Race results
Race startMay 21, 1978 at 02:00Central European Summer Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1:39:52.02 | 70 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | +9.900 | 70 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | +24.340 | 70 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +47.040 | 70 | 4 | 3 |
| - | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Accident) | 69 | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 69 | 23 | 1 |
| 7 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | +1 Lap | 69 | 24 | 0 |
| 8 | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | +1 Lap | 69 | 21 | 0 |
| 9 | 31 | René Arnoux | Martini | +2 Laps | 68 | 19 | 0 |
| 10 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | +2 Laps | 68 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | +2 Laps | 68 | 16 | 0 |
| 12 | 22 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | +6 Laps | 64 | 22 | 0 |
| - | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | DNF (Engine) | 63 | 12 | 0 |
| - | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | DNF (Spun off) | 56 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | +14 Laps | 56 | 20 | 0 |
| - | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | DNF (Spun off) | 53 | 5 | 0 |
| - | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | DNF (Gearbox) | 51 | 13 | 0 |
| - | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | DNF (Transmission) | 40 | 18 | 0 |
| - | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | DNF (Suspension) | 31 | 8 | 0 |
| - | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | DNF (Spun off) | 26 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | DNF (Accident) | 18 | 9 | 0 |
| - | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| - | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 15 | 0 |