Round 16 · 8 Oct – 8 Oct 1978
1978 Canadian Grand Prix
🇨🇦 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal · 70 laps
Weekend schedule
UK time, plus local track time.
| Session | UK time | Track time |
|---|---|---|
| Race | Sun 8 Oct, 01:00 | Sat 7 Oct, 20:00 |
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 1:57:49.196 | 9 |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 2 | +13.372 | 6 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | +19.408 | 4 |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | +24.667 | 3 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | +28.558 | 2 |
| 6 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 15 | +54.476 | 1 |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 18 | +1:21.250 | 0 |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | +1:26.560 | 0 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 5 | +1:28.942 | 0 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 22 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 21 | +12 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | Transmission | 0 |
| 15 | James Hunt | McLaren | 19 | Spun off | 0 |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Team Lotus | 1 | Oil leak | 0 |
| 17 | René Arnoux | Surtees | 16 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Bobby Rahal | Wolf | 20 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 19 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| 20 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 7 | Brakes | 0 |
| 21 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 8 | Accident | 0 |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | Accident | 0 |
How to watch
In the United Kingdom every session is shown live on Sky Sports F1, with highlights on Channel 4 after the race. Viewers elsewhere can follow the weekend through their local rights holder or F1 TV where it is available.
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