GP Great Britain 1978 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: John Player British Grand Prix		Date: 16.7.1978
Track: Brands Hatch Circuit (United Kingdom), 4.206 kms	Organiser: RAC
GP Great Britain
Formula 1 World Championship (round 10)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus 79 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	1:16.8000
2^nd	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	1:17.0600
3^rd	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf WR5 Ford	Walter Wolf Racing	1:17.3700
4^th	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing	1:17.4800
5^th	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows FA1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	1:18.2800
6^th	27	Alan Jones	Williams FW06 Ford	Williams Grand Prix Engineering	1:18.3600
7^th	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS9 Matra	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	1:18.4400
8^th	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari 312 T3	Ferrari SEFAC	1:18.4500
9^th	2	John Watson	Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing	1:18.5700
10^th	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	1:18.7300
11^th	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F5A Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive	1:18.7800
12^th	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01 Turbo	Equipe Renault Elf	1:18.8800
13^th	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 312 T3	Ferrari SEFAC	1:18.9900
14^th	7	James Hunt	McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren	1:19.0500
15^th	22	Derek Daly	Ensign N177 Ford	Team Tissot Ensign	1:19.1300
16^th	33	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team Mclaren	1:19.7900
17^th	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow DN9 Ford	Villiger Shadow	1:19.8300
18^th	16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow DN9 Ford	Villiger Shadow	1:19.9800
19^th	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	1:19.9900
20^th	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren	1:20.1400
21^st	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus 78 Ford	Team Rebaque	1:20.2400
22^nd	10	Keke Rosberg	ATS HS1 Ford	ATS Racing	1:20.2700
23^rd	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario A1 Ford	Team Merzario	1:20.3500
24^th	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren M26 Ford	Liggett Group with BS Fabrications	1:20.3900
25^th	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees TS20 Ford	Beta Team Surtees	1:20.7000
26^th	9	Jochen Mass	ATS HS1 Ford	ATS Racing	1:20.7100
27^th	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows FA1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	1:20.7300
28^th	23	Geoff Lees	Ensign N175 Ford	Mario Deliotti Racing	1:21.0500
29^th	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees TS20 Ford	Durex Team Surtees	1:21.1000
30^th	40	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M23 Ford	Melchester Racing	1:21.4100

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
2T	John Watson	Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing
3T	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell
4T	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell
6T	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus 78 Ford	John Player Team Lotus
7T	James Hunt	McLaren M26E Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren
9T	Jochen Mass	ATS HS1 Ford	ATS Racing
15T	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01 Turbo	Equipe Renault Elf
18T	Rupert Keegan	Surtees TS19 Ford	Durex Team Surtees
20T	Jody Scheckter	Wolf WR6 Ford	Walter Wolf Racing
5T		Lotus 79 Ford	John Player Team Lotus
8T		McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren
12T		Ferrari 312 T3	Ferrari SEFAC
14T		Fittipaldi F5A Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive
16T		Shadow DN9 Ford	Villiger Shadow
22T		Ensign N177 Ford	Team Tissot Ensign
25T		Lotus 78 Ford	Team Rebaque
26T		Ligier JS7/9 Matra	Equipe Ligier Gitanes
27T		Williams FW06 Ford	Williams Grand Prix Engineering
30T		McLaren M23 Ford	Liggett Group with BS Fabrications
35T		Arrows FA1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
31	René Arnoux	Martini Mk.23 Ford	Automobiles Martini
32	Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR1 Ford	Theodore Racing Honk Kong