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Event

German Grand Prix

Date
Sun 30th July 1978 (UTC)
Sun 30th July 1978 (Local)

Timestamp
1978-07-30T00:00:00

Time

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
1978

Round
11

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Location
Hockenheimring

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Description

The 1978 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 30 July 1978 at the Hockenheimring. Mario Andretti won the race from pole position, ahead of Jody Scheckter and Jacques Laffite.
This was the debut race of future world champion Nelson Piquet. Mario Andretti took pole with Ronnie Peterson in second and Niki Lauda third. At the start, Peterson got off better and took the lead from Andretti, and held it for four laps before Andretti retook it. Lauda ran third in the early stages, before he was passed by Alan Jones, and the duo battled until Lauda's engine failed, his fifth engine related retirement of the year. The two Lotus cars were cruising at the front, and Jones ran third comfortably until he retired with a fuel vaporization problem. Lotus's hopes of a 1–2 ended when Peterson's gearbox failed, Andretti was unaffected by that and cruised to his fifth win of the season, with Jody Scheckter second and Jacques Laffite third.

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Result List

01	Mario Andretti	28:00.9
03	Jacques Laffite	+0:28.01
04	Emerson Fittipaldi	+0:36.88
05	Didier Pironi	+0:57.26
06	Hector Rebaque	+1:37.86
07	John Watson	+1:39.53
08	Gilles Villeneuve	+1:56.87
09	Riccardo Patrese	+1 Lap
11	Harald Ertl	DNF
12	Rolf Stommelen	DNF
13	Ronnie Peterson	DNF
14	James Hunt	DNF
15	Alan Jones	DNF
16	Nelson Piquet	DNF
17	Vittorio Brambilla	DNF
18	Patrick Tambay	DNF
19	Carlos Reutemann	DNF
20	Niki Lauda	DNF
21	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
22	Jochen Mass	DNF
23	Hans Stuck	DNF
24	Patrick Depailler	DNF
25	Clay Regazzoni	Did not qualify
26	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Did not qualify
27	Rupert Keegan	Did not qualify
28	Arturo Merzario	Did not qualify
29	René Arnoux	Did not prequalify
30	Brett Lunger	Did not prequalify

Result Description
1 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:28:00.90
2 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford +15.35 secs
3 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra +28.01 secs
4 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford +36.88 secs
5 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford +57.26 secs
6 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford +1:37.86
7 John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo +1:39.53
8 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari +1:56.87
9 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford +1 Lap
10 Keke Rosberg Wolf-Ford +3 Laps

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