Race Result
| GP n. 307 - 16/07/1978 - Grand Prix of Great-Britain Brands Hatch |
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| Winner: | Carlos Reutemann / Ferrari - 1:42'12.39 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Ronnie Peterson / Lotus-Ford - 1:16.80 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Niki Lauda / Brabham-Alfa Romeo - 1:18.60 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 76 | 1:42'12.39 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 76 | + 1.23 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 |  John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 76 | + 37.25 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 76 | + 1'13.27 | 10 | 3 |
| 5 | 16 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
Shadow-Ford | 75 | + 1 lap | 18 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 75 | + 1 lap | 20 | 1 |
| 7 | 33 |  Bruno Giacomelli |
McLaren-Ford | 75 | + 1 lap | 16 | 0 |
| 8 | 30 |  Brett Lunger |
McLaren-Ford | 75 | + 1 lap | 24 | 0 |
| 9 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla |
Surtees-Ford | 75 | + 1 lap | 25 | 0 |
| 10 | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 73 | + 3 laps | 7 | 0 |
| Nc | 9 | Jochen Mass |
ATS-Ford | 66 | not classified | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 |  Keke Rosberg |
ATS-Ford | 59 | suspension | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Shadow-Ford | 49 | gear box | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 46 | turbo | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 35 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 40 | suspension | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | gear box | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 36 | gear box | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 32 | engine | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 37 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | 32 | fuel system | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford | 30 | wheel | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 | Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 28 | engine | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 26 | transmission | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 19 | transmission | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | 15 | gear box | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 | James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 8 | accident | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Ronnie Peterson |
Lotus-Ford | 6 | fuel system | 1 | 0 |
| Dnq | 36 | Rolf Stommelen |
Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 23 | Geoff Lees |
Ensign-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 40 | Tony Trimmer |
McLaren-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 18 | Rupert Keegan |
Surtees-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||