| «1978-02» | Brazil Grand Prix - VII Grande Premio do Brasil |
| 1978-01-29 | Jacarepagua - Autódromo do Rio de Janeiro - 63 laps × 5.031 km : 316.953 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 63 | 1:49:59.860 | 172.887 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 63 | +49.130 | +49.130 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 63 | +57.020 | +07.890 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 63 | +01:33.120 | +36.100 | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 62 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 19 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 62 | +1 lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 20 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 62 | +1 lap | ||
| 8 | 21 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 61 | +2 laps | ||
| 9 | 14 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 61 | +2 laps | ||
| 10 | 18 | 36 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 59 | +4 laps | ||
| 11 | 8 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 58 | +5 laps | ||
| 22 | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 40 | exhausted | |||
| 6 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 35 | accident | |||
| 5 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 34 | spin | |||
| 9 | 16 | Hans Joachim Stuck | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 25 | fuel pump | |||
| 2 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 25 | spin | |||
| 12 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 16 | collision | |||
| 1 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 15 | collision | |||
| 23 | 22 | Danny Ongais | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 13 | brakes | |||
| 13 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 11 | overheating | |||
| 11 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 8 | brakes | |||
| 24 | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | 5 | accident | |||
| DNS | 17 | 23 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 0 | transmission | ||
| DNS | 16 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS • Ford Cosworth | car raced by team mate | |||
| DNQ | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 32 | Eddie Cheever | Theodore • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 24 | Divina Galica | Hesketh • Ford Cosworth |
Fastest lap - 01:43.070 - 175.721 km/h - Carlos Reutemann (lap 35)