Race Result
| GP n. 308 - 30/07/1978 - Grand Prix of Germany Hockenheimring |
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| Winner: | Mario Andretti / Lotus-Ford - 1:28'00.90 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Mario Andretti / Lotus-Ford - 1:51.90 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Ronnie Peterson / Lotus-Ford - 1:55.62 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Lotus-Ford | 45 | 1:28'00.90 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 20 | Wolf-Ford | 45 | + 15.35 | 4 | 6 | |
| 3 | 26 | Ligier-Matra | 45 | + 28.01 | 7 | 4 | |
| 4 | 14 | Fittipaldi-Ford | 45 | + 36.88 | 10 | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | Tyrrell-Ford | 45 | + 57.26 | 16 | 2 | |
| 6 | 25 | Lotus-Ford | 45 | + 1'37.86 | 18 | 1 | |
| 7 | 2 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 45 | + 1'39.53 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 12 | Ferrari | 45 | + 1'56.87 | 15 | 0 | |
| 9 | 35 | Arrows-Ford | 44 | + 1 lap | 14 | 0 | |
| 10 | 32 | Wolf-Ford | 42 | + 3 laps | 19 | 0 | |
| 11 | 23 | Ensign-Ford | 41 | engine | 17 | 0 | |
| Dsq | 36 | Arrows-Ford | 42 | disqualified | 23 | 0 | |
| Ret | 6 | Lotus-Ford | 36 | gear box | 2 | 0 | |
| Ret | 7 | McLaren-Ford | 34 | disqualified | 8 | 0 | |
| Ret | 22 | Ensign-Ford | 31 | engine | 21 | 0 | |
| Ret | 27 | Williams-Ford | 31 | fuel system | 6 | 0 | |
| Ret | 19 | Surtees-Ford | 24 | fuel system | 20 | 0 | |
| Ret | 8 | McLaren-Ford | 16 | accident | 11 | 0 | |
| Ret | 11 | Ferrari | 14 | fuel system | 12 | 0 | |
| Ret | 1 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 11 | engine | 3 | 0 | |
| Ret | 15 | Renault | 5 | engine | 9 | 0 | |
| Ret | 9 | ATS-Ford | 1 | accident | 22 | 0 | |
| Ret | 16 | Shadow-Ford | 1 | accident | 24 | 0 | |
| Ret | 4 | Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | accident | 13 | 0 | |
| Dnq | 10 | ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 31 | Martini-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 30 | McLaren-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 37 | Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 17 | Shadow-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 18 | Surtees-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||