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1978 / Formula 1

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  • 1979

Races

Date Circuit Q Race
January 15 Autódromo Ciudad de Buenos Aires XIV Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
January 29 Jacarepaguá VII Grande Premio do Brasil
March 4 Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit XXIV Citizen Asseng South African Grand Prix
April 2 Long Beach Street Circuit IV Grand Prix of Long Beach
May 7 Circuit de Monaco XXXVI Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
May 21 Circuit Zolder XXXVI Grote Prijs van Belgie
June 4 Circuito del Jarama XXIV Gran Premio de España
June 17 Anderstorp Raceway IX Sveriges Grand Prix
July 2 Circuit Paul Ricard LXIV Grand Prix de France
July 16 Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit XXXI John Player British Grand Prix
July 30 Hockenheimring XL Grosser Preis von Deutschland
August 13 Österreichring XVI Grosser Preis von Österreich
August 27 Circuit Park Zandvoort XXV Grote Prijs van Nederland
September 10 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza XLIX Gran Premio de Italia
October 1 Watkins Glen International XXI Toyota United States Grand Prix
October 8 Île Notre-Dame Circuit XVII Grand Prix du Canada

Standings

1 Mario Andretti 64
2 Ronnie Peterson 51
3 Carlos Reutemann 48
4 Niki Lauda 44
5 Patrick Depailler 34
6 John Watson 25
7 Jody Scheckter 24
8 Jacques Laffite 19
9 Gilles Villeneuve 17
10 Emerson Fittipaldi 17
11 Alan Jones 11
12 Riccardo Patrese 11
13 James Hunt 8
14 Patrick Tambay 8
15 Didier Pironi 7
16 Clay Regazzoni 4
17 Jean-Pierre Jabouille 3
18 Hans-Joachim Stuck 2
19 Héctor Rebaque 1
20 Vittorio Brambilla 1
21 Derek Daly 1