Brazil Grand Prix 1978: results

Round 2 of the 1978 season, 29 January 1978, at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. Carlos Reutemann won for Ferrari from P4 on the grid. Ronnie Peterson took pole position. Fastest lap: Carlos Reutemann, 1:43.070 (lap 35).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1:49:59.860	9
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	+49.130	6
3	Niki Lauda	Brabham	+57.020	4
4	Mario Andretti	Lotus	+1:33.120	3
5	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	+1 lap	2
6	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	+1 lap	1
7	Jochen Mass	ATS	+1 lap	0
8	John Watson	Brabham	+2 laps	0
9	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+2 laps	0
10	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	+4 laps	0
11	Alan Jones	Williams	+5 laps	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	Physical	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Spun off	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	Spun off	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	Fuel system	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	Spun off	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	Accident	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	Collision	0
DNF	Danny Ongais	Ensign	Brakes	0
DNF	Brett Lunger	McLaren	Overheating	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	Accident	0
DNF	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	Accident	0
DNS	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign	—	0
DNS	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	—	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	—	0
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Theodore	—	0
DNQ	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	—	0
DNQ	Divina Galica	Hesketh	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
2	James Hunt	McLaren
3	Mario Andretti	Lotus
4	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
5	Patrick Tambay	McLaren
6	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
8	Alan Jones	Williams
9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow
10	Niki Lauda	Brabham
11	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell
12	Jody Scheckter	Wolf
13	Brett Lunger	McLaren
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
15	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS
17	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign
18	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows
19	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell
20	Jochen Mass	ATS
21	John Watson	Brabham
22	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus
23	Danny Ongais	Ensign
24	Rupert Keegan	Surtees
25	Arturo Merzario	Merzario
26	Eddie Cheever	Theodore
27	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees
28	Divina Galica	Hesketh