Race Result
| GP n. 310 - 27/08/1978 - Grand Prix of the Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort |
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| Winner: | Mario Andretti / Lotus-Ford - 1:41'04.23 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Mario Andretti / Lotus-Ford - 1:16.36 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Niki Lauda / Brabham-Alfa Romeo - 1:19.57 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 75 | 1:41'04.23 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 |  Ronnie Peterson |
Lotus-Ford | 75 | + 0.32 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 75 | + 12.21 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 |  John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 75 | + 20.92 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | 14 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 75 | + 21.50 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 75 | + 45.95 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 75 | + 1'00.52 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 26 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 74 | + 1 lap | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 74 | + 1 lap | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 74 | + 1 lap | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | 25 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | 74 | + 1 lap | 20 | 0 |
| 12 | 20 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 73 | + 2 laps | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 33 |  Bruno Giacomelli |
McLaren-Ford | 60 | spun off | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
Shadow-Ford | 56 | transmission | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 31 | Rene Arnoux |
Martini-Ford | 40 | chassis | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 37 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | 40 | engine | 27 | 0 |
| Ret | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla |
Surtees-Ford | 37 | disqualified | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 30 | Brett Lunger |
McLaren-Ford | 35 | engine | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 35 | engine | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 32 |  Keke Rosberg |
Wolf-Ford | 21 | accident | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 17 | throttle | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Nelson Piquet |
McLaren-Ford | 16 | transmission | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 13 | engine | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford | 10 | transmission | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 35 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 0 | accident | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | accident | 17 | 0 |
| Dnq | 36 | Rolf Stommelen |
Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 9 | Jochen Mass |
ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 10 |  Michael Bleekemolen |
ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 23 | Harald Ertl |
Ensign-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 17 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Shadow-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 39 | Danny Ongais |
Shadow-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dns | 18 | Rupert Keegan |
Surtees-Ford | did not start | 25 | 0 | |