Circuit Paul Ricard · 2 July 1978
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Lotus Andretti 9 + Peterson 6 | Andretti 9 + Peterson 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | McLaren Hunt 4 + Tambay 0 + Lunger 0 + Giacomelli 0 | Hunt 4 + Tambay 0 + Lunger 0 + Giacomelli 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Brabham Watson 3 + Lauda 0 | Watson 3 + Lauda 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Williams Jones 2 | Jones 2 | 2 | |
| 5 | Wolf Scheckter 1 | Scheckter 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Arrows Patrese 0 + Stommelen 0 | Patrese 0 + Stommelen 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Tyrrell Pironi 0 + Depailler 0 | Pironi 0 + Depailler 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Shadow Stuck 0 + Regazzoni 0 | Stuck 0 + Regazzoni 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ferrari Villeneuve 0 + Reutemann 0 | Villeneuve 0 + Reutemann 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | ATS Mass 0 + Rosberg 0 | Mass 0 + Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Martini Arnoux 0 | Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Surtees Brambilla 0 + Keegan 0 | Brambilla 0 + Keegan 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Renault Jabouille 0 | Jabouille 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | 1:38:51.920 | 54 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2.930s | 54 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | +19.800s | 54 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | +36.880s | 54 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | +41.810s | 54 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | +54.530s | 54 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +54.740s | 54 | — | — | |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +1:24.880 | 54 | — | — | |
| 9 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | +1:27.060 | 54 | — | — | |
| 10 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:29.980 | 54 | — | — | |
| 11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 12 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 13 | Jochen Mass ATS | ATS | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 14 | René Arnoux Martini | Martini | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 15 | Rolf Stommelen Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 53 | — | — | |
| 16 | Keke Rosberg ATS | ATS | +2 Laps | 52 | — | — | |
| 17 | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | Surtees | +2 Laps | 52 | — | — | |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | +5 Laps | 49 | — | — | |
| 19 | Brett Lunger McLaren | McLaren | DNF Engine | 45 | — | — | |
| 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Suspension | 43 | — | — | |
| 21 | Rupert Keegan Surtees | Surtees | DNF Engine | 40 | — | — | |
| 22 | Bruno Giacomelli McLaren | McLaren | DNF Engine | 28 | — | — | |
| 23 | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | DNF Engine | 10 | — | — | |
| 24 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 10 | — | — | |
| 25 | Clay Regazzoni Shadow | Shadow | DNF Electrical | 4 | — | — | |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Engine | 1 | — | — |