Pit Lane F1
1978 Season - Round 14 - 1978-09-10
Niki Lauda won the 1978 Italian Grand Prix for Brabham, with John Watson (Brabham) second and Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari) third. The win came from P4 on the grid.
Nelson Piquet (McLaren) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P24 on the grid to P9 at the flag — a 15-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 9 drivers failing to finish.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1978 Italian Grand Prix, completing round 14 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 4 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 7 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Jacques Laffite |
| Ligier |
| 8 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 19 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 13 | Finished | 0 |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 24 | Finished | 0 |
| 10 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 18 | Finished | 0 |
| 11 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 16 | Finished | 0 |
| 12 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 9 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Alan Jones | Williams | 6 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 20 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 15 | +7 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | James Hunt | McLaren | 10 | Distributor | 0 |
| 18 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | Engine | 0 |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 3 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 5 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 14 | Accident | 0 |
| 22 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 17 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 21 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 23 | Accident | 0 |
