Race results
Race startMarch 4, 1978 at 00:00
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 1:42:15.767 | 78 | 12 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +0.466 | 78 | 11 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | +4.442 | 78 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | +30.986 | 78 | 18 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | +1:09.218 | 78 | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 77 | 14 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 77 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | +1 Lap | 77 | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | +1 Lap | 77 | 22 | 0 |
| 10 | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 77 | 21 | 0 |
| 11 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | +2 Laps | 76 | 20 | 0 |
| 12 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | +2 Laps | 76 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | DNF (Engine) | 63 | 7 | 0 |
| - | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | DNF (Spun off) | 59 | 5 | 0 |
| - | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | DNF (Accident) | 56 | 4 | 0 |
| - | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | DNF (Oil leak) | 55 | 8 | 0 |
| - | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | DNF (Spun off) | 55 | 9 | 0 |
| - | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | DNF (Engine) | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | DNF (Engine) | 52 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | DNF (Engine) | 43 | 15 | 0 |
| - | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | DNF (Suspension) | 39 | 26 | 0 |
| - | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | DNF (Engine) | 38 | 6 | 0 |
| - | 32 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore | DNF (Clutch) | 15 | 24 | 0 |
| - | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF (Transmission) | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| - | 24 | Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | DNF (Oil leak) | 8 | 25 | 0 |
| - | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | DNF (Engine) | 5 | 3 | 0 |