| «1978-14» | Italy Grand Prix - XLIX Gran Premio d'Italia |
| 1978-09-10 | Monza - Autodromo Nazionale di Monza - 40 laps × 5.8 km : 232.0 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 40 | 1:07:04.540 | 207.527 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 40 | +01.480 | +01.480 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 40 | +20.470 | +18.990 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 40 | +37.530 | +17.060 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 40 | +40.390 | +02.860 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 40 | +46.330 | +05.940 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 40 | +48.480 | +02.150 | |
| 8 | 13 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 40 | +55.240 | +06.760 | |
| 9 | 24 | 29 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 40 | +01:06.830 | +11.590 | |
| 10 | 18 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 40 | +01:09.110 | +02.280 | |
| 11 | 16 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 40 | +01:16.569 | +07.459 | |
| 12 | 9 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 13 | 6 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| 14 | 20 | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 39 | +1 lap | ||
| DNC | 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 33 | |||
| 12 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 29 | engine | |||
| 10 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 19 | distributor | |||
| 22 | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | 14 | engine | |||
| 3 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 6 | valve | |||
| 5 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 0 | fatal accident | |||
| 23 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | 0 | pile-up | |||
| 21 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 0 | pile-up | |||
| 14 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 0 | pile-up | |||
| 17 | 16 | Hans Joachim Stuck | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 0 | pile-up | |||
| DNQ | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 10 | Harald Ertl | ATS • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 9 | Michael Bleekemolen | ATS • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 18 | Gimax | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNP | 10 | Harald Ertl | ATS • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNP | 32 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNP | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNP | 34 | Alberto Colombo | Merzario • Ford Cosworth |
Fastest lap - 01:38.230 - 212.562 km/h - Mario Andretti (lap 33)
Comments
Race scheduled for 52 laps, red-flagged following a multi-car collision and reduced to 40 laps.
Mario Andretti and Gilles Villeneuve finished 1st and 2nd but received 1-minute penalties for jump starts.