1978 Formula One standings
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Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | Races Led | Races Led Most | X Led | Laps Led | Races Led Points | Avg % Led | % Beat | Fastest Laps | Laps | Not Classified |
1 | Mario Andretti | 64 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2.25 | 8.13 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 445 | 14 | 43.63 | 69.27 | 3 | 870 | 4 |
2 | Ronnie Peterson | 51 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4.07 | 8.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 6.55 | 69.85 | 3 | 721 | 5 |
3 | Carlos Reutemann | 48 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6.13 | 8.31 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 183 | 1 | 17.43 | 68.46 | 2 | 931 | 4 |
4 | Niki Lauda | 44 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4.19 | 11.81 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 0 | 10.46 | 53.37 | 4 | 667 | 9 |
5 | Patrick Depailler | 34 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11.88 | 12.56 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 4.29 | 50.13 | 0 | 723 | 8 |
6 | John Watson | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.94 | 10.56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 3.08 | 58.76 | 0 | 752 | 6 |
7 | Jody Scheckter | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.06 | 11.13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1.30 | 56.33 | 0 | 784 | 7 |
8 | Jacques Laffite | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.19 | 8.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 69.00 | 0 | 944 | 2 |
9 | Gilles Villeneuve | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.81 | 10.69 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 5.54 | 58.22 | 1 | 833 | 6 |
10 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.56 | 11.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 54.45 | 0 | 755 | 6 |
11 | Alan Jones | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.13 | 12.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.13 | 2 | 771 | 7 |
12 | Riccardo Patrese | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.67 | 12.80 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 3.16 | 49.14 | 0 | 695 | 7 |
13 | James Hunt | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.75 | 14.25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.42 | 42.86 | 0 | 577 | 10 |
14 | Patrick Tambay | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.53 | 10.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 59.48 | 0 | 803 | 5 |
15 | Didier Pironi | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.75 | 12.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 49.60 | 0 | 725 | 6 |
16 | Clay Regazzoni | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.73 | 13.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 48.06 | 0 | 557 | 5 |
17 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.71 | 16.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.89 | 35.58 | 0 | 555 | 10 |
18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.14 | 16.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 32.92 | 0 | 488 | 10 |
19 | Vittorio Brambilla | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 | 14.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 41.55 | 0 | 561 | 5 |
20 | Derek Daly | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.00 | 13.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 48.61 | 0 | 249 | 3 |
21 | Héctor Rebaque | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.56 | 16.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 36.11 | 0 | 344 | 5 |
22 | Brett Lunger | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.10 | 14.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.64 | 0 | 472 | 4 |
23 | Bruno Giacomelli | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.60 | 12.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 51.24 | 0 | 271 | 2 |
24 | Jochen Mass | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.00 | 13.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.49 | 0 | 497 | 4 |
25 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.20 | 12.40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 14.00 | 50.43 | 1 | 307 | 1 |
26 | René Arnoux | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.50 | 12.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 53.47 | 0 | 308 | 2 |
27 | Rolf Stommelen | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.05 | 0 | 453 | 3 |
28 | Nelson Piquet | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.80 | 16.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 34.19 | 0 | 160 | 3 |
29 | Keke Rosberg | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.11 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.79 | 0 | 378 | 6 |
30 | Rupert Keegan | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.67 | 19.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18.98 | 0 | 182 | 5 |
31 | Harald Ertl | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.50 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 35.42 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
32 | Jacky Ickx | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.67 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 35.38 | 0 | 155 | 2 |
33 | Bobby Rahal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 39.13 | 0 | 74 | 1 |
34 | Arturo Merzario | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.25 | 18.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.79 | 0 | 259 | 8 |
35 | Lamberto Leoni | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.50 | 22.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.44 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
36 | Danny Ongais | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.00 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.56 | 0 | 48 | 2 |
37 | Michael Bleekemolen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 32.00 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
38 | Eddie Cheever | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
39 | Alberto Colombo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Divina Galica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Beppe Gabbiani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Emilio de Villota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Geoff Lees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Tony Trimmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | Hans Binder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Gimax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |