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1978 / Formula 1 / Statistics

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Wins Pole Positions Fastest Laps Starts Podiums Total Laps Points/Finished Race

Drivers

1 Mario Andretti 6
2 Carlos Reutemann 4
3 Niki Lauda 2
4 Ronnie Peterson 2
5 Gilles Villeneuve 1
6 Patrick Depailler 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Team Lotus 8
2 Scuderia Ferrari 5
3 Motor Racing Developments 2
4 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 1

Cars

1 Lotus 79 - Ford 6
2 Ferrari 312 T3 4
3 Lotus 78 - Ford 2
4 Ferrari 312 T2 1
5 Brabham BT46B - Alfa Romeo 1
6 Brabham BT46A - Alfa Romeo 1
7 Tyrrell 008 - Ford 1

Drivers

1 Mario Andretti 8
2 Ronnie Peterson 3
3 Carlos Reutemann 2
4 John Watson 1
5 Jean-Pierre Jarier 1
6 Niki Lauda 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Team Lotus 12
2 Scuderia Ferrari 2
3 Motor Racing Developments 2

Cars

1 Lotus 79 - Ford 9
2 Lotus 78 - Ford 3
3 Ferrari 312 T3 2
4 Brabham BT46 - Alfa Romeo 2

Drivers

1 Niki Lauda 4
2 Ronnie Peterson 3
3 Mario Andretti 3
4 Alan Jones 2
5 Carlos Reutemann 2
6 Gilles Villeneuve 1
7 Jean-Pierre Jarier 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Team Lotus 7
2 Motor Racing Developments 4
3 Scuderia Ferrari 3
4 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 2

Cars

1 Lotus 79 - Ford 5
2 Brabham BT46 - Alfa Romeo 3
3 Williams FW06 - Ford 2
4 Ferrari 312 T2 2
5 Lotus 78 - Ford 2
6 Brabham BT46B - Alfa Romeo 1
7 Ferrari 312 T3 1

Drivers

1 Alan Jones 16
2 Mario Andretti 16
3 John Watson 16
4 Jody Scheckter 16
5 James Hunt 16
6 Jacques Laffite 16
7 Héctor Rebaque 16
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck 16
9 Niki Lauda 16
10 Patrick Depailler 16
11 Gilles Villeneuve 16
12 Patrick Tambay 16
13 Emerson Fittipaldi 16
14 Arturo Merzario 16
15 Didier Pironi 16
16 Carlos Reutemann 16
17 Clay Regazzoni 16
18 Riccardo Patrese 15
19 Brett Lunger 15
20 Keke Rosberg 14
21 Rolf Stommelen 14
22 Ronnie Peterson 14
23 Vittorio Brambilla 14
24 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 14
25 Rupert Keegan 13
26 Jochen Mass 13
27 René Arnoux 11
28 Derek Daly 10
29 Jean-Pierre Jarier 8
30 Nelson Piquet 6
31 Bruno Giacomelli 5
32 Danny Ongais 4
33 Jacky Ickx 4
34 Harald Ertl 4
35 Lamberto Leoni 4
36 Michael Bleekemolen 4
37 Alberto Colombo 3
38 Eddie Cheever 3
39 Divina Galica 2
40 Bobby Rahal 2
41 Beppe Gabbiani 2
42 Hans Binder 1
43 Gimax 1
44 Geoff Lees 1
45 Emilio de Villota 1
46 Brian Henton 1
47 Tony Trimmer 1
48 Bernard de Dryver 1
49 Patrick Nève 1

Entrants / Teams

1 McLaren International 37
2 Team Surtees 33
3 Motor Racing Developments 33
4 Team Lotus 32
5 ATS Racing Team 32
6 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 32
7 Scuderia Ferrari 32
8 Shadow Racing Team 32
9 Arrows Racing Team 29
10 Team Ensign 21
11 Walter Wolf Racing 18
12 Merzario Team Srl 17
13 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 16
14 Fittipaldi Automotive 16
15 Team Rebaque 16
16 Automobiles Ligier 16
17 Liggett Group/BS Fabrications 14
18 Equipe Renault 14
19 Theodore Racing Team 11
20 Automobiles Martini 9
21 Hesketh Racing 6
22 Sachs Racing 3
23 BS Fabrications 3
24 Interscope Racing 2
25 Centro Asegurador F1 1
26 Melchester Racing 1
27 Parmalat Racing Team 1

