Race results
Race startMay 7, 1978 at 02:00Central European Summer Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:55:14.66 | 75 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | +22.450 | 75 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | +32.290 | 75 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | +33.530 | 75 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +1:08.060 | 75 | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | +1:08.770 | 75 | 14 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | +1 Lap | 74 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 74 | 20 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | +4 Laps | 71 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +6 Laps | 69 | 4 | 0 |
| - | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | DNF (Accident) | 62 | 8 | 0 |
| - | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | DNF (Gearbox) | 56 | 7 | 0 |
| - | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | DNF (Handling) | 43 | 6 | 0 |
| - | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | DNF (Driver unwell) | 38 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | DNF (Oil leak) | 29 | 10 | 0 |
| - | 22 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | DNF (Brakes) | 27 | 16 | 0 |
| - | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | DNF (Accident) | 24 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Gearbox) | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | DNF (Transmission) | 8 | 18 | 0 |