Circuit Park Zandvoort · 27 August 1978
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Lotus Andretti 9 + Peterson 6 + Rebaque 0 | Andretti 9 + Peterson 6 + Rebaque 0 | 15 | |
| 2 | Brabham Lauda 4 + Watson 3 | Lauda 4 + Watson 3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 2 | Fittipaldi 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Ferrari Villeneuve 1 + Reutemann 0 | Villeneuve 1 + Reutemann 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | McLaren Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 + Giacomelli 0 + Lunger 0 + Piquet 0 | Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 + Giacomelli 0 + Lunger 0 + Piquet 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Wolf Scheckter 0 + Rosberg 0 | Scheckter 0 + Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Shadow Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Martini Arnoux 0 | Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Merzario Merzario 0 | Merzario 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Surtees Brambilla 0 + Keegan 0 | Brambilla 0 + Keegan 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Renault Jabouille 0 | Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Williams Jones 0 | Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Tyrrell Depailler 0 + Pironi 0 | Depailler 0 + Pironi 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Ensign Daly 0 | Daly 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Arrows Patrese 0 | Patrese 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | 1:41:04.230 | 75 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +0.320s | 75 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | +12.210s | 75 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | +20.920s | 75 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +21.500s | 75 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | +45.950s | 75 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:00.520 | 75 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 9 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 10 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 11 | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 12 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | +2 Laps | 73 | — | — | |
| 13 | Bruno Giacomelli McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 60 | — | — | |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | DNF Transmission | 56 | — | — | |
| 15 | René Arnoux Martini | Martini | DNF Chassis | 40 | — | — | |
| 16 | Arturo Merzario Merzario | Merzario | DNF Engine | 40 | — | — | |
| 17 | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | Surtees | DSQ | 37 | — | — | |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Engine | 35 | — | — | |
| 19 | Brett Lunger McLaren | McLaren | DNF Engine | 35 | — | — | |
| 20 | Keke Rosberg Wolf | Wolf | DNF Accident | 21 | — | — | |
| 21 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Throttle | 17 | — | — | |
| 22 | Nelson Piquet McLaren | McLaren | DNF Transmission | 16 | — | — | |
| 23 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 13 | — | — | |
| 24 | Derek Daly Ensign | Ensign | DNF Transmission | 10 | — | — | |
| 25 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| 26 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| 27 | Rupert Keegan Surtees | Surtees | DNF Withdrew | 0 | — | — |