| «1978-01» | Argentina Grand Prix - XIV Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina |
| 1978-01-15 | Buenos Aires - Autodromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez - 52 laps × 5.968 km : 310.336 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 52 | 1:37:04.470 | 191.813 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 52 | +13.210 | +13.210 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 52 | +13.640 | +00.430 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 52 | +16.050 | +02.410 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 52 | +01:14.850 | +58.800 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 52 | +01:19.900 | +05.050 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 52 | +01:22.600 | +02.700 | |
| 8 | 7 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 52 | +01:38.880 | +16.280 | |
| 9 | 17 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 52 | +01:40.600 | +01.720 | |
| 10 | 15 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 52 | +01:43.500 | +02.900 | |
| 11 | 13 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 52 | +01:49.070 | +05.570 | |
| 12 | 11 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 51 | +1 lap | ||
| 13 | 24 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 51 | +1 lap | ||
| 14 | 23 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 51 | +1 lap | ||
| 15 | 16 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 51 | +1 lap | ||
| 16 | 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 50 | engine | ||
| 17 | 18 | 16 | Hans Joachim Stuck | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 50 | +2 laps | ||
| 18 | 12 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | 50 | +2 laps | ||
| 4 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 41 | engine | |||
| 14 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 36 | fuel injection | |||
| 21 | 22 | Danny Ongais | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 35 | transmission | |||
| 22 | 23 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 28 | engine | |||
| 20 | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | 9 | differential | |||
| 19 | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | 4 | overheating | |||
| DNQ | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 32 | Eddie Cheever | Theodore • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 24 | Divina Galica | Hesketh • Ford Cosworth |
Fastest lap - 01:49.760 - 195.743 km/h - Gilles Villeneuve (lap 3)
Comments
Race scheduled for 53 laps, reduced to 52 due to an error by JM Fangio who waved the checkered flag one lap too early.