France Grand Prix 1978: results

Round 9 of the 1978 season, 2 July 1978, at Circuit Paul Ricard. Mario Andretti won for Lotus from P2 on the grid. John Watson took pole position. Fastest lap: Carlos Reutemann, 1:48.560 (lap 48).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus	1:38:51.920	9
2	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	+2.930	6
3	James Hunt	McLaren	+19.800	4
4	John Watson	Brabham	+36.880	3
5	Alan Jones	Williams	+41.810	2
6	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	+54.530	1
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+54.740	0
8	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	+1:24.880	0
9	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	+1:27.060	0
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	+1:29.980	0
11	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	+1 lap	0
12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	+1 lap	0
13	Jochen Mass	ATS	+1 lap	0
14	René Arnoux	Martini	+1 lap	0
15	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	+1 lap	0
16	Keke Rosberg	ATS	+2 laps	0
17	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	+2 laps	0
18	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	+5 laps	0
DNF	Brett Lunger	McLaren	Engine	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	Suspension	0
DNF	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	Engine	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	Engine	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	Engine	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	Electrical	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Engine	0
DNQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	—	0
DNQ	Derek Daly	Ensign	—	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	John Watson	Brabham
2	Mario Andretti	Lotus
3	Niki Lauda	Brabham
4	James Hunt	McLaren
5	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
6	Patrick Tambay	McLaren
7	Jody Scheckter	Wolf
8	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
9	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
11	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
12	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows
13	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell
14	Alan Jones	Williams
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
16	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell
17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow
18	René Arnoux	Martini
19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees
20	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow
21	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows
22	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren
23	Rupert Keegan	Surtees
24	Brett Lunger	McLaren
25	Jochen Mass	ATS
26	Keke Rosberg	ATS
27	Arturo Merzario	Merzario
28	Derek Daly	Ensign
29	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus