Red Bull Ring · 13 August 1978
Ronnie Peterson won the 1978 Austrian Grand Prix for Team Lotus from 1st on the grid, 47.44s ahead of Patrick Depailler. René Arnoux gained the most places, from 26th on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Lotus Peterson 9 + Rebaque 0 + Andretti 0 | Peterson 9 + Rebaque 0 + Andretti 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Tyrrell Depailler 6 + Pironi 0 | Depailler 6 + Pironi 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Villeneuve 4 + Reutemann 0 | Villeneuve 4 + Reutemann 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 3 | Fittipaldi 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ligier Laffite 2 | Laffite 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | Surtees Brambilla 1 | Brambilla 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Brabham Watson 0 + Lauda 0 | Watson 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | McLaren Lunger 0 + Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 + Piquet 0 | Lunger 0 + Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 + Piquet 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Martini Arnoux 0 | Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Shadow Regazzoni 0 + Stuck 0 | Regazzoni 0 + Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Wolf Rosberg 0 + Scheckter 0 | Rosberg 0 + Scheckter 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ensign Daly 0 + Ertl 0 | Daly 0 + Ertl 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Renault Jabouille 0 | Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Williams Jones 0 | Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Arrows Patrese 0 | Patrese 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | 1:41:21.570 | 54 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +47.440s | 54 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:39.760 | 54 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 53 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 53 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | Surtees | +1 Lap | 53 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 8 | Brett Lunger McLaren | McLaren | +2 Laps | 52 | — | — | |
| 9 | René Arnoux Martini | Martini | +2 Laps | 52 | — | — | |
| NC | Clay Regazzoni Shadow | Shadow | NC | 50 | — | — | |
| NC | Keke Rosberg Wolf | Wolf | NC | 49 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Derek Daly Ensign | Ensign | DSQ | 41 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | DNF Accident | 33 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Gearbox | 31 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | DSQ | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | DNF Accident | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Accident | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Accident | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Harald Ertl Ensign | Ensign | DNF Accident | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | DNF Accident | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |