Race · Round 14 of 16 · 10 September 1978

1978 Italian Grand Prix

Niki Lauda won for Brabham from 4th on the grid at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. 10 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy
Winner: Niki LaudaBrabham
Pole: Mario Andretti
Fastest lap: Mario Andretti
Entries: 3114 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Niki Lauda	Brabham	—	4	40	Finished	9
2	John Watson	Brabham	—	7	40	Finished	6
3	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	—	11	40	Finished	4
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	—	8	40	Finished	3
5	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	M26	19	40	Finished	2
6	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	1	40	Finished	1	fastest lap
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	—	2	40	Finished	0
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	F5A	13	40	Finished	0
9	Nelson Piquet	McLaren	—	24	40	Finished	0
10	Derek Daly	Ensign	N177	18	40	Finished	0
11	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	008	16	40	Finished	0
12	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	—	9	39	Finished	0
13	Alan Jones	Williams	FW06	6	39	Finished	0
14	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	M26	20	39	Finished	0
NC	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	—	15	33	NC	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	—	12	29	Engine	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	M26	10	19	Distributor	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	A1	22	14	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	RS01	3	6	Engine	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	—	5	0	Fatal collision	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	—	23	0	Collision	0
DNF	Brett Lunger	McLaren	—	21	0	Collision	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	008	14	0	Collision	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	—	17	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	78	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Harald Ertl	ATS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Carlo Franchi	Surtees	TS20	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Keke Rosberg	Walter Wolf Racing	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Alberto Colombo	Merzario	A1	—	—	DNPQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout monza-6 · 5.8 km · 10 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Niki Lauda	4	1	40
John Watson	7	2	40
Carlos Reutemann	11	3	40
Jacques Laffite	8	4	40
Patrick Tambay	19	5	40
Mario Andretti	1	6	40
Gilles Villeneuve	2	7	40
Emerson Fittipaldi	13	8	40
Nelson Piquet	24	9	40
Derek Daly	18	10	40
Patrick Depailler	16	11	40
Jody Scheckter	9	12	39
Alan Jones	6	13	39
Bruno Giacomelli	20	14	39
Clay Regazzoni	15	NC	33
Riccardo Patrese	12	DNF	29
James Hunt	10	DNF	19
Arturo Merzario	22	DNF	14
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	3	DNF	6
Ronnie Peterson	5	DNF	0
Vittorio Brambilla	23	DNF	0
Brett Lunger	21	DNF	0
Didier Pironi	14	DNF	0
Hans-Joachim Stuck	17	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	5	1:37.520	—	—
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	12	1:37.860	+0.340	+0.340
3	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	1:37.930	+0.410	+0.070
4	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1	1:38.215	+0.695	+0.285
5	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	6	1:38.256	+0.736	+0.041
6	Alan Jones	Williams	27	1:38.271	+0.751	+0.015
7	John Watson	Brabham	2	1:38.610	+1.090	+0.339
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:38.917	+1.397	+0.307
9	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:38.937	+1.417	+0.020
10	James Hunt	McLaren	7	1:38.938	+1.418	+0.001
11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	11	1:38.959	+1.439	+0.021
12	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	35	1:39.179	+1.659	+0.220
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	14	1:39.421	+1.901	+0.242
14	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	3	1:39.563	+2.043	+0.142
15	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	17	1:39.621	+2.101	+0.058
16	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:39.630	+2.110	+0.009
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	16	1:39.701	+2.181	+0.071
18	Derek Daly	Ensign	22	1:40.075	+2.555	+0.374
19	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	8	1:40.163	+2.643	+0.088
20	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren	33	1:40.199	+2.679	+0.036
21	Brett Lunger	McLaren	30	1:40.302	+2.782	+0.103
22	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	37	1:40.702	+3.182	+0.400
23	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	1:40.805	+3.285	+0.103
24	Nelson Piquet	McLaren	29	1:40.846	+3.326	+0.041
25	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	25	1:41.063	+3.543	+0.217
26	Harald Ertl	ATS	10	1:41.185	+3.665	+0.122
27	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	9	1:41.677	+4.157	+0.492
28	Carlo Franchi	Surtees	18	1:44.408	+6.888	+2.731

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	25	1:39.880	—	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	McLaren	29	1:40.110	+0.230	+0.230	—
3	Brett Lunger	McLaren	30	1:40.240	+0.360	+0.130	—
4	Harald Ertl	Ensign	23	1:40.270	+0.390	+0.030	—
5	Keke Rosberg	Walter Wolf Racing	32	1:40.750	+0.870	+0.480	—
6	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	36	1:40.930	+1.050	+0.180	—
7	Alberto Colombo	Merzario	38	1:42.240	+2.360	+1.310	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

1 more photograph

Surtees TS20
SurteesTS20BarryBoor · The original uploader was Scottanon at English Wikipedia . · Attribution

Where this comes from

Round: 14 of 1978
Grand Prix: Italian Grand Prix
Dates: 10 Sep 1978
Layout raced: Revised chicanes · 5.8 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Brabham
Entrant: Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.