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The 1978 Formula One season was the 32nd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the International Cup for F1 Constructors, [1] contested concurrently over a sixteen race series [1] which commenced on 15 January and ended on 8 October.
The Formula One World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. [3] The World Drivers' Championship is presented by the FIA to the most successful Formula One driver over the course of the season through a points system based on ...
Formula One World Championship: Mario Andretti: 1978 Formula One season: Constructors: Lotus-Ford: USAC National Championship: Tom Sneva: 1978 USAC Championship Car season: European Formula Two Championship: Bruno Giacomelli: 1978 European Formula Two Championship: All-Japan Formula Two Championship: Kazuyoshi Hoshino: 1978 All-Japan Formula ...
The 1978 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 8 October 1978 at Montreal. This was the 16th and final race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the International Cup for F1 Constructors. [2] It was Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve's and a Canadian driver's first victory in Formula One.
Andretti won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1978 with Lotus, and won 12 Grands Prix across 14 seasons. In American open-wheel racing , Andretti won four IndyCar National Championship titles and the Indianapolis 500 in 1969 ; in stock car racing , he won the Daytona 500 in 1967 .
The 1978 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 7 May 1978 at Monaco. It was the fifth race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 75-lap race was won by Frenchman Patrick Depailler, driving a Tyrrell-Ford.
The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 15 January 1978 at Buenos Aires.It was the first race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors.
Bengt Ronnie Peterson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrɔ̌nːɪ ˈpêtːɛˌʂɔn]; 14 February 1944 – 11 September 1978) was a Swedish racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1978. Nicknamed " Superswede ", [ a ] Peterson twice finished runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1971 and 1978 , and won 10 Grands ...
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