Race Result
| GP n. 309 - 13/08/1978 - Grand Prix of Austria Osterreichring |
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| Winner: | Ronnie Peterson / Lotus-Ford - 1:41'21.57 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Ronnie Peterson / Lotus-Ford - 1:37.71 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Ronnie Peterson / Lotus-Ford - 1:43.12 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 6 |  Ronnie Peterson |
Lotus-Ford | 54 | 1:41'21.57 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 54 | + 47.44 | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 54 | + 1'39.76 | 11 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 53 | + 1 lap | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
Surtees-Ford | 53 | + 1 lap | 21 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 |  John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 53 | +1 lap | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | 30 |  Brett Lunger |
McLaren-Ford | 52 | + 2 laps | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | 31 | Rene Arnoux |
Martini-Ford | 52 | + 2 laps | 26 | 0 |
| Nc | 17 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Shadow-Ford | 50 | not classified | 22 | 0 |
| Nc | 32 |  Keke Rosberg |
Wolf-Ford | 49 | not classified | 25 | 0 |
| Dsq | 22 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford | 41 | disqualified | 19 | 0 |
| Dsq | 11 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 28 | disqualified | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 40 | accident | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
Shadow-Ford | 33 | accident | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 31 | gear box | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 27 | accident | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 20 | accident | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 35 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 7 | accident | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 23 | Harald Ertl |
Ensign-Ford | 7 | accident | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 | James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 7 | accident | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 7 | accident | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | 4 | accident | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Nelson Piquet |
McLaren-Ford | 4 | accident | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 3 | accident | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 | Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 0 | accident | 2 | 0 |
| Dnq | 36 | Rolf Stommelen |
Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 9 | Jochen Mass |
ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 10 | Hans Binder |
ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 37 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 18 | Rupert Keegan |
Surtees-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||