Gridpedia1978 Canadian Grand Prix
- Date
- 8 Oct 1978
- Circuit
- Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
- Round
- 16 of 16
- Winner
- Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | VILGilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 70 | 1:57:49.196 | 9 | |
| 2 | 20 | SCHJody Scheckter | Wolf | 2 | 70 | +13.372 | 6 | |
| 3 | 11 | REUCarlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | 70 | +19.408 | 4 | |
| 4 | 35 | PATRiccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | 70 | +24.667 | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | DEPPatrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | 70 | +28.558 | 2 | |
| 6 | 22 | DALDerek Daly | Ensign | 15 | 70 | +54.476 | 1 | |
| 7 | 3 | PIRDidier Pironi | Tyrrell | 18 | 70 | +1:21.250 | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | TAMPatrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | 70 | +1:26.560 | 0 | |
| 9 | 27 | JONAlan Jones | Williams | 5 | 70 | +1:28.942 | 0 | |
| 10 | 5 | ANDMario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 11 | 66 | PIQNelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 12 | 15 | JABJean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 22 | 65 | +5 Laps | 0 | |
| N | 10 | ROSKeke Rosberg | ATS | 21 | 58 | +12 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 26 | LAFJacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 52 | Transmission | 0 | |
| R | 7 | HUNJames Hunt | McLaren | 19 | 51 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 55 | JARJean-Pierre Jarier | Team Lotus | 1 | 49 | Oil leak | 0 | |
| R | 18 | ARNRené Arnoux | Surtees | 16 | 37 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 21 | RAHBobby Rahal | Wolf | 20 | 16 | Fuel system | 0 | |
| R | 2 | WATJohn Watson | Brabham | 4 | 8 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 1 | LAUNiki Lauda | Brabham | 7 | 5 | Brakes | 0 | |
| R | 16 | STUHans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 8 | 1 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 14 | FITEmerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | 0 | Accident | 0 | |
| F | 17 | REGClay Regazzoni | Shadow | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 19 | GABBeppe Gabbiani | Surtees | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 37 | MERArturo Merzario | Merzario | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 25 | REBHector Rebaque | Team Lotus | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 36 | STORolf Stommelen | Arrows | PL | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 | |
| F | 9 | BLEMichael Bleekemolen | ATS | PL | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 6 | 64 |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | 2 | 51 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 4 | 48 |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 2 | 44 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1 | 34 |
| 6 | John Watson | Brabham | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 0 | 17 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Lotus | 8 | 86 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 5 | 58 |
| 3 | Brabham | 2 | 53 |
| 4 | Tyrrell | 1 | 38 |
| 5 | Wolf | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Ligier | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Fittipaldi | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | McLaren | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Williams | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Arrows | 0 | 11 |