Race Result
| GP n. 311 - 10/09/1978 - Grand Prix of Italy Autodromo Nationale di Monza |
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| Winner: | Niki Lauda / Brabham-Alfa Romeo - 1:07'04.54 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Mario Andretti / Lotus-Ford - 1:37.520 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Mario Andretti / Lotus-Ford - 1:38.23 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 40 | 1:07'04.54 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2 | 2 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 40 | + 1.48 | 7 | 6 | |
| 3 | 11 | Ferrari | 40 | + 20.47 | 11 | 4 | |
| 4 | 26 | Ligier-Matra | 40 | + 37.53 | 8 | 3 | |
| 5 | 8 | McLaren-Ford | 40 | + 40.39 | 19 | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | Lotus-Ford | 40 | + 46.33 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | 12 | Ferrari | 40 | + 48.48 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8 | 14 | Fittipaldi-Ford | 40 | + 55.24 | 13 | 0 | |
| 9 | 29 | McLaren-Ford | 40 | + 1'06.83 | 24 | 0 | |
| 10 | 22 | Ensign-Ford | 40 | + 1'09.11 | 18 | 0 | |
| 11 | 4 | Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | + 1'16.57 | 16 | 0 | |
| 12 | 20 | Wolf-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 9 | 0 | |
| 13 | 27 | Williams-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 6 | 0 | |
| 14 | 33 | McLaren-Ford | 39 | + 1 lap | 20 | 0 | |
| Ret | 17 | Shadow-Ford | 33 | not classified | 15 | 0 | |
| Ret | 35 | Arrows-Ford | 28 | engine | 12 | 0 | |
| Ret | 7 | McLaren-Ford | 19 | distributor | 10 | 0 | |
| Ret | 37 | Merzario-Ford | 14 | engine | 22 | 0 | |
| Ret | 15 | Renault | 6 | engine | 3 | 0 | |
| Ret | 6 | Lotus-Ford | 0 | accident | 5 | 0 | |
| Ret | 30 | McLaren-Ford | 0 | accident | 21 | 0 | |
| Ret | 16 | Shadow-Ford | 0 | accident | 17 | 0 | |
| Ret | 19 | Surtees-Ford | 0 | accident | 23 | 0 | |
| Ret | 3 | Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | accident | 14 | 0 | |
| Dnq | 36 | Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 9 | ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 10 | ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 23 | Ensign-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 25 | Lotus-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 38 | Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 18 | Surtees-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Dnq | 32 | Wolf-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | |||