Resultado da Corrida do GP da África do Sul de F1 1978
04/03/1978
Tabela de resultado
| Pos. | Grid | Piloto | Equipe | Nº | Tempo/Dif. | Voltas | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 6 | 1:42:15.767 | 78 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | 11 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | +0.466 | 78 | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | 10 | John Watson | Brabham | 2 | +4.442 | 78 | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | 18 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | +30.986 | 78 | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | 13 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | +1:09.218 | 78 | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 77 | 1 | +1 volta | |
| 7 | 2 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 5 | 77 | 0 | +1 volta | |
| 8 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 10 | 77 | 0 | +1 volta | |
| 9 | 22 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 36 | 77 | 0 | +1 volta | |
| 10 | 21 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 25 | 77 | 0 | +1 volta | |
| 11 | 20 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 30 | 76 | 0 | +2 voltas | |
| 12 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 76 | 0 | +2 voltas | |
| R | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 35 | 63 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 5 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 20 | 59 | 0 | Spun off | |
| R | 4 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 56 | 0 | Accident | |
| R | 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 55 | 0 | Oil leak | |
| R | 9 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | 55 | 0 | Spun off | |
| R | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | 52 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 23 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 18 | 52 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 15 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 9 | 43 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 26 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 37 | 39 | 0 | Suspension | |
| R | 6 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 38 | 0 | Engine | |
| R | 24 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore | 32 | 15 | 0 | Clutch | |
| R | 16 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 9 | 0 | Transmission | |
| R | 25 | Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | 24 | 8 | 0 | Oil leak | |
| R | 3 | James Hunt | McLaren | 7 | 5 | 0 | Engine |