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1978 / ANDRETTI

A scrolling recap of 1978 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Mario Andretti closed the year on 64 points, a 13-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1978
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Mario Andretti	9	12	12	18	18	27	36	36	45	45	54	54	63	64	64	64
Ronnie Peterson	2	2	11	14	14	20	26	30	36	36	36	45	51	51	51	51
Carlos Reutemann	0	9	9	18	18	22	22	22	22	31	31	31	31	35	44	48
Niki Lauda	6	10	10	10	16	16	16	25	25	31	31	31	35	44	44	44
Patrick Depailler	4	4	10	14	23	23	23	23	23	26	26	32	32	32	32	34
John Watson	0	0	4	4	7	7	9	9	12	16	16	16	19	25	25	25
Jody Scheckter	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	7	8	8	14	14	14	14	18	24
Jacques Laffite	0	0	2	4	4	6	10	10	10	10	14	16	16	19	19	19
Emerson Fittipaldi	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	13	15	15	17	17
Gilles Villeneuve	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	8	8	8	17

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Lotus–Ford ended on 86 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1978
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	LOTUS–FORD	86
P2	FERRARI	58
P3	BRABHAM–ALFA ROMEO	53
P4	TYRRELL–FORD	38
P5	WOLF–FORD	24
P6	LIGIER–MATRA	19
P7	FITTIPALDI–FORD	17
P8	MCLAREN–FORD	15
P9	WILLIAMS–FORD	11
P10	ARROWS–FORD	11
P11	SHADOW–FORD	6
P12	RENAULT	3
P13	SURTEES–FORD	1
P13	ENSIGN–FORD	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1978
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Mario Andretti	P1	P1	P1	P2	P3	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Ronnie Peterson	P5	P7	P2	P3	P5	P4	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Carlos Reutemann	—	P3	P5	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P5	P3	P3	P4	P5	P4	P3	P3
Niki Lauda	P2	P2	P3	P5	P4	P5	P5	P3	P3	P4	P4	P5	P3	P3	P4	P4
Patrick Depailler	P3	P5	P3	P4	P1	P2	P3	P4	P4	P5	P5	P3	P4	P5	P5	P5
John Watson	—	—	P7	P7	P6	P6	P7	P7	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6
Jody Scheckter	—	—	—	—	P8	P10	P8	P10	P9	P9	P7	P8	P9	P9	P8	P7
Jacques Laffite	—	—	P10	P8	P9	P8	P6	P6	P7	P7	P8	P7	P7	P7	P7	P8
Gilles Villeneuve	—	—	—	—	—	P11	P12	P15	P16	P16	P16	P12	P11	P11	P12	P9
Emerson Fittipaldi	—	P4	P6	P6	P7	P7	P9	P9	P11	P11	P9	P9	P8	P8	P9	P10
Alan Jones	—	—	P8	P9	P11	P11	P12	P15	P12	P12	P13	P14	P14	P15	P10	P11
Riccardo Patrese	—	—	—	P13	P14	P15	P15	P8	P8	P8	P10	P10	P10	P10	P11	P12
James Hunt	P4	P6	P8	P9	P11	P11	P11	P12	P9	P9	P11	P11	P11	P11	P12	P13
Patrick Tambay	P6	P9	P13	P13	P15	P16	P16	P12	P14	P13	P14	P15	P15	P13	P14	P14
Didier Pironi	—	P9	P12	P12	P10	P9	P10	P11	P13	P14	P12	P13	P13	P14	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

13 drivers stood on a podium.

6 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 ARGENTIN

1 ANDRETTI

2 LAUDA

3 DEPAILLER

R02 BRAZIL

1 REUTEMANN

2 FITTIPALDI

3 LAUDA

R03 SOUTH AF

1 PETERSON

2 DEPAILLER

3 WATSON

R04 UNITED S

1 REUTEMANN

2 ANDRETTI

3 DEPAILLER

R05 MONACO

1 DEPAILLER

2 LAUDA

3 SCHECKTER

R06 BELGIUM

1 ANDRETTI

2 PETERSON

3 REUTEMANN

R07 SPAIN

1 ANDRETTI

2 PETERSON

3 LAFFITE

R08 SWEDEN

1 LAUDA

2 PATRESE

3 PETERSON

R09 FRANCE

1 ANDRETTI

2 PETERSON

3 HUNT

R10 GREAT BR

1 REUTEMANN

2 LAUDA

3 WATSON

R11 GERMANY

1 ANDRETTI

2 SCHECKTER

3 LAFFITE

R12 AUSTRIA

1 PETERSON

2 DEPAILLER

3 VILLENEUVE

R13 NETHERLA

1 ANDRETTI

2 PETERSON

3 LAUDA

R14 ITALY

1 LAUDA

2 WATSON

3 REUTEMANN

R15 UNITED S

1 REUTEMANN

2 JONES

3 SCHECKTER

R16 CANADA

1 VILLENEUVE

2 SCHECKTER

3 REUTEMANN

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

Race-by-race podium finishers for 1978
ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Gran Premio de Argentina 1978	Gran Premio de Argentina 1978	ANDRETTI	LAUDA	DEPAILLER
R02 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1978	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1978	REUTEMANN	FITTIPALDI	LAUDA
R03 · The Citizen and Asseng Grand Prix of South Africa 1978	The Citizen and Asseng Grand Prix of South Africa 1978	PETERSON	DEPAILLER	WATSON
R04 · 1978 Long Beach Grand Prix	1978 Long Beach Grand Prix	REUTEMANN	ANDRETTI	DEPAILLER
R05 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1978	Grand Prix de Monaco 1978	DEPAILLER	LAUDA	SCHECKTER
R06 · 1978 Belgian Grand Prix	1978 Belgian Grand Prix	ANDRETTI	PETERSON	REUTEMANN
R07 · Gran Premio de España 1978	Gran Premio de España 1978	ANDRETTI	PETERSON	LAFFITE
R08 · Sveriges Grand Prix 1978	Sveriges Grand Prix 1978	LAUDA	PATRESE	PETERSON
R09 · Grand Prix de France 1978	Grand Prix de France 1978	ANDRETTI	PETERSON	HUNT
R10 · 1978 John Player British Grand Prix	1978 John Player British Grand Prix	REUTEMANN	LAUDA	WATSON
R11 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1978	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1978	ANDRETTI	SCHECKTER	LAFFITE
R12 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1978	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1978	PETERSON	DEPAILLER	VILLENEUVE
R13 · Grote Prijs van Nederland 1978	Grote Prijs van Nederland 1978	ANDRETTI	PETERSON	LAUDA
R14 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1978	Gran Premio d'Italia 1978	LAUDA	WATSON	REUTEMANN
R15 · 1978 Toyota United States Grand Prix	1978 Toyota United States Grand Prix	REUTEMANN	JONES	SCHECKTER
R16 · Grand Prix du Canada 1978	Grand Prix du Canada 1978	VILLENEUVE	SCHECKTER	REUTEMANN

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

21

WINNERS

6

PODIUM·DRIVERS

13

POINTS·SHARED

400

CHAMPION

Mario Andretti

64 PTS · 6 WINS

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