Lotus 78

Year	Event	Driver	Notes
1977	United States Grand Prix West	Mario Andretti
	Spanish Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	Pole Position Obtained
	Belgian Grand Prix	Gunnar Nilsson	Fastest Lap Obtained
	French Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	Pole Position Obtained
	Italian Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	Fastest Lap Obtained
1978	Argentine Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	Pole Position Obtained
1978	South African Grand Prix	Ronnie Peterson

Complete Formula One Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Entrant	Car	Tyre	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts.	Pos.
1977
John Player Team Lotus	78	G	Mario Andretti	5th^†	Ret	Ret	1st	1st^P	5th	Ret	6th^P	1st^P	14th^†	Ret	Ret	Ret^P	1st	2nd	9th^P^†	Ret	62	2nd
John Player Team Lotus	78	G	Gunnar Nilsson	DNS	5th	12th	8th	5th	Ret	1st	19th^†	4th	3rd	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	62	2nd
1978
John Player Team Lotus	78	G	Mario Andretti	1st^P	4th	7th	2nd	11th													86^[1]	1st
John Player Team Lotus			Ronnie Peterson	5th	Ret^P	1st	4th	Ret	2nd								Ret
Team Rebaque			Héctor Rebaque	DNQ	Ret	10th	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	12th	DNQ	Ret	6th	Ret	11th	DNQ	Ret	DNQ

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
18th^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4th^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

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↑ This total points scored in 1978 also includes points scored by the Lotus 79 used by Lotus for the rest of the season

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V T E	1977 Formula One Season
Teams	Apollon • Brabham • Boro • BRM • Ensign • Ferrari • Fittipaldi • Hesketh • Kojima • LEC • Ligier • Lotus • March • McGuire • McLaren • Penske • Renault • Shadow • Surtees • Tyrrell • Wolf
Engines	Alfa Romeo • BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Matra • Renault
Drivers	Andersson • Andretti • Ashley • Binder • Bleekemolen • Brambilla • Depailler • de Dryver • Edwards • Ertl • Fittipaldi • Francia • Giacomelli • Hayje • Henton • Heyer • Hoffmann • Hoshino • Hunt • Ickx • Jabouille • Jarier • Jones • Keegan • Kessel • Kozarowitsky • Laffite • Lauda • Leoni • Lunger • Mass • McGuire • Merzario • Nève • Nilsson • Oliver • Ongais • Pace • Patrese • Perkins • Peterson • Pilette • Purley • Pryce • Rebaque • Regazzoni • Reutemann • Ribeiro • I. Scheckter • J. Scheckter • Schuppan • Stuck • Sutcliffe • Takahashi • Takahara • Tambay • Trimmer • Villeneuve • de Villota • Watson • Zorzi
Cars	Apollon Fly • Brabham BT45 • Brabham BT45B • Boro 001 • BRM P201B • BRM P207 • Ensign N177 • Ferrari 312T2B • Fittipaldi FD04 • Fittipaldi F5 • Hesketh 308E • Kojima KE009 • LEC CRP1 • Ligier JS7 • Lotus 78 • March 761 • March 761B • March 771 • McGuire BM1 • McLaren M23 • McLaren M26 • Penske PC4 • Renault RS01 • Shadow DN5B • Shadow DN8 • Surtees TS19 • Tyrrell 007 • Tyrrell P34 • Wolf WR1 • Wolf WR2 • Wolf WR3
Tyres	Bridgestone • Dunlop • Goodyear • Michelin
Races	Argentina • Brazil • South Africa • United States West • Spain • Monaco • Belgium • Sweden • France • Britain • Germany • Austria • Netherlands • Italy • United States • Canada • Japan
Non-championship Races	Race of Champions
See also	1976 Formula One Season • 1978 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	1978 Formula One Season
Teams	Arrows • ATS • Brabham • Ensign • Ferrari • Fittipaldi • Hesketh • Ligier • Lotus • March • Martini • McLaren • Merzario • Renault • Shadow • Theodore • Tyrrell • Williams • Wolf
Engines	Alfa Romeo • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Matra • Renault
Drivers	Andretti • Arnoux • Binder • Bleekemolen • Brambilla • Cheever • Colombo • Daly • Depailler • de Dryver • Ertl • Fittipaldi • Gabbiani • Galica • Giacomelli • Gimax • Hunt • Ickx • Jabouille • Jarier • Jones • Keegan • Laffite • Lauda • Lees • Leoni • Lunger • Mass • Merzario • Nève • Ongais • Patrese • Peterson • Piquet • Pironi • Rahal • Rebaque • Regazzoni • Reutemann • Rosberg • Scheckter • Stommelen • Stuck • Tambay • Trimmer • Villeneuve • Watson
Cars	Arrows A1 • Arrows FA1 • ATS D1 • ATS HS1 • Brabham BT45C • Brabham BT46 • Brabham BT46B • Brabham BT46C • Ensign N175 • Ensign N177 • Ferrari 312T2 • Ferrari 312T3 • Fittipaldi F5A • Hesketh 308E • Ligier JS7 • Ligier JS7/9 • Ligier JS9 • Lotus 78 • Lotus 79 • March 781S • Martini MK23 • McLaren M23 • McLaren M26 • Merzario A1 • Renault RS01 • Shadow DN8 • Shadow DN9 • Theodore TR1 • Tyrrell 008 • Williams FW06 • Wolf WR1 • Wolf WR3 • Wolf WR4 • Wolf WR5 • Wolf WR6
Tyres	Goodyear • Michelin
Races	Argentina • Brazil • South Africa • United States West • Monaco • Belgium • Spain • Sweden • France • Britain • Germany • Austria • Netherlands • Italy • United States • Canada
Non-championship Races	International Trophy
See also	1977 Formula One Season • 1979 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	Team Lotus
Founder(s) Colin Chapman
Personnel Frank Dernie · Gérard Ducarouge · Maurice Philippe · Len Terry · Peter Warr · Peter Wright
Drivers Elio de Angelis · Martin Donnelly · Mika Häkkinen · Johnny Herbert · Jacky Ickx · Nigel Mansell · Satoru Nakajima · Gunnar Nilsson · Ronnie Peterson · Nelson Piquet · Carlos Reutemann · Ayrton Senna · John Surtees · Derek Warwick · Alex Zanardi
World Championship Jim Clark (1963, 1965) · Graham Hill (1968) · Jochen Rindt (1970) · Emerson Fittipaldi (1972, 1974) · Mario Andretti (1978)
Cars 12 · 16 · 18 · 18/21 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 24 · 25 · 33 · 43 · 44 · 48 · 49 · 49B · 49C · 56B · 59B · 63 · 69 · 72 · 72B · 72C · 72D · 72E · 72F · 76 · 77 · 78 · 79 · 80 · 81 · 81B · 86 · 87 · 88 · 91 · 92 · 93T · 94T · 95T · 97T · 98T · 99T · 100T · 101 · 102 · 102B · 102D · 107 · 107B · 107C · 109

[1] This total points scored in 1978 also includes points scored by the Lotus 79 used by Lotus for the rest of the season

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