Argentine Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 15th January 1978 12:00am Local
Sun 15th January 1978 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1978

Round
Round 1

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Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

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The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix, otherwise known as the XVI Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina, was the opening round of the 1978 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires on the 15 January, 1978. The race would be remembered for a dominant performance by Mario Andretti, who was only denied a maiden Grand Chelem by Gilles Villeneuve.

It had been a less turbulent winter amid F1's political scene, meaning most interest had been placed on the driver market. The biggest change had seen defending Champion quit Ferrari to join Brabham-Alfa Romeo, while Ronnie Peterson had rejoined Lotus and their new "ground effect project. On the team front there were several changes, although the most significant change came after Max Mosley sold March to the German based ATS squad.

Andretti had got things underway early on in Buenos Aires, dictating the pace throughout qualifying before claiming pole position ahead of Carlos Reutemann. Ronnie Peterson, John Watson and Lauda were next, while James Hunt edged out young Villeneuve for sixth.

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Result List

01	Mario Andretti	Lotus F1	37:04.5
02	Niki Lauda	Brabham	+0:13.21
03	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell Racing	+0:13.64
04	James Hunt	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:16.05
05	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus F1	+1:14.85
06	Patrick Tambay	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1:19.90
07	Carlos Reutemann	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1:22.60
08	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1:38.88
09	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	+1:40.60
11	Jochen Mass	ATS	+1:49.07
12	Jean-Christophe Boullion	ATS	+1 Lap
13	Brett Lunger	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
14	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
15	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	+1 Lap
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
17	Hans Stuck	Shadow	+2 Laps
18	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees Racing Organisation	+2 Laps
19	John Watson	Brabham	DNF
20	Alan Jones	Williams Racing	DNF
21	Danny Ongais	Ensign Racing	DNF
22	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign Racing	DNF
23	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	DNF
24	Rupert Keegan	Surtees Racing Organisation	DNF
25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus F1	Did not qualify
26	Eddie Cheever	Theodore Racing	Did not qualify
27	Divina Galica	Hesketh Racing	Did not qualify