Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · 29 January 1978
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Reutemann 9 + Villeneuve 0 | Reutemann 9 + Villeneuve 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6 | Fittipaldi 6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Brabham Lauda 4 + Watson 0 | Lauda 4 + Watson 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Team Lotus Andretti 3 + Rebaque 0 + Peterson 0 | Andretti 3 + Rebaque 0 + Peterson 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Shadow Regazzoni 2 + Stuck 0 | Regazzoni 2 + Stuck 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Tyrrell Pironi 1 + Depailler 0 | Pironi 1 + Depailler 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | ATS Mass 0 + Jarier 0 | Mass 0 + Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Arrows Patrese 0 | Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Williams Jones 0 | Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | McLaren Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 + Lunger 0 | Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 + Lunger 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Wolf Scheckter 0 | Scheckter 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ensign Ongais 0 + Leoni 0 | Ongais 0 + Leoni 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Surtees Keegan 0 | Keegan 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:49:59.860 | 63 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +49.130s | 63 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | +57.020s | 63 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:33.120 | 63 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni Shadow | Shadow | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jochen Mass ATS | ATS | +1 Lap | 62 | — | — | |
| 8 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | +2 Laps | 61 | — | — | |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +2 Laps | 61 | — | — | |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +4 Laps | 59 | — | — | |
| 11 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | +5 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| 12 | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Physical | 40 | — | — | |
| 13 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Spun off | 35 | — | — | |
| 14 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 34 | — | — | |
| 15 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 25 | — | — | |
| 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | DNF Fuel system | 25 | — | — | |
| 17 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | DNF Accident | 16 | — | — | |
| 18 | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Collision | 15 | — | — | |
| 19 | Danny Ongais Ensign | Ensign | DNF Brakes | 13 | — | — | |
| 20 | Brett Lunger McLaren | McLaren | DNF Overheating | 11 | — | — | |
| 21 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 8 | — | — | |
| 22 | Rupert Keegan Surtees | Surtees | DNF Accident | 5 | — | — | |
| 23 | Lamberto Leoni Ensign | Ensign | DNF Transmission | 0 | — | — | |
| 24 | Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS | ATS | DNF Withdrew | 0 | — | — |