| «1978-03» | South Africa Grand Prix - XII Grand Prix of South Africa |
| 1978-03-04 | Kyalami - 78 laps × 4.104 km : 320.112 km |
| Pos | Constructor | Points | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Ferrari • Ferrari | - | 9 | - | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | - | 6 | - | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 3 | - | - | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Williams • Ford Cosworth | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Ligier • Matra | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||||||||
| - | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| - | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| - | ATS • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| - | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| - | Theodore • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| - | Hesketh • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| - | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| - | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| - | Martini • Ford Cosworth | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| - | Renault • Renault | - | - |
Points System
9-6-4-3-2-1 points for the top 6 places.
Best 14 results (7 from first 8 and 7 from last 8) count toward championship.
Only the points of the highest-scoring driver for each constructor at each race (including privateer entries) are counted towards the Constructors' Championship.