Resultados · 1978
Gran Premio de Sudáfrica
Clasificación de la carrera
| Pos. | Piloto | Escudería | Vueltas | Tiempo / Dif. | 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 vuelta | 1 |
| 7 | 5 Mario Andretti  |
Team Lotus | 77 | +1 vuelta | |
| 8 | 10 Jean-Pierre Jarier |
ATS | 77 | +1 vuelta | |
| 9 | 36 Rolf Stommelen  |
Arrows | 77 | +1 vuelta | |
| 10 | 25 Hector Rebaque  |
Team Lotus | 77 | +1 vuelta | |
| 11 | 30 Brett Lunger |
McLaren | 76 | +2 vueltas | |
| 12 | 19 Vittorio Brambilla  |
Surtees | 76 | +2 vueltas | |
| — | 35 Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows | 63 | Abandono | |
| — | 20 Jody Scheckter |
Wolf | 59 | Abandono | |
| — | 8 Patrick Tambay |
McLaren | 56 | Abandono | |
| — | 12 Gilles Villeneuve  |
Ferrari | 55 | Abandono | |
| — | 11 Carlos Reutemann  |
Ferrari | 55 | Abandono | |
| — | 1 Niki Lauda  |
Brabham | 52 | Abandono | |
| — | 18 Rupert Keegan |
Surtees | 52 | Abandono | |
| — | 9 Jochen Mass |
ATS | 43 | Abandono | |
| — | 37 Arturo Merzario |
Merzario | 39 | Abandono | |
| — | 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 38 | Abandono | |
| — | 32 Keke Rosberg  |
Theodore | 15 | Abandono | |
| — | 14 Emerson Fittipaldi  |
Fittipaldi | 9 | Abandono | |
| — | 24 Eddie Cheever |
Hesketh | 8 | Abandono | |
| — | 7 James Hunt |
McLaren | 5 | Abandono |