1978 Argentine Grand Prix
- Round
- 1 of 1978
- Circuit
- Autodromo Oscar Galvez
- Location
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Mario Andretti
- Constructor
- Team Lotus
- Entrant
- Lotus-Ford
- Pole position
- Mario Andretti
- Fastest lap
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 52 | 9 | — |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 5 | 52 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 10 | 52 | 4 | — |
| 4 | James Hunt | McLaren | 6 | 52 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 3 | 52 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | 52 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 2 | 52 | — | — |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | 52 | — | — · fastest lap |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 17 | 52 | — | — |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Walter Wolf Racing | 15 | 52 | — | — |
| 11 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 13 | 52 | — | — |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 11 | 51 | — | — |
| 13 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 24 | 51 | — | — |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 23 | 51 | — | — |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 16 | 51 | — | — |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | 50 | — | Engine |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 18 | 50 | — | — |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 12 | 50 | — | — |
| DNQ | Héctor Rebaque | Team Lotus | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNQ | Eddie Cheever | Theodore | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNQ | Divina Galica | Hesketh | — | — | — | DNQ |
| DNF | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | 41 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Williams | 14 | 36 | — | Fuel system |
| DNF | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 19 | 4 | — | Overheating |
| DNF | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 20 | 9 | — | Differential |
| DNF | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 21 | 35 | — | Distributor |
| DNF | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 22 | 28 | — | Engine |