Formule 1 1978 South African Grand Prix resultaten

De 1978 South African Grand Prix werd gewonnnen door Ronnie Peterson van Team Lotus. Patrick Depailler eindigde daar vlak achter als 2e.
Ondanks pole positie getrained te hebben in South Africa, kon Niki Lauda dit niet omzetten in een overwinning.
Lauda was genoodzaakt uit te vallen in ronde 52 door: Engine.

De race in South Africa was ronde 3 van 16 van het 1978 seizoen.

The 1978 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 4 March 1978 at Kyalami. It was the third round of the 1978 Formula One season and the 300th World Championship Grand Prix held since the championship began in 1950. This was the debut race of the future world champion Keke Rosberg.

Both the Ferrari (312T3) and Brabham (BT46) teams had new cars in Kyalami for the race. The event also saw the return of Renault with their unique turbocharged car.

Ronnie Peterson, in the Lotus 78 with its Colin Chapman-inspired ground effect aerodynamics, battled Patrick Depailler in his Tyrrell on the last lap to take a dramatic victory. John Watson finished third for Brabham. Young Italian, Riccardo Patrese got his Arrows into the lead before retiring with a blown engine. Pole sitter and reigning world champion Niki Lauda, in his first season with Brabham, retired with engine failure and the Ferraris of Carlos Reutemann and Gilles Villeneuve exited on lap 55. James Hunt, who had qualified third on the grid in his McLaren M26, only lasted five laps whilst his new team mate Patrick Tambay, who qualified fourth, crashed out mid race.

bron: Wikipedia