Round 11 · 30 July 1978
1978 German Grand Prix: results
Mario Andretti (Team Lotus) won the 1978 German Grand Prix, round 11 of the championship, held on 30 July 1978 at Hockenheimring (Germany), starting from position 1. Jody Scheckter (Wolf) and Jacques Laffite (Ligier) completed the podium. He won from pole.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:28:00.900 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 4 | +15.350 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 7 | +28.010 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 10 | +36.880 s | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 16 | +57.260 s | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 18 | +97.860 s | 1 | Finished |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 5 | +99.530 s | — | Finished |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 15 | +116.870 s | — | Finished |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 19 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 11 | Harald Ertl | Ensign | 17 | — | — | Engine |
| 12 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 23 | — | — | Disqualified |
| 13 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 2 | — | — | Gearbox |
| 14 | James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | — | — | Disqualified |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Williams | 6 | — | — | Fuel system |
| 16 | Nelson Piquet | Ensign | 21 | — | — | Engine |
| 17 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 20 | — | — | Fuel system |
| 18 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 11 | — | — | Accident |
| 19 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 12 | — | — | Fuel system |
| 20 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | — | — | Engine |
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | — | — | Engine |
| 22 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 22 | — | — | Accident |
| 23 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 24 | — | — | Accident |
| 24 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | — | — | Accident |