1978 Spanish Grand Prix

1978 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 7 of 16 in the 1978 Formula One season
Race details
Date 4 June 1978
Official name XXIV Gran Premio de España[1]
Location Jarama, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 255.3 km (158.625 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:16.39
Fastest lap
Driver United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford
Time 1:20.06 on lap 5
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Lotus-Ford
Third Ligier-Matra
Lap leaders

The 1978 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 4 June 1978 at Jarama. It was the seventh race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 75-lap race was won from pole position by Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, with teammate Ronnie Peterson second and Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Matra.

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1978". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 29 October 2017.