← 1978 Season
Round 3 · GP · 1978
South African Grand Prix
04 Mar 1978KyalamiSouth Africafinished
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Gap / Status | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 12 | 78 | Finished | 9 | — |
| P2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 11 | 78 | Finished | 6 | — |
| P3 | John Watson | Brabham | 10 | 78 | Finished | 4 | — |
| P4 | Alan Jones | Williams | 18 | 78 | Finished | 3 | — |
| P5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 13 | 78 | Finished | 2 | — |
| P6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 14 | 77 | +1 Lap | 1 | — |
| P7 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 17 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P9 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 22 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P10 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 21 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P11 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 20 | 76 | +2 Laps | 0 | — |
| P12 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 76 | +2 Laps | 0 | — |
| P13 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 7 | 63 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P14 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 5 | 59 | Spun off | 0 | — |
| P15 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 4 | 56 | Accident | 0 | — |
| P16 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | 55 | Oil leak | 0 | — |
| P17 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 9 | 55 | Spun off | 0 | — |
| P18 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | 52 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P19 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 23 | 52 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P20 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 15 | 43 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P21 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 26 | 39 | Suspension | 0 | — |
| P22 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 6 | 38 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P23 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore | 24 | 15 | Clutch | 0 | — |
| P24 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | 9 | Transmission | 0 | — |
| P25 | Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | 25 | 8 | Oil leak | 0 | — |
| P26 | James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | 5 | Engine | 0 | — |
Qualifying Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | — | — | — |
| P2 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P3 | James Hunt | McLaren | — | — | — |
| P4 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | — | — | — |
| P5 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | — | — | — |
| P6 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | — | — | — |
| P7 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | — | — | — |
| P8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | — | — | — |
| P9 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | — | — | — |
| P10 | John Watson | Brabham | — | — | — |
| P11 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P12 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | — | — | — |
| P13 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | — | — | — |
| P14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | — | — | — |
| P15 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | — | — | — |
| P16 | Jochen Mass | ATS | — | — | — |
| P17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | — | — | — |
| P18 | Alan Jones | Williams | — | — | — |
| P19 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | — | — | — |
| P20 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | — | — | — |
| P21 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | — | — | — |
| P22 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P23 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | — | — | — |
| P24 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore | — | — | — |
| P25 | Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | — | — | — |
| P26 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |