Round 3 · South Africa
KyalamiSaturday, 4 March 1978 Finished Podium
- RPRonnie Peterson
- PDPatrick Depailler
- JWJohn Watson
Full classification
- 1Ronnie PetersonTeam Lotus
Finished
9
2Patrick DepaillerTyrrellFinished63John WatsonBrabhamFinished44Alan JonesWilliamsFinished35Jacques LaffiteLigierFinished26Didier PironiTyrrell+1 Lap17Mario AndrettiTeam Lotus+1 Lap8Jean-Pierre JarierATS+1 Lap9Rolf StommelenArrows+1 Lap10Hector RebaqueTeam Lotus+1 Lap11Brett LungerMcLaren+2 Laps12Vittorio BrambillaSurtees+2 Laps13Riccardo PatreseArrowsEngine14Jody ScheckterWolfSpun off15Patrick TambayMcLarenAccident16Gilles VilleneuveFerrariOil leak17Carlos ReutemannFerrariSpun off18Niki LaudaBrabhamEngine19Rupert KeeganSurteesEngine20Jochen MassATSEngine21Arturo MerzarioMerzarioSuspension22Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenaultEngine23Keke RosbergTheodoreClutch24Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldiTransmission25Eddie CheeverHeskethOil leak26James HuntMcLarenEngine