Race results
Race startJuly 2, 1978 at 02:00Central European Summer Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1:38:51.92 | 54 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | +2.930 | 54 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | +19.800 | 54 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | +36.880 | 54 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | +41.810 | 54 | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | +54.530 | 54 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | +54.740 | 54 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | +1:24.880 | 54 | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | +1:27.060 | 54 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +1:29.980 | 54 | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | +1 Lap | 53 | 20 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 53 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | +1 Lap | 53 | 25 | 0 |
| 14 | 31 | René Arnoux | Martini | +1 Lap | 53 | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | +1 Lap | 53 | 21 | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | +2 Laps | 52 | 26 | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | +2 Laps | 52 | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | +5 Laps | 49 | 8 | 0 |
| - | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | DNF (Engine) | 45 | 24 | 0 |
| - | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF (Suspension) | 43 | 15 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | DNF (Engine) | 40 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | DNF (Engine) | 28 | 22 | 0 |
| - | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | DNF (Engine) | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| - | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | DNF (Engine) | 10 | 13 | 0 |
| - | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | DNF (Electrical) | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | DNF (Engine) | 1 | 11 | 0 |