← Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
1978 Argentine Grand Prix
1978-01-15 · Buenos Aires, Argentina
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 52 | 9 |
| 2nd | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 5 | 52 | 6 |
| 3rd | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 10 | 52 | 4 |
| 4th | James Hunt | McLaren | 6 | 52 | 3 |
| 5th | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 3 | 52 | 2 |
| 6th | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | 52 | 1 |
| 7th | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 2 | 52 | |
| 8th | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | 52 | |
| 9th | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 17 | 52 | |
| 10th | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 15 | 52 | |
| 11th | Jochen Mass | ATS | 13 | 52 | |
| 12th | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 11 | 51 | |
| 13th | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 24 | 51 | |
| 14th | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 23 | 51 | |
| 15th | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 16 | 51 | |
| 16th | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | 50 | |
| 17th | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 18 | 50 | |
| 18th | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 12 | 50 | |
| 19th | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | 41 | |
| 20th | Alan Jones | Williams | 14 | 36 | |
| 21st | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 21 | 35 | |
| 22nd | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 22 | 28 | |
| 23rd | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 20 | 9 | |
| 24th | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 19 | 4 |