1978 Argentine Grand Prix

1978 Argentine Grand Prix
Race 1 of 16 in the 1978 Formula One season
Race details
Date 15 January 1978
Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course Permanent road course
Course length 5.81 km (3.61 miles)
Distance 52 laps, 302.12 km (187.72 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:47.75
Fastest lap
Driver Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
Time 1:49.76 on lap 3
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Third Tyrrell-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 15 January 1978 at Buenos Aires. It was the first race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 52-lap race was won from pole position by American driver Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, with Austrian Niki Lauda second in a Brabham-Alfa Romeo and Frenchman Patrick Depailler third in a Tyrrell-Ford. This was the debut of multiple-time Constructors' Champions, Williams.


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