1978 Spanish Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 7th of 16 races in the 1978 World Automobile Championship | ||
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| Surname: | XXIV Gran Premio de España | |
| Date: | 4th June 1978 | |
| Place: | San Sebastian de los Reyes | |
| Course: | Circuito Permanente del Jarama | |
| Length: | 255.3 km in 75 laps of 3.404 km
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| Weather: | sunny and warm | |
| Spectator: | ~ 35,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Mario Andretti
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 lotus
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| Time: | 1: 16.39 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
Mario Andretti
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lotus
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| Time: | 1: 20.06 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Mario Andretti
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lotus
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| Second: |
 Ronnie Peterson
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lotus
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| Third: |
 Jacques Laffite
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Ligier
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The 1978 Spanish Grand Prix took place on June 4th at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama near Madrid and was the seventh race of the 1978 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
Two weeks after the first victory of the Lotus 79 right at the first Grand Prix use in Belgium by Mario Andretti could that Team Lotus is now one copy of this car make two works drivers available, so that Ronnie Peterson was able to compete with the new model. In addition, they received further financial support from the sponsor Olympus , who had ended his commitment to the financially troubled Hesketh team. For Hesketh this meant the end. The team no longer appeared.
The Martini team was also not present . Instead, the Spanish guest starter Emilio de Villota returned to the field at the wheel of his private McLaren M23 on the occasion of his home Grand Prix. Patrick Tambay returned to his place on the McLaren factory team after a break due to injury .
training
The two Lotus works drivers dominated the training at will and qualified themselves for the front row, with pole setter Andretti completing a lap time around one second faster than third-placed Carlos Reutemann in a Ferrari 312T3 . This was followed by James Hunt before Gilles Villeneuve and Niki Lauda . John Watson , Riccardo Patrese , Jody Scheckter and Jacques Laffite completed the top ten. The four other participating French followed behind their compatriot Laffite on the starting positions 11 to 14.
run
While Peterson only had a bad start that threw him back to ninth place, Hunt took the lead after a good start from position four. He was followed by Andretti, Reutemann, Watson and Villeneuve.
On the sixth lap, Andretti took the lead and quickly gained a lead. Meanwhile, Peterson worked his way up to fifth place by the 29th lap, partly due to technical problems of opponents Villeneuve, Patrese and Reutemann.
Laffite and Peterson passed Watson on the 37th lap, who was slightly handicapped due to lapping maneuvers. One lap later, Peterson passed Laffite and took third place. He caught runner-up Hunt by lap 53 and eventually overtook him. Shortly afterwards, the latter fell behind Laffite and Lauda before the Austrian retired due to an engine failure. Hunt stayed in fourth place for three laps until he was overtaken by Scheckter and Watson. Shortly before, Reutemann had survived a serious accident caused by a technical defect in his Ferrari, in which he hit the safety fences over the crash barriers.
Lotus celebrated the second one-two in a row. Laffite came third in front of Scheckter, Watson and Hunt.
Registration list
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Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 16.39 | 160.419 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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1: 16.68 | 159.812 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
 Carlos Reutemann
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 Ferrari
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1: 17.40 | 158.326 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 17.66 | 157.796 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
 Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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1: 17.76 | 157.593 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Niki Lauda
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 17.94 | 157.229 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 17.98 | 157.148 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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1: 18.14 | 156.826 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford
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1: 18.24 | 156.626 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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1: 18.42 | 156.266 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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1: 18.99 | 155.139 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 19.06 | 155.001 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Didier Pironi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 19.11 | 154.903 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Patrick Tambay
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 19.28 | 154.571 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 19.33 | 154.474 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 19.71 | 153.737 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
 Jochen Mass
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ATS Ford
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1: 19.98 | 153.218 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
 Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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1: 19.99 | 153.199 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Rolf Stommelen
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Arrows Ford
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1: 20.03 | 153.123 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
 Hector Rebaque
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Lotus Ford
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1: 20.21 | 152.779 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
 Jacky Ickx
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 20.36 | 152.494 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Shadow Ford
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1: 20.67 | 151.908 km / h | 22nd |
| 23 |
Rupert Keegan
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 20.77 | 151.720 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Shadow Ford
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1: 20.87 | 151.532 km / h | 24 |
| DNQ |
Arturo Merzario
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Merzario-Ford
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1: 20.91 | 151.457 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 21.17 | 150.972 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
.svg){kind=small} Emilio de Villota
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 21.55 | 150.269 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Alberto Colombo
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ATS Ford
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1: 21.59 | 150.195 km / h | - |
| DNPQ |
 Keke Rosberg
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Theodore Ford
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no time | - | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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75 | 0 | 1: 41: 47.06 | 1 | 1: 20.06 | |
| 2 |
Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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75 | 0 | + 19.56 | 2 | 1: 20.40 | |
| 3 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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75 | 0 | + 37.24 | 10 | 1: 21.10 | |
| 4th |
Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford
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75 | 0 | +1: 00.06 | 9 | 1: 21.33 | |
| 5 |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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75 | 0 | +1: 05.93 | 7th | 1: 21.27 | |
| 6th |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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74 | 1 | + 1 lap | 4th | 1: 20.44 | |
| 7th |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 16 | 1: 22.44 | |
| 8th |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 18th | 1: 21.87 | |
| 9 |
Jochen Mass
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ATS Ford
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 17th | 1: 22.04 | |
| 10 |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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74 | 2 | + 1 lap | 5 | 1: 20.94 | |
| 11 |
Rupert Keegan
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Surtees-Ford
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73 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 23 | 1: 23.20 | |
| 12 |
Didier Pironi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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71 | 0 | + 4 rounds | 13 | 1: 21.58 | |
| 13 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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71 | 0 | + 4 rounds | 11 | 1: 22.63 | |
| 14th |
Rolf Stommelen
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Arrows Ford
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71 | 1 | + 4 rounds | 19th | 1: 23.35 | |
| 15th |
Clay Regazzoni
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Shadow Ford
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67 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 22.53 | broken fuel line |
| - |
Jacky Ickx
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Ensign-Ford
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64 | 0 | DNF | 21st | 1: 22.19 | Engine failure |
| - |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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62 | 0 | NC | 15th | 1: 22.11 | Unrated |
| - |
Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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57 | 0 | DNF | 3 | 1: 20.78 | accident |
| - |
Niki Lauda
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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56 | 0 | DNF | 6th | 1: 20.85 | Engine failure |
| - |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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50 | 0 | DNF | 12 | 1: 20.84 | Engine failure |
| - |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Shadow Ford
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45 | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 22.90 | task |
| - |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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21st | 0 | DNF | 8th | 1: 21.14 | Engine failure |
| - |
Hector Rebaque
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Lotus Ford
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21st | 0 | DNF | 20th | 1: 23.46 | defective exhaust system |
| - |
Patrick Tambay
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McLaren-Ford
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16 | 0 | DNF | 14th | 1: 21.71 | Lathe operator |
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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "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)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on August 5, 2012)
- ↑ "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)
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