Circuit Park Zandvoort · 27 August 1978
Mario Andretti won the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix for Team Lotus from 1st on the grid, 0.32s ahead of Ronnie Peterson. Hector Rebaque gained the most places, from 20th on the grid to 11th.
| 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 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bruno Giacomelli McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 60 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | DNF Transmission | 56 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Martini | Martini | DNF Chassis | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Arturo Merzario Merzario | Merzario | DNF Engine | 40 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | Surtees | DSQ | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Engine | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Brett Lunger McLaren | McLaren | DNF Engine | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg Wolf | Wolf | DNF Accident | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Throttle | 17 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet McLaren | McLaren | DNF Transmission | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Daly Ensign | Ensign | DNF Transmission | 10 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| DNS | Rupert Keegan Surtees | Surtees | DNS Withdrew | 0 | — | — |