Cars

1 McLaren M26 - Ford 41
2 Tyrrell 008 - Ford 32
3 ATS HS1 - Ford 29
4 Ferrari 312 T3 28
5 Lotus 78 - Ford 27
6 Shadow DN9 - Ford 27
7 Brabham BT46A - Alfa Romeo 26
8 Ensign N177 - Ford 24
9 Surtees TS20 - Ford 23
10 Lotus 79 - Ford 21
11 Arrows FA1 - Ford 19
12 Merzario A1 - Ford 17
13 Fittipaldi F5A - Ford 16
14 Williams FW06 - Ford 16
15 McLaren M23 - Ford 15
16 Renault RS-01 14
17 Surtees TS19 - Ford 10
18 Arrows A1 - Ford 10
19 Wolf WR5 - Ford 9
20 Ligier JS9 - Matra 9
21 Martini MK23 - Ford 9
22 Shadow DN8 - Ford 7
23 Theodore TR-01 - Ford 7
24 Hesketh 308E - Ford 4
25 Brabham BT45C - Alfa Romeo 4
26 Wolf WR1 - Ford 4
27 Ferrari 312 T2 4
28 ATS D1 - Ford 3
29 Ligier JS7 - Matra 3
30 Wolf WR6 - Ford 3
31 Wolf WR4 - Ford 3
32 Wolf WR3 - Ford 3
33 Ligier JS7/9 - Matra 3
34 Brabham BT46B - Alfa Romeo 2
35 Brabham BT46-2 - Alfa Romeo 1
36 Brabham BT46 - Alfa Romeo 1
37 Ligier JS9 Matra 1
38 Hesketh 308 - Ford 1
39 Hesketh 308C - Ford 1
40 March 781S - Ford 1

Drivers

1 Carlos Reutemann 7
2 Mario Andretti 7
3 Niki Lauda 7
4 Ronnie Peterson 7
5 Patrick Depailler 5
6 Jody Scheckter 4
7 John Watson 3
8 Gilles Villeneuve 2
9 Jacques Laffite 2
10 Alan Jones 1
11 Emerson Fittipaldi 1
12 James Hunt 1
13 Riccardo Patrese 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Team Lotus 14
2 Motor Racing Developments 10
3 Scuderia Ferrari 9
4 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 5
5 Walter Wolf Racing 4
6 Automobiles Ligier 2
7 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 1
8 Fittipaldi Automotive 1
9 McLaren International 1
10 Arrows Racing Team 1

Cars

1 Lotus 79 - Ford 10
2 Ferrari 312 T3 8
3 Brabham BT46A - Alfa Romeo 7
4 Tyrrell 008 - Ford 5
5 Lotus 78 - Ford 4
6 Ligier JS9 - Matra 2
7 Wolf WR6 - Ford 2
8 Brabham BT45C - Alfa Romeo 2
9 Williams FW06 - Ford 1
10 Ferrari 312 T2 1
11 Fittipaldi F5A - Ford 1
12 McLaren M26 - Ford 1
13 Wolf WR5 - Ford 1
14 Wolf WR1 - Ford 1
15 Brabham BT46B - Alfa Romeo 1
16 Arrows FA1 - Ford 1

Drivers

1 Jacques Laffite 944
2 Carlos Reutemann 930
3 Mario Andretti 870
4 Gilles Villeneuve 833
5 Patrick Tambay 803
6 Jody Scheckter 784
7 Alan Jones 771
8 Emerson Fittipaldi 755
9 John Watson 752
10 Didier Pironi 725
11 Patrick Depailler 723
12 Ronnie Peterson 721
13 Niki Lauda 668
14 Riccardo Patrese 640
15 James Hunt 578
16 Vittorio Brambilla 561
17 Clay Regazzoni 560
18 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 555
19 Rolf Stommelen 507
20 Jochen Mass 498
21 Hans-Joachim Stuck 489
22 Brett Lunger 472
23 Keke Rosberg 379
24 Héctor Rebaque 341
25 René Arnoux 308
26 Jean-Pierre Jarier 307
27 Bruno Giacomelli 271
28 Arturo Merzario 259
29 Derek Daly 251
30 Rupert Keegan 182
31 Nelson Piquet 158
32 Jacky Ickx 155
33 Bobby Rahal 74
34 Danny Ongais 48
35 Harald Ertl 47
36 Michael Bleekemolen 43
37 Lamberto Leoni 28
38 Eddie Cheever 8
39 Patrick Nève 0
40 Tony Trimmer 0
41 Bernard de Dryver 0
42 Hans Binder 0
43 Gimax 0
44 Geoff Lees 0
45 Emilio de Villota 0
46 Divina Galica 0
47 Brian Henton 0
48 Beppe Gabbiani 0
49 Alberto Colombo 0

