Race · Round 10 of 16 · 16 July 1978

1978 British Grand Prix

Carlos Reutemann won for Ferrari from 8th on the grid at Brands Hatch. 16 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 18 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Brands HatchWest Kingsdown, Kent, United Kingdom
Winner: Carlos ReutemannFerrari
Pole: Ronnie Peterson
Fastest lap: Niki Lauda
Entries: 3010 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	—	8	76	Finished	9
2	Niki Lauda	Brabham	—	4	76	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	John Watson	Brabham	—	9	76	Finished	4
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	008	10	76	Finished	3
5	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	—	18	75	Finished	2
6	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	M26	20	75	Finished	1
7	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	M26	16	75	Finished	0
8	Brett Lunger	McLaren	—	24	75	Finished	0
9	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	—	25	75	Finished	0
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	—	7	73	Finished	0
NC	Jochen Mass	ATS	—	26	66	NC	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	ATS	—	22	59	Suspension	0
DNF	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	—	17	49	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	RS01	12	46	Turbo	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	—	5	40	Suspension	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	008	19	40	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	—	3	36	Gearbox	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	F5A	11	32	Engine	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	A1	23	32	Fuel system	0
DNF	Derek Daly	Ensign	N177	15	30	Wheel	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	2	28	Engine	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	FW06	6	26	Transmission	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	—	13	19	Transmission	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	78	21	15	Gearbox	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	M26	14	7	Accident	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	—	1	6	Fuel leak	0
DNQ	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Geoff Lees	Ensign	N175	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Tony Trimmer	McLaren	M23	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout brands-hatch-2 · 4.207 km · 9 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Carlos Reutemann	8	1	76
Niki Lauda	4	2	76
John Watson	9	3	76
Patrick Depailler	10	4	76
Hans-Joachim Stuck	18	5	75
Patrick Tambay	20	6	75
Bruno Giacomelli	16	7	75
Brett Lunger	24	8	75
Vittorio Brambilla	25	9	75
Jacques Laffite	7	10	73
Jochen Mass	26	NC	66
Keke Rosberg	22	DNF	59
Clay Regazzoni	17	DNF	49
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	12	DNF	46
Riccardo Patrese	5	DNF	40
Didier Pironi	19	DNF	40
Jody Scheckter	3	DNF	36
Emerson Fittipaldi	11	DNF	32
Arturo Merzario	23	DNF	32
Derek Daly	15	DNF	30
Mario Andretti	2	DNF	28
Alan Jones	6	DNF	26
Gilles Villeneuve	13	DNF	19
Héctor Rebaque	21	DNF	15
James Hunt	14	DNF	7
Ronnie Peterson	1	DNF	6

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	6	1:16.800	—	0 m	—
2	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	5	1:17.060	+0.260	14 m	+0.260
3	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:17.370	+0.570	31 m	+0.310
4	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1	1:17.480	+0.680	37 m	+0.110
5	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	35	1:18.280	+1.480	81 m	+0.800
6	Alan Jones	Williams	27	1:18.360	+1.560	85 m	+0.080
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:18.440	+1.640	90 m	+0.080
8	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	11	1:18.450	+1.650	90 m	+0.010
9	John Watson	Brabham	2	1:18.570	+1.770	97 m	+0.120
10	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:18.730	+1.930	106 m	+0.160
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	14	1:18.780	+1.980	108 m	+0.050
12	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	1:18.880	+2.080	114 m	+0.100
13	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	12	1:18.990	+2.190	120 m	+0.110
14	James Hunt	McLaren	7	1:19.050	+2.250	123 m	+0.060
15	Derek Daly	Ensign	22	1:19.130	+2.330	128 m	+0.080
16	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	33	1:19.790	+2.990	164 m	+0.660
17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	17	1:19.830	+3.030	166 m	+0.040
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	16	1:19.980	+3.180	174 m	+0.150
19	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	3	1:19.990	+3.190	175 m	+0.010
20	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	8	1:20.140	+3.340	183 m	+0.150
21	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	25	1:20.240	+3.440	188 m	+0.100
22	Keke Rosberg	ATS	10	1:20.270	+3.470	190 m	+0.030
23	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	37	1:20.350	+3.550	194 m	+0.080
24	Brett Lunger	McLaren	30	1:20.390	+3.590	197 m	+0.040
25	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	1:20.700	+3.900	214 m	+0.310
26	Jochen Mass	ATS	9	1:20.710	+3.910	214 m	+0.010
27	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	36	1:20.730	+3.930	215 m	+0.020
28	Geoff Lees	Ensign	23	1:21.050	+4.250	233 m	+0.320
29	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	18	1:21.100	+4.300	236 m	+0.050
30	Tony Trimmer	McLaren	40	1:21.410	+4.610	253 m	+0.310

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Photographs from this race

Filed on Wikimedia Commons under this race's own category, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require. The filing is the Commons editors' and has not been checked here.

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The cars in this race

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A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 1978
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 16 Jul 1978
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.