Pit Lane F1
1978 Season - Round 16 - 1978-10-08
Gilles Villeneuve won the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Jody Scheckter (Wolf) second and Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari) third. The win came from P3 on the grid.
Didier Pironi (Tyrrell) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P18 on the grid to P7 at the flag — a 11-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 9 drivers failing to finish.
22 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix, completing round 16 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 2 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Riccardo Patrese |
| Arrows |
| 12 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 15 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 18 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | Finished | 0 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 5 | Finished | 0 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 22 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 21 | +12 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | Transmission | 0 |
| 15 | James Hunt | McLaren | 19 | Spun off | 0 |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Team Lotus | 1 | Oil leak | 0 |
| 17 | René Arnoux | Surtees | 16 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Bobby Rahal | Wolf | 20 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 19 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| 20 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 7 | Brakes | 0 |
| 21 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 8 | Accident | 0 |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | Accident | 0 |
