Round 1 · 15 January 1978
1978 Argentine Grand Prix: results
Mario Andretti (Team Lotus) won the 1978 Argentine Grand Prix, round 1 of the championship, held on 15 January 1978 at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez (Argentina), starting from position 1. Niki Lauda (Brabham) and Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) completed the podium. He won from pole.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:37:04.470 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 5 | +13.210 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 10 | +13.640 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | James Hunt | McLaren | 6 | +16.050 s | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 3 | +74.850 s | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | +79.900 s | 1 | Finished |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 2 | +82.600 s | — | Finished |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | +98.880 s | — | Finished |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 17 | +100.600 s | — | Finished |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 15 | +103.500 s | — | Finished |
| 11 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 13 | +109.070 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 11 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 24 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 23 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | — | — | Engine |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 18 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 12 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 19 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | — | — | Engine |
| 20 | Alan Jones | Williams | 14 | — | — | Fuel system |
| 21 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 21 | — | — | Distributor |
| 22 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 22 | — | — | Engine |
| 23 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 20 | — | — | Differential |
| 24 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 19 | — | — | Overheating |