Red Bull Ring · 13 August 1978
| 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 | — | — | |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni Shadow | Shadow | +7 Laps | 50 | — | — | |
| 11 | Keke Rosberg Wolf | Wolf | +7 Laps | 49 | — | — | |
| 12 | Derek Daly Ensign | Ensign | DSQ | 41 | — | — | |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 40 | — | — | |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | DNF Accident | 33 | — | — | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Gearbox | 31 | — | — | |
| 16 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | DSQ | 28 | — | — | |
| 17 | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | DNF Accident | 27 | — | — | |
| 18 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 20 | — | — | |
| 19 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 7 | — | — | |
| 20 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Accident | 7 | — | — | |
| 21 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Accident | 7 | — | — | |
| 22 | Harald Ertl Ensign | Ensign | DNF Accident | 7 | — | — | |
| 23 | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 4 | — | — | |
| 24 | Nelson Piquet McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 4 | — | — | |
| 25 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | DNF Accident | 3 | — | — | |
| 26 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |