Race results
Race startJanuary 15, 1978 at 00:00
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1:37:04.47 | 52 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | +13.210 | 52 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +13.640 | 52 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | +16.050 | 52 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | +1:14.850 | 52 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | +1:19.900 | 52 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | +1:22.600 | 52 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +1:38.880 | 52 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1:40.600 | 52 | 17 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | +1:43.500 | 52 | 15 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | +1:49.070 | 52 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | +1 Lap | 51 | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | +1 Lap | 51 | 24 | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 51 | 23 | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | +1 Lap | 51 | 16 | 0 |
| - | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Engine) | 50 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | +2 Laps | 50 | 18 | 0 |
| 18 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | +2 Laps | 50 | 12 | 0 |
| - | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | DNF (Engine) | 41 | 4 | 0 |
| - | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | DNF (Fuel system) | 36 | 14 | 0 |
| - | 22 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | DNF (Distributor) | 35 | 21 | 0 |
| - | 23 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | DNF (Engine) | 28 | 22 | 0 |
| - | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | DNF (Differential) | 9 | 20 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | DNF (Overheating) | 4 | 19 | 0 |