«1978-03»South Africa Grand Prix - XII Grand Prix of South Africa
1978-03-04 Kyalami - 78 laps × 4.104 km : 320.112 km
PosDriverPoints
1 Mario Andretti • Lotus93-12
2 Ronnie Peterson • Lotus2-911
3 Niki Lauda • Brabham64-10
4 Patrick Depailler • Tyrrell4-610
5 Carlos Reutemann • Ferrari-9-9
6 Emerson Fittipaldi • Copersucar-6-6
7 John Watson • Brabham--44
8 Alan Jones • Williams--33
9 James Hunt • McLaren3--3
10 Jacques Laffite • Ligier--22
11 Clay Regazzoni • Shadow-2-2
12 Didier Pironi • Tyrrell-112
13 Patrick Tambay • McLaren1--1
- Eddie Cheever • Hesketh----
- Arturo Merzario • Merzario----
- Brett Lunger • McLaren----
- Vittorio Brambilla • Surtees----
- Hans Joachim Stuck • Shadow----
- Lamberto Leoni • Ensign----
- Gilles Villeneuve • Ferrari----
- Jean-Pierre Jarier • ATS----
- Jochen Mass • ATS----
- Jody Scheckter • Wolf----
- Hector Rebaque • Lotus----
- Rupert Keegan • Surtees----
- Danny Ongais • Ensign---
- Divina Galica • Hesketh---
- Riccardo Patrese • Arrows---
- Rolf Stommelen • Arrows--
- Jean-Pierre Jabouille • Renault--
- Keke Rosberg • Theodore--
- René Arnoux • Martini--

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.