The 1978 German Grand Prix was Round 11 of the 1978 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Hockenheim in Germany on Sunday, 30 July 1978. Mario Andretti started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and was the race winner.
1978 German Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 45 | 1:28:00.900 | 1:28:00.900 | - | - | 1:56.150 | 208.260 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Wolf Ford | Goodyear | 45 | +15.350 | 1:28:16.250 | +15.350 | +15.350 | 1:56.410 | 207.660 | 4 | 6 | |
| 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 45 | +28.010 | 1:28:28.910 | +28.010 | +12.660 | 1:56.590 | 207.160 | 7 | 4 | |
| 4 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 45 | +36.880 | 1:28:37.780 | +36.880 | +8.870 | 1:56.340 | 206.820 | 10 | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | Didier Pironi | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 45 | +57.260 | 1:28:58.160 | +57.260 | +20.380 | 1:57.110 | 206.030 | 16 | 2 | |
| 6 | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Mexico | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 45 | +1:37.860 | 1:29:38.760 | +1:37.860 | +40.600 | 1:56.470 | 204.470 | 18 | 1 | |
| 7 | 2 | John Watson | Great Britain | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 45 | +1:39.530 | 1:29:40.430 | +1:39.530 | +1.670 | 1:57.260 | 204.410 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Canada | Ferrari | Michelin | 45 | +1:56.870 | 1:29:57.770 | +1:56.870 | +17.340 | 1:55.800 | 203.750 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 44 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:57.760 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | 32 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | Wolf Ford | Goodyear | 42 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2 laps | 1:56.530 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | 23 | Harald Ertl | Austria | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 41 | Engine | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:57.570 | 17 | ||||
| DSQ | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Germany | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 42 | Disqualified | 1:58.080 | 23 | ||||||
| DNF | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 36 | Gearbox | 1:55.620 | 26 | 2 | |||||
| DSQ | 7 | James Hunt | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 34 | Disqualified | 1:55.840 | 8 | ||||||
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | Australia | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 31 | Fuel System | 1:55.900 | 6 | ||||||
| DNF | 22 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 31 | Engine | 1:59.160 | 21 | ||||||
| DNF | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 24 | Fuel System | 1:59.060 | 20 | ||||||
| DNF | 8 | Patrick Tambay | France | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 16 | Accident | 1:57.550 | 11 | ||||||
| DNF | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Ferrari | Michelin | 14 | Fuel System | 1:58.260 | 12 | ||||||
| DNF | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 11 | Engine | 1:57.120 | 3 | ||||||
| DNF | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille | France | Renault | Michelin | 5 | Engine | 1:57.410 | 9 | ||||||
| DNF | 9 | Jochen Mass | Germany | ATS Ford | Goodyear | 1 | Accident | 22 | |||||||
| DNF | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 1 | Accident | 24 | |||||||
| DNF | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | Accident | 13 | ||||||||
| DNQ | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 10 | Jean Pierre Jarier | France | ATS Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Great Britain | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | Merzario Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 31 | René Arnoux | France | Martini Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 30 | Brett Lunger | United States | McLaren Ford | Goodyear |