World Championship of F1 Drivers 1978 standings

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World Championship of F1 Drivers 1978 standings

Championship points standings for the World Championship of F1 Drivers 1978

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyres	Points
1.	Mario Andretti	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 78 Lotus 79	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	64
2.	Ronnie Peterson	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 78 Lotus 79	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	51
3.	Carlos Reutemann	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312T2 Ferrari 312T3	Ferrari 3.0 Ferrari 3.0	Michelin Michelin	48
4.	Niki Lauda	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham BT45C Brabham BT46 Brabham BT46B	Alfa Romeo 3.0 Alfa Romeo 3.0 Alfa Romeo 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear Goodyear	44
5.	Patrick Depailler	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 008	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	34
6.	John Watson	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham BT46 Brabham BT45C Brabham BT46B	Alfa Romeo 3.0 Alfa Romeo 3.0 Alfa Romeo 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear Goodyear	25
7.	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	Wolf WR1 Wolf WR5	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	24
8.	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS7 Ligier JS7/9 Ligier JS9	Matra 3.0 Matra 3.0 Matra 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear Goodyear	19
9.	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312T2 Ferrari 312T3	Ferrari 3.0 Ferrari 3.0	Michelin Michelin	17
10.	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	Fittipaldi F5A	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	17
11.	Alan Jones	Williams Grand Prix Engineering	Williams FW06	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	11
12.	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows FA1 Arrows A1	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	11
13.	James Hunt	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M26	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	8
14.	Patrick Tambay	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M26	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	8
15.	Didier Pironi	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 008	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	7
16.	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN8 Shadow DN9	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	4
17.	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RS01	Renault 1.5 turbo	Michelin	3
18.	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN8 Shadow DN9	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	2
19.	Vittorio Brambilla	Beta Team Surtees	Surtees TS19 Surtees TS20	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	1
19.	Derek Daly	Olympus Cameras/Hesketh Racing, Team Tissot Ensign	Hesketh 308E Ensign N177	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	1
19.	Héctor Rebaque	Team Rebaque	Lotus 78	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	1
	René Arnoux	Team Surtees, Automobiles Martini	Martini MK23 Surtees TS20	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Hans Binder	ATS Racing Team	ATS HS1	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	ATS HS1	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Theodore Racing Hong Kong, Olympus Cameras Hesketh Racing	Theodore TR01 Hesketh 308E	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Alberto Colombo	ATS Racing Team, Team Merzario	ATS HS1 Merzario A1	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Bernard de Dryver	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign N177	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Emilio de Villota	Centro Aseguredor F1	McLaren M25 McLaren M23	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Harald Ertl	Sachs Racing, ATS Racing Team	Ensign N177 ATS HS1	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Carlo Franchi	Durex Team Surtees	Surtees TS20	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Beppe Gabbiani	Beta Team Surtees	Surtees TS20	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Divina Galica	Olympus Camera Hesketh Racing	Hesketh 308E	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Bruno Giacomelli	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M26	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Jacky Ickx	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign N177	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS Racing Team, John Player Team Lotus	ATS HS1 Lotus 79	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Rupert Keegan	Durex Team Surtees	Surtees TS19 Surtees TS20	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Geoff Lees	Mario Deliotti Racing	Ensign N175	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Lamberto Leoni	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign N177	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Brett Lunger	Liggett Group / BS Fabrications, Team Tissot Ensign	McLaren M26 McLaren M23B Ensign N177	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Jochen Mass	ATS Racing Team	ATS HS1	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Arturo Merzario	Team Merzario	Merzario A1	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Patrick Nève	Patrick Nève	March 781S	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0
	Danny Ongais	Team Tissot Ensign, Interscope Racing	Ensign N177 Shadow DN9	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Nelson Piquet	Team Tissot Ensign, BS Fabrications, Parmalat Racing Team	McLaren M23 Ensign N177 Brabham BT46	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0 Alfa Romeo 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Bobby Rahal	Walter Wolf Racing	Wolf WR5 Wolf WR1	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Keke Rosberg	Theodore Racing Hong Kong, ATS Racing Team	ATS HS1 Theodore TR01 Wolf WR1 ATS D1	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows FA1 Arrows A1	Cosworth DFV 3.0 Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear Goodyear	0
	Tony Trimmer	Melchester Racing	McLaren M23	Cosworth DFV 3.0	Goodyear	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Mario Andretti	6
Most pole positions	Mario Andretti	8
Most podium positions	Mario Andretti	7
	Niki Lauda	7
	Ronnie Peterson	7
	Carlos Reutemann	7
Most podium positions without a win	Jody Scheckter	4
Most fastest race laps	Niki Lauda	4
Youngest driver	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	20 y/o
Oldest driver	Vittorio Brambilla	40 y/o

