Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · 8 October 1978
Round 16🇨🇦 Canada1978
Length
4.361 km
Corners
14
Laps
70
Type
Permanent
First GP
1978
Weekend Points
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Villeneuve 9 + Reutemann 4 | Villeneuve 9 + Reutemann 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | Wolf Scheckter 6 + Rahal 0 | Scheckter 6 + Rahal 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Arrows Patrese 3 | Patrese 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Depailler 2 + Pironi 0 | Depailler 2 + Pironi 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Ensign Daly 1 | Daly 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | McLaren Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 | Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Williams Jones 0 | Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Team Lotus Andretti 0 + Jarier 0 | Andretti 0 + Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Brabham Piquet 0 + Watson 0 + Lauda 0 | Piquet 0 + Watson 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Renault Jabouille 0 | Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | ATS Rosberg 0 | Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Surtees Arnoux 0 | Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Shadow Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 |
Race Result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:57:49.196 | 70 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | +13.372s | 70 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | +19.408s | 70 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +24.667s | 70 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +28.558s | 70 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Derek Daly Ensign | Ensign | +54.476s | 70 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:21.250 | 70 | — | — | |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | +1:26.560 | 70 | — | — | |
| 9 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | +1:28.942 | 70 | — | — | |
| 10 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 69 | — | — | |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 69 | — | — | |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | +5 Laps | 65 | — | — | |
| 13 | Keke Rosberg ATS | ATS | +12 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Transmission | 52 | — | — | |
| 15 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 51 | — | — | |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Oil leak | 49 | — | — | |
| 17 | René Arnoux Surtees | Surtees | DNF Engine | 37 | — | — | |
| 18 | Bobby Rahal Wolf | Wolf | DNF Fuel system | 16 | — | — | |
| 19 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | DNF Accident | 8 | — | — | |
| 20 | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | DNF Brakes | 5 | — | — | |
| 21 | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |