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Event

French Grand Prix

Date
Sun 2nd July 1978 (UTC)
Sun 2nd July 1978 (Local)

Timestamp
1978-07-02T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1978

Round
9

Status

Location
Circuit Paul Ricard

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Description

The 1978 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 2 July 1978. It was the ninth race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 54-lap race was won by Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, with teammate Ronnie Peterson second and James Hunt third in a McLaren-Ford. This would prove to be the final podium for Hunt.

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Result List

01	Mario Andretti	38:51.9
02	Ronnie Peterson	+0:02.93
03	James Hunt	+0:19.8
04	John Watson	+0:36.88
05	Alan Jones	+0:41.81
07	Jacques Laffite	+0:54.74
08	Riccardo Patrese	+1:24.88
09	Patrick Tambay	+1:27.06
10	Didier Pironi	+1:29.98
11	Hans Stuck	+1 Lap
12	Gilles Villeneuve	+1 Lap
13	Jochen Mass	+1 Lap
14	René Arnoux	+1 Lap
15	Rolf Stommelen	+1 Lap
16	Keke Rosberg	+2 Laps
17	Vittorio Brambilla	+2 Laps
18	Carlos Reutemann	+5 Laps
19	Brett Lunger	DNF
20	Emerson Fittipaldi	DNF
21	Rupert Keegan	DNF
22	Bruno Giacomelli	DNF
23	Niki Lauda	DNF
24	Patrick Depailler	DNF
25	Clay Regazzoni	DNF
26	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
27	Arturo Merzario	Did not qualify
28	Derek Daly	Did not qualify
29	Hector Rebaque	Did not qualify

Result Description
1 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:38:51.92
2 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford + 2.93
3 James Hunt McLaren-Ford + 19.80
4 John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo + 36.88
5 Alan Jones Williams-Ford + 41.81
6 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford + 54.53
7 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra + 54.74
8 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford + 1:24.88
9 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford + 1:27.06
10 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford + 1:29.98

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