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
16.7%	Italy	Vittorio Brambilla, Alberto Colombo, Carlo Franchi, Beppe Gabbiani, Bruno Giacomelli, Lamberto Leoni, Arturo Merzario, Riccardo Patrese	8
14.6%	France	René Arnoux, Patrick Depailler, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Jacques Laffite, Didier Pironi, Patrick Tambay	7
12.5%	Great Britain	Divina Galica, James Hunt, Rupert Keegan, Geoff Lees, Tony Trimmer, John Watson	6
10.4%	U.S.A.	Mario Andretti, Eddie Cheever, Jr., Brett Lunger, Danny Ongais, Bobby Rahal	5
6.3%	Austria	Hans Binder, Harald Ertl, Niki Lauda	3
6.3%	Belgium	Jacky Ickx, Bernard de Dryver, Patrick Nève	3
6.3%	Germany	Jochen Mass, Rolf Stommelen, Hans-Joachim Stuck	3
4.2%	Brazil	Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet	2
2.1%	Spain	Emilio de Villota	1
2.1%	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	1
2.1%	South Africa	Jody Scheckter	1
2.1%	Finland	Keke Rosberg	1
2.1%	Argentina	Carlos Reutemann	1
2.1%	Switzerland	Clay Regazzoni	1
2.1%	Mexico	Héctor Rebaque	1
2.1%	Sweden	Ronnie Peterson	1
2.1%	Australia	Alan Jones	1
2.1%	Ireland	Derek Daly	1
2.1%	Netherlands	Michael Bleekemolen	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Andretti, Mario	38 y/o	16	6	7	8	3
Arnoux, René	29 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Binder, Hans	30 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Bleekemolen, Michael	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Brambilla, Vittorio	40 y/o	12	0	0	0	0
Cheever, Jr., Eddie	20 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Colombo, Alberto	32 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Daly, Derek	25 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
de Dryver, Bernard	25 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
de Villota, Emilio	31 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Depailler, Patrick	33 y/o	16	1	5	0	0
Ertl, Harald	29 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Fittipaldi, Emerson	31 y/o	16	0	1	0	0
Franchi, Carlo	40 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Gabbiani, Beppe	21 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Galica, Divina	31 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Giacomelli, Bruno	25 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Hunt, James	30 y/o	17	0	1	0	0
Ickx, Jacky	33 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Jabouille, Jean-Pierre	35 y/o	14	0	0	0	0
Jarier, Jean-Pierre	31 y/o	4	0	0	1	1
Jones, Alan	31 y/o	16	0	1	0	2
Keegan, Rupert	23 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Laffite, Jacques	34 y/o	16	0	2	0	0
Lauda, Niki	29 y/o	16	2	7	1	4
Lees, Geoff	27 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Leoni, Lamberto	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Lunger, Brett	32 y/o	10	0	0	0	0
Mass, Jochen	31 y/o	10	0	0	0	0
Merzario, Arturo	35 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Nève, Patrick	28 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Ongais, Danny	36 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Patrese, Riccardo	24 y/o	14	0	1	0	0
Peterson, Ronnie	34 y/o	14	2	7	3	3
Piquet, Nelson	25 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Pironi, Didier	26 y/o	16	0	0	0	0
Rahal, Bobby	25 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Rebaque, Héctor	22 y/o	9	0	0	0	0
Regazzoni, Clay	38 y/o	11	0	0	0	0
Reutemann, Carlos	36 y/o	16	4	7	2	2
Rosberg, Keke	29 y/o	9	0	0	0	0
Scheckter, Jody	28 y/o	15	0	4	0	0
Stommelen, Rolf	34 y/o	9	0	0	0	0
Stuck, Hans-Joachim	27 y/o	14	0	0	0	0
Tambay, Patrick	29 y/o	15	0	0	0	0
Trimmer, Tony	35 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Villeneuve, Gilles	28 y/o	16	1	2	0	1
Watson, John	32 y/o	16	0	3	1	0

#	Date	Circuit
1	1978-01-15	Buenos Aires
2	1978-01-29	Brasilia
3	1978-03-04	Kyalami
4	1978-04-02	Long Beach
5	1978-05-07	Monte Carlo
6	1978-05-21	Zolder
7	1978-06-04	Jarama
8	1978-06-17	Anderstorp
9	1978-07-02	Paul Ricard
10	1978-07-16	Brands Hatch
11	1978-07-30	Hockenheim
12	1978-08-13	Österreichring
13	1978-08-27	Zandvoort
14	1978-09-10	Monza
15	1978-10-01	Watkins Glen
16	1978-10-08	Montreal