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===Pre-Qualifying===
===Pre-Qualifying===
====Individual Times====


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| [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] '''[[René Arnoux]]'''
| [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] '''[[René Arnoux]]'''
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| [[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| {{ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| [[Minardi]]-Ford
| [[Minardi]]-[[Ford]]
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| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] '''[[Rolf Stommelen]]'''
|{{GER}} '''[[Rolf Stommelen]]'''
| [[ATS]]-Ford
| [[ATS]]-[[Ford]]
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| [[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] '''[[Gianfranco Brancatelli]]'''
| {{ITA}} '''[[Gianfranco Brancatelli]]'''
| Arrows-Ford
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| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] '''[[Hans Heyer]]'''
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| [[File:Flag of Argentina svg.png]] [[Osvaldo López]]
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| [[File:Flag of Argentina svg.png]] [[Héctor Luis Gradassi]]
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(Those in '''bold''' pre-qualified)
====Combined Times====
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! Pos
! Constructor
! Entrant
! Time
! Gap
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| '''{{FRA}} [[Renault|Équipe Renault Elf]]'''
| {{FRA}} [[Renault]]
| 3:47.774
| -.---
|-
! 2
| {{GBR}} '''[[Arrows|Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team]]'''
| {{GBR}} [[Arrows]]-[[Ford]]
| 3:49.684
| +1.910
|-
! 3
| {{GER}} '''[[ATS|ATS Racing Team]]'''
| {{GER}} [[ATS]]-[[Ford]]
| 3:50.765
| +2.991
|-
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| {{ITA}} [[Scuderia Everest]]
| {{ITA}} [[Minardi]]-[[Ford]]
| 3:52.117
| +4.343
|-
! 5
| {{USA}} [[Interscope Racing]]
| {{USA}} [[Interscope]]-[[Ford]]
| 3:52.583
| +4.809
|-
! 6
| {{ARG}} [[Escuderia Hernandez]]
| {{ARG}} [[Hernandez]]-[[Ford]]
| 3:55.184
| +7.410
|-
|}
|}
(Those in '''bold''' pre-qualified)
(Those in '''bold''' pre-qualified)

Revision as of 19:23, 6 February 2018

Flag of Argentina svg.png 1978 Argentine Grand Prix
Race 1 of 16 in the 1978 Alternate Formula One season
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Date 5 March 1978
Official Name Gran Premio Austral Líneas Aéreas de Argentina
Location Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez
Course Road course
5.948 km (3.687 mi)
Distance 53 laps, 315.244 km (195.411 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole Position
Driver Flag of Canada svg.png Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Time 1:49.87
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 svg.png Jody Scheckter Ferrari
Time 1:55.28
Podium
First Template:AUS Alan Jones Williams-Ford
Second Template:FRA Patrick Depailler Williams-Ford
Third Template:GBR John Watson Brabham-Ford


The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 5 March 1978 at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez in Buenos Aires. It was the first race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 53-lap race was won by Australian driver Alan Jones, driving a Williams-Ford, earning his 1st career victory, with Frenchman Patrick Depailler second in the other Williams-Ford and Ulsterman John Watson third in a Brabham-Ford, scoring his 1st points and his 1st podium place.

This race also marked the Williams team's first ever 1-2 finish in a Formula One championship race.

Classification

Pre-Qualifying

Individual Times

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 14 Flag of France svg.png Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:53.87 -.--
2 15 Flag of France svg.png René Arnoux Renault 1:53.90 +0.03
3 19 Flag of Finland svg.png Keke Rosberg Arrows-Ford 1:54.11 +0.24
4 23 Flag of Italy svg.png Riccardo Patrese Minardi-Ford 1:54.77 +0.90
5 16 Flag of Germany svg.png Rolf Stommelen ATS-Ford 1:54.97 +1.10
6 18 Flag of Italy svg.png Gianfranco Brancatelli Arrows-Ford 1:55.58 +1.71
7 17 Flag of Germany svg.png Hans Heyer ATS-Ford 1:55.80 +1.93
8 37 Template:USA Mike Mosley Interscope-Ford 1:56.01 +2.14
9 38 Template:USA Danny Ongais Interscope-Ford 1:56.58 +2.71
10 66 Flag of Argentina svg.png Osvaldo López Hernandez-Ford 1:57.23 +3.25
11 24 Flag of Italy svg.png Piercarlo Ghinzani Minardi-Ford 1:57.35 +3.37
12 65 Flag of Argentina svg.png Héctor Luis Gradassi Hernandez-Ford 1:57.96 +4.09

(Those in bold pre-qualified)

Combined Times

Pos Constructor Entrant Time Gap
1 Template:FRA Équipe Renault Elf Template:FRA Renault 3:47.774 -.---
2 Template:GBR Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Template:GBR Arrows-Ford 3:49.684 +1.910
3 Flag of Germany svg.png ATS Racing Team Flag of Germany svg.png ATS-Ford 3:50.765 +2.991
4 Flag of Italy svg.png Scuderia Everest Flag of Italy svg.png Minardi-Ford 3:52.117 +4.343
5 Template:USA Interscope Racing Template:USA Interscope-Ford 3:52.583 +4.809
6 Flag of Argentina svg.png Escuderia Hernandez Flag of Argentina svg.png Hernandez-Ford 3:55.184 +7.410

(Those in bold pre-qualified)