Hockenheimring · 30 July 1978
Mario Andretti won the 1978 German Grand Prix for Team Lotus from 1st on the grid, 15.35s ahead of Jody Scheckter. Hector Rebaque gained the most places, from 18th on the grid to 6th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Lotus Andretti 9 + Rebaque 1 + Peterson 0 | Andretti 9 + Rebaque 1 + Peterson 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | Wolf Scheckter 6 + Rosberg 0 | Scheckter 6 + Rosberg 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ligier Laffite 4 | Laffite 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 3 | Fittipaldi 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell Pironi 2 + Depailler 0 | Pironi 2 + Depailler 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Brabham Watson 0 + Lauda 0 | Watson 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ferrari Villeneuve 0 + Reutemann 0 | Villeneuve 0 + Reutemann 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Arrows Patrese 0 + Stommelen 0 | Patrese 0 + Stommelen 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ensign Ertl 0 + Piquet 0 | Ertl 0 + Piquet 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | McLaren Hunt 0 + Tambay 0 | Hunt 0 + Tambay 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Williams Jones 0 | Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Surtees Brambilla 0 | Brambilla 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Renault Jabouille 0 | Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | ATS Mass 0 | Mass 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Shadow Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | 1:28:00.900 | 45 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | +15.350s | 45 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +28.010s | 45 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +36.880s | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +57.260s | 45 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:37.860 | 45 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | +1:39.530 | 45 | — | — | |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:56.870 | 45 | — | — | |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 44 | — | — | |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg Wolf | Wolf | +3 Laps | 42 | — | — | |
| 11 | Harald Ertl Ensign | Ensign | DNF Engine | 41 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Rolf Stommelen Arrows | Arrows | DSQ | 42 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Gearbox | 36 | — | — | |
| DSQ | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | DSQ | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Fuel system | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Ensign | Ensign | DNF Engine | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | Surtees | DNF Fuel system | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Fuel system | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | DNF Engine | 11 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Engine | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jochen Mass ATS | ATS | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |