Results · 1978

South African Grand Prix

Session

Grand Prix

Season

Race classification

Pos.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Gap	pts
1	6 Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	78	1:42:15.767	9
2	4 Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	78	+0.466s	6
3	2 John Watson	Brabham	78	+4.442s	4
4	27 Alan Jones	Williams	78	+30.986s	3
5	26 Jacques Laffite	Ligier	78	+1:09.218s	2
6	3 Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	77	+1 lap	1
7	5 Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	77	+1 lap
8	10 Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	77	+1 lap
9	36 Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	77	+1 lap
10	25 Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus	77	+1 lap
11	30 Brett Lunger	McLaren	76	+2 laps
12	19 Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	76	+2 laps
—	35 Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	63	DNF
—	20 Jody Scheckter	Wolf	59	DNF
—	8 Patrick Tambay	McLaren	56	DNF
—	12 Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	55	DNF
—	11 Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	55	DNF
—	1 Niki Lauda	Brabham	52	DNF
—	18 Rupert Keegan	Surtees	52	DNF
—	9 Jochen Mass	ATS	43	DNF
—	37 Arturo Merzario	Merzario	39	DNF
—	15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	38	DNF
—	32 Keke Rosberg	Theodore	15	DNF
—	14 Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	9	DNF
—	24 Eddie Cheever	Hesketh	8	DNF
—	7 James Hunt	McLaren	5	DNF