1978 Argentine Grand Prix

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	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1:53.87	-.--
2	15	René Arnoux	Renault	1:53.90	+0.03
3	19	Keke Rosberg	Arrows-Ford	1:54.11	+0.24
4	23	Riccardo Patrese	Minardi-Ford	1:54.77	+0.90
5	16	Rolf Stommelen	ATS-Ford	1:54.97	+1.10
6	18	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Arrows-Ford	1:55.58	+1.71
7	17	Hans Heyer	ATS-Ford	1:55.80	+1.93
8	37	Mike Mosley	Interscope-Ford	1:56.01	+2.14
9	38	Danny Ongais	Interscope-Ford	1:56.58	+2.71
10	66	Osvaldo López	Hernandez-Ford	1:57.23	+3.25
11	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Minardi-Ford	1:57.35	+3.37
12	65	Héctor Luis Gradassi	Hernandez-Ford	1:57.96	+4.09

(Those in bold pre-qualified)

Combined Times

Pos	Constructor	Entrant	Time	Gap
1	Équipe Renault Elf	Renault	3:47.774	-.---
2	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows-Ford	3:49.684	+1.910
3	ATS Racing Team	ATS-Ford	3:50.765	+2.991
4	Scuderia Everest	Minardi-Ford	3:52.117	+4.343
5	Interscope Racing	Interscope-Ford	3:52.583	+4.809
6	Escuderia Hernandez	Hernandez-Ford	3:55.184	+7.410

(Those in bold pre-qualified)