Race results
Race startAugust 27, 1978 at 02:00Central European Summer Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1:41:04.23 | 75 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | +0.320 | 75 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | +12.210 | 75 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | +20.920 | 75 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +21.500 | 75 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | +45.950 | 75 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | +1:00.520 | 75 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | +1 Lap | 74 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | +1 Lap | 74 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | +1 Lap | 74 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 74 | 20 | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | +2 Laps | 73 | 15 | 0 |
| - | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | DNF (Spun off) | 60 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | DNF (Transmission) | 56 | 18 | 0 |
| - | 31 | René Arnoux | Martini | DNF (Chassis) | 40 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | DNF (Engine) | 40 | 26 | 0 |
| - | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | DSQ | 37 | 22 | 0 |
| - | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | DNF (Engine) | 35 | 9 | 0 |
| - | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | DNF (Engine) | 35 | 21 | 0 |
| - | 32 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | DNF (Accident) | 21 | 24 | 0 |
| - | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | DNF (Throttle) | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| - | 29 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | DNF (Transmission) | 16 | 25 | 0 |
| - | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | DNF (Engine) | 13 | 12 | 0 |
| - | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | DNF (Transmission) | 10 | 16 | 0 |
| - | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| - | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |