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Event: Grand Prix von Österreich			Date: 13.8.1978
Track: Österreichring, Zeltweg (Austria), unknown length		Organiser: unknown
Austrian Grand Prix Formula 1
Formula 1 World Championship (round 12)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps
1^st	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus 79 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	54
2^nd	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	54
3^rd	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 312 T3	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	54
4^th	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F5A Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive	53
5^th	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS9 Matra	Equipe Ligier	53
6^th	19T	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees TS20 Ford	Beta Team Surtees	53
7^th	2	John Watson	Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing	53
8^th	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren M26 Ford	Liggett Group with BS Fabrications	52
9^th	31	René Arnoux	Martini Mk.23 Ford	Automobiles Martini	52

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow DN9 Ford	Villiger Shadow	50
32	Keke Rosberg	Wolf WR3 Ford	Theodore Racing	49

Disqualified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
22	Derek Daly	Ensign N177 Ford	Team Tissot Ensign	43	Outside assistance
11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari 312 T3	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	27	Outside assistance

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
8	Tambay	McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team Mclaren	40	Accident
16	Stuck	Shadow DN9 Ford	Villiger Shadow	33	Accident
15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01 Turbo	Equipe Renault	31	Gearbox
3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	20	Accident
1	Niki Lauda	Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing	19	Accident
7	Hunt	McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team Mclaren	8	Accident
27	Alan Jones	Williams FW06 Ford	Williams GP Engineering	7	Accident
35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows A1 Ford	Arrows Racing Team	6	Accident
23	Harald Ertl	Ensign N177 Ford	Team Tissot Ensign	6	Accident
20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf WR5 Ford	Walter Wolf Racing	3	Accident
29	Nelson Piquet	McLaren M23 Ford	Liggett Group with BS Fabrications	2	Accident
25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus 78 Ford	Team Rebaque	1	Clutch
5	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	0	Accident

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario A1 Ford	Team Merzario
9	Jochen Mass	ATS HS1 Ford	ATS Racing Team
18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees TS20 Ford	Durex Team Surtees
10	Hans Binder	ATS HS1 Ford	ATS Racing Team
36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows A1 Ford	Arrows Racing Team	Did not pre-qualify

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
	1T	Niki Lauda	Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing		Spare car
	7T	James Hunt	McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren		Spare car
	10T	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS HS1 Ford	ATS Racing Team		Spare car
	11T	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari 312 T3	Spa Ferrari SEFAC		Spare car
	15T	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01 Turbo	Equipe Renault		Spare car
	16T	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow DN9 Ford	Villiger Shadow		Spare car
	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees TS20 Ford	Beta Team Surtees		Original race chassis
	27T	Alan Jones	Williams FW06 Ford	Williams GP Engineering		Spare car

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
4T		Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	Spare car
5T		Lotus 79 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	Spare car
6T		Lotus 78 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	Spare car
14T		Fittipaldi F5A Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive	Spare car
20T		Wolf WR6 Ford	Walter Wolf Racing	Spare car
25T		Lotus 78 Ford	Team Rebaque	Spare car
26T		Ligier JS9 Matra	Equipe Ligier	Spare car
32T		Wolf WR4 Ford	Theodore Racing	Spare car
37T		Merzario A1 Ford	Team Merzario	Spare car

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