford 1: 40.702 207.344 km / h 22nd
23 ItalyItaly Vittorio Brambilla United KingdomUnited Kingdom Surtees-Ford 1: 40.805 207.133 km / h 23
24 Brazil 1968Brazil Nelson Piquet United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 1: 40.846 207.048 km / h 24
DNQ MexicoMexico Hector Rebaque United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Ford 1: 41.063 206.604 km / h -
DNQ GermanyGermany Harald Ertl 3 GermanyGermany ATS Ford 1: 41.185 206.355 km / h -
DNQ NetherlandsNetherlands Michael Bleekemolen GermanyGermany ATS Ford 1: 41.408 205.901 km / h -
DNQ ItalyItaly Carlo Franchi United KingdomUnited Kingdom Surtees-Ford 1: 41.677 205.356 km / h -
DNPQ GermanyGermanyHarald Ertl 3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign-Ford 1: 40.27 4 208.238 km / h -
DNPQ FinlandFinland Keke Rosberg CanadaCanada Wolf-Ford 1: 40.75 4 207.246 km / h -
DNPQ GermanyGermany Rolf Stommelen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows Ford 1: 40.93 4 206.876 km / h -
DNPQ ItalyItaly Alberto Colombo ItalyItaly Merzario-Ford 1: 42.55 4 203.608 km / h -

3 Harald Ertl did the pre-qualification for the Sachs Racing team and the regular training for ATS.
4 During the pre-qualification, no thousandths of a second were measured.

run

Item driver constructor Round Stops time begin Fastest lap Failure reason
01 AustriaAustria Niki Lauda United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Alfa Romeo 40 0 1: 07: 04.54 04th 1: 39.06
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Alfa Romeo 40 0 + 1.48 07th 1: 38.77
03 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann ItalyItaly Ferrari 40 0 + 20.47 11 1: 39.89
04th FranceFrance Jacques Laffite FranceFrance Ligier-Matra 40 0 + 37.53 08th 1: 39.66
05 FranceFrance Patrick Tambay United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 40 0 + 40.39 19th 1: 40.26
06th United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Ford 40 0 + 46.33 5 01 1: 38.23
07th CanadaCanada Gilles Villeneuve ItalyItaly Ferrari 40 0 + 48.48 5 02 1: 38.99
08th Brazil 1968Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Brazil 1968Brazil Fittipaldi-Ford 40 0 + 55.24 13 1: 39.70
09 Brazil 1968Brazil Nelson Piquet United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 40 0 +1: 06.83 24 1: 39.98
10 IrelandIreland Derek Daly United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ensign-Ford 40 0 +1: 09.11 18th 1: 41.11
11 FranceFrance Patrick Depailler United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 40 0 +1: 16.57 16 1: 40.60
12 South Africa 1961South Africa Jody Scheckter CanadaCanada Wolf-Ford 39 0 + 1 lap 09 1: 41.25
13 AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Ford 39 0 + 1 lap 06th 1: 39.35
14th ItalyItaly Bruno Giacomelli United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 39 0 + 1 lap 20th 1: 40.67
- SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clay Regazzoni United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Ford 33 0 NC 15th 1: 41.25 Unrated
- ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows Ford 28 0 DNF 12 1: 40.03 Engine failure
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 19th 0 DNF 10 1: 40.86 defective distributor
- ItalyItaly Arturo Merzario ItalyItaly Merzario-Ford 14th 0 DNF 22nd 1: 42.96 Engine failure
- FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille FranceFrance Renault 06th 0 DNF 03 1: 40.67 Engine failure
- SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Ford 00 0 DNF 05 - collision
- FranceFrance Didier Pironi United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell-Ford 00 0 DNF 14th - collision
- GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow Ford 00 0 DNF 17th - collision
- United StatesUnited States Brett Lunger United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Ford 00 0 DNF 21st - collision
- ItalyItaly Vittorio Brambilla United KingdomUnited Kingdom Surtees-Ford 00 0 DNF 23 - collision

5 Mario Andretti crossed the line first ahead of Gilles Villeneuve. However, both pilots received a subsequent time penalty for a premature start.

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 United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti lotus 64
02 SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson lotus 51
03 AustriaAustria Niki Lauda Brabham 44
04th ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 35
05 FranceFrance Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 32
06th United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson Brabham 25th
07th FranceFrance Jacques Laffite Ligier 19th
08th Brazil 1968Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15th
09 South Africa 1961South Africa Jody Scheckter wolf 14th
10 ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8th
Item driver constructor Points
11 CanadaCanada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8th
12 United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 8th
13 FranceFrance Patrick Tambay McLaren 7th
14th FranceFrance Didier Pironi Tyrrell 7th
15th AustraliaAustralia Alan Jones Williams 5
16 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 4th
17th GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 2
18th MexicoMexico Hector Rebaque lotus 1
19th ItalyItaly Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom lotus 86
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham 53
03 ItalyItaly Ferrari 40
04th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrrell 36
05 FranceFrance Ligier 19th
06th Brazil 1968Brazil Fittipaldi 15th
Item constructor Points
07th CanadaCanada wolf 14th
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren 14th
09 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arrows 8th
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shadow 6th
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams 5
12 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Surtees 1

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from May 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 17, 2012)
  2. 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. 206
  3. ^ "Report" (accessed on August 17, 2012)
  4. 60 years of Formula 1 , Michael Schmidt, Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-613-03127-2 , pp. 106-107
  5. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 17, 2012)

Web links

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