Race results
Race startApril 2, 1978 at 00:00
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:52:01.301 | 80 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +11.061 | 80 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +28.951 | 80 | 12 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | +45.603 | 80 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | +1:22.884 | 80 | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | +1 Lap | 79 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | +1 Lap | 79 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 79 | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | +1 Lap | 79 | 18 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | +1 Lap | 79 | 20 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | +5 Laps | 75 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | DNF (Accident) | 74 | 11 | 0 |
| - | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | DNF (Accident) | 59 | 10 | 0 |
| - | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | DNF (Transmission) | 50 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | DNF (Turbo) | 43 | 13 | 0 |
| - | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | DNF (Accident) | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| - | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | DNF (Ignition) | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| - | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | DNF (Gearbox) | 25 | 22 | 0 |
| - | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | DNF (Gearbox) | 17 | 21 | 0 |
| - | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | DNF (Brakes) | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| - | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | DNF (Gearbox) | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| - | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | DNF (Accident) | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | DNS (Accident) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | DNS (Accident) | 0 | 0 | 0 |