Formula 1 1978 Canadian Grand Prix results

data
1978-10-08
16
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Gilles Villeneuve
Jean-Pierre Jarier

The 1978 Canadian Grand Prix was won by Gilles Villeneuve of Ferrari.
Despite being on pole position in Canada, Jean-Pierre Jarier could not convert this into a win.
Jarier was forced to retire in lap 49 due to: Oil leak.

The race in Canada was the last of 16 rounds of the 1978 season.

All 1978 results
 

results
# driver constructor laps time points
1 70 1:57:49.196 9
2 70 +13.372 6
3 70 +19.408 4
4 70 +24.667 3
5 70 +28.558 2
6 70 +54.476 1
7 70 +1:21.250 0
8 70 +1:26.560 0
9 70 +1:28.942 0
10 69 +1 Lap 0
11 69 +1 Lap 0
12 65 +5 Laps 0
58 +12 Laps 0
52 Transmission 0
51 Spun off 0
49 Oil leak 0
37 Engine 0
16 Fuel system 0
8 Accident 0
5 Brakes 0
1 Accident 0
0 Did not prequalify 0
0 Did not qualify 0
0 Did not qualify 0
0 Did not qualify 0
0 Did not qualify 0
0 Accident 0
0 Did not prequalify 0

grid
# driver constructor time
3 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
2 Jody Scheckter Wolf
11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari
12 Riccardo Patrese Arrows
13 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell
15 Derek Daly Ensign
18 Didier Pironi Tyrrell
17 Patrick Tambay McLaren
5 Alan Jones Williams
9 Mario Andretti Team Lotus
14 Nelson Piquet Brabham
22 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault
21 Keke Rosberg ATS
10 Jacques Laffite Ligier
19 James Hunt McLaren
1 Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus
16 René Arnoux Surtees
20 Bobby Rahal Wolf
4 John Watson Brabham
7 Niki Lauda Brabham
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow
6 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi

1978 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1978 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 8 October 1978 at Montreal.

source: Wikipedia

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