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German Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 30th July 1978 12:00am Local
Sun 30th July 1978 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1978

Round
Round 11

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Location
Hockenheimring

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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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01			Mario Andretti	Lotus F1	28:00.9
03			Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+0:28.01
04			Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	+0:36.88
05			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell Racing	+0:57.26
06			Hector Rebaque	Lotus F1	+1:37.86
07			John Watson	Brabham	+1:39.53
08			Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1:56.87
09			Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
11			Harald Ertl	Ensign Racing	DNF
12			Rolf Stommelen	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
13			Ronnie Peterson	Lotus F1	DNF
14			James Hunt	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
15			Alan Jones	Williams Racing	DNF
16			Nelson Piquet	Ensign Racing	DNF
17			Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees Racing Organisation	DNF
18			Patrick Tambay	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
19			Carlos Reutemann	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
20			Niki Lauda	Brabham	DNF
21			Jean-Christophe Boullion	Renault F1 Team	DNF
22			Jochen Mass	ATS	DNF
23			Hans Stuck	Shadow	DNF
24			Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
25			Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	Did not qualify
26			Jean-Christophe Boullion	ATS	Did not qualify
27			Rupert Keegan	Surtees Racing Organisation	Did not qualify
28			Arturo Merzario	Merzario	Did not qualify
29			René Arnoux	Martini Racing	Did not prequalify
30			Brett Lunger	McLaren Formula 1 Team	Did not prequalify

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