Race results
Race startAugust 13, 1978 at 01:00Central European Standard Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 1:41:21.57 | 54 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +47.440 | 54 | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +1:39.760 | 54 | 11 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 53 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | +1 Lap | 53 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | +1 Lap | 53 | 21 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | +1 Lap | 53 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | +2 Laps | 52 | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | 31 | René Arnoux | Martini | +2 Laps | 52 | 26 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | +4 Laps | 50 | 22 | 0 |
| 11 | 32 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | +5 Laps | 49 | 25 | 0 |
| - | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | DSQ | 41 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | DNF (Accident) | 40 | 14 | 0 |
| - | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | DNF (Accident) | 33 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | DNF (Gearbox) | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| - | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | DSQ | 28 | 12 | 0 |
| - | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | DNF (Accident) | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| - | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | DNF (Accident) | 20 | 9 | 0 |
| - | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | DNF (Accident) | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| - | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | DNF (Accident) | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| - | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | DNF (Accident) | 7 | 16 | 0 |
| - | 23 | Harald Ertl | Ensign | DNF (Accident) | 7 | 24 | 0 |
| - | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | DNF (Accident) | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| - | 29 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | DNF (Accident) | 4 | 20 | 0 |
| - | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | DNF (Accident) | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| - | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 2 | 0 |