Entrants / Teams

1 Scuderia Ferrari 1763
2 Team Lotus 1695
3 McLaren International 1652
4 Motor Racing Developments 1489
5 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 1448
6 Arrows Racing Team 1147
7 Shadow Racing Team 1049
8 ATS Racing Team 997
9 Automobiles Ligier 944
10 Walter Wolf Racing 858
11 Team Surtees 838
12 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 771
13 Fittipaldi Automotive 755
14 Team Ensign 571
15 Equipe Renault 555
16 Liggett Group/BS Fabrications 414
17 Team Rebaque 341
18 Merzario Team Srl 259
19 Automobiles Martini 213
20 Theodore Racing Team 126
21 BS Fabrications 58
22 Sachs Racing 47
23 Hesketh Racing 8
24 Centro Asegurador F1 0
25 Interscope Racing 0
26 Melchester Racing 0
27 Parmalat Racing Team 0

Cars

1 McLaren M26 - Ford 1746
2 Ferrari 312 T3 1561
3 Tyrrell 008 - Ford 1448
4 Brabham BT46A - Alfa Romeo 1086
5 Lotus 78 - Ford 1033
6 Lotus 79 - Ford 1003
7 Arrows FA1 - Ford 989
8 ATS HS1 - Ford 918
9 Shadow DN9 - Ford 782
10 Williams FW06 - Ford 771
11 Fittipaldi F5A - Ford 755
12 Ensign N177 - Ford 618
13 Surtees TS20 - Ford 593
14 Renault RS-01 555
15 Ligier JS9 - Matra 524
16 Wolf WR5 - Ford 379
17 McLaren M23 - Ford 378
18 Shadow DN8 - Ford 267
19 Merzario A1 - Ford 259
20 Surtees TS19 - Ford 245
21 Brabham BT45C - Alfa Romeo 217
22 Ligier JS7/9 - Matra 216
23 Martini MK23 - Ford 213
24 Wolf WR6 - Ford 202
25 Ferrari 312 T2 202
26 Ligier JS7 - Matra 191
27 Wolf WR1 - Ford 166
28 Arrows A1 - Ford 158
29 Wolf WR3 - Ford 150
30 Brabham BT46B - Alfa Romeo 89
31 ATS D1 - Ford 79
32 Wolf WR4 - Ford 73
33 Brabham BT46-2 - Alfa Romeo 69
34 Brabham BT46 - Alfa Romeo 28
35 Theodore TR-01 - Ford 14
36 Ligier JS9 Matra 13
37 Hesketh 308E - Ford 8
38 Hesketh 308 - Ford 0
39 Hesketh 308C - Ford 0
40 March 781S - Ford 0

Drivers (minimum of 5 races per driver)

1 Niki Lauda Motor Racing Developments 19.14
2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 17.67
3 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 16.25
4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell Racing Organisation 14.13
5 Carlos Reutemann Scuderia Ferrari 13.50
6 John Watson Motor Racing Developments 11.00
7 Jody Scheckter Walter Wolf Racing 9.67
8 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive 8.20
9 Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari 7.70
10 James Hunt McLaren International 7.67
11 Riccardo Patrese Arrows Racing Team 7.57
12 Jacques Laffite Automobiles Ligier 7.21
13 Patrick Tambay McLaren International 6.00
14 Alan Jones Williams Grand Prix Engineering 5.89
15 Didier Pironi Tyrrell Racing Organisation 5.20
16 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault 2.60
17 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow Racing Team 2.00
18 Vittorio Brambilla Team Surtees 1.78
19 Clay Regazzoni Shadow Racing Team 1.62
20 Brett Lunger Liggett Group/BS Fabrications 1.40
21 Héctor Rebaque Team Rebaque 0.82
22 Jochen Mass ATS Racing Team 0.80
23 Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS Racing Team 0.80
24 René Arnoux Automobiles Martini 0.67
25 Rolf Stommelen Arrows Racing Team 0.36
26 Keke Rosberg Theodore Racing Team 0.14
27 Rupert Keegan Team Surtees 0.00
28 Arturo Merzario Merzario Team Srl 0.00