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1978 F1 Season - Elo Analysis

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Round 1 – Argentine Grand PrixRound 2 – Brazilian Grand PrixRound 3 – South African Grand PrixRound 4 – United States Grand Prix WestRound 5 – Monaco Grand PrixRound 6 – Belgian Grand PrixRound 7 – Spanish Grand PrixRound 8 – Swedish Grand PrixRound 9 – French Grand PrixRound 10 – British Grand PrixRound 11 – German Grand PrixRound 12 – Austrian Grand PrixRound 13 – Dutch Grand PrixRound 14 – Italian Grand PrixRound 15 – United States Grand PrixRound 16 – Canadian Grand Prix

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Final Elo Ratings

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Rank Starting Elo Driver Constructor Qualifying Elo Race Elo Final ELO
1 1715 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 1817 1723 1754 ▲ 39
2 1628 United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1826 1723 1752 ▲ 124
3 1691 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 1861 1666 1725 ▲ 34
4 1608 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1716 1634 1659 ▲ 51
5 1571 Jody Scheckter Wolf 1707 1616 1645 ▲ 74
6 1476 France Patrick Tambay McLaren 1506 1674 1623 ▲ 147
7 1696 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1697 1565 1605 ▼ 91
8 1732 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 1878 1492 1604 ▼ 128
9 1600 United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 1625 1520 1552 ▼ 48
10 1515 Germany Jochen Mass ATS 1521 1552 1546 ▲ 31
11 1430 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1650 1488 1538 ▲ 108
12 1500 Derek Daly Ensign 1550 1533 1538 ▲ 38
13 1433 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 1560 1523 1533 ▲ 100
14 1461 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1599 1469 1508 ▲ 47
15 1500 Italy Lamberto Leoni Ensign 1506 1500 1502 ▲ 2
16 1533 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 1507 1496 1499 ▼ 34
17 1500 United States Danny Ongais Ensign 1494 1500 1498 ▼ 2
18 1498 Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 1493 1499 1498
19 1500 Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen ATS 1462 1500 1489 ▼ 11
20 1522 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1664 1392 1475 ▼ 47
21 1500 United States Bobby Rahal Wolf 1468 1476 1474 ▼ 26
22 1500 Brazil Nelson Piquet Ensign 1379 1505 1466 ▼ 34
23 1500 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 1462 1444 1449 ▼ 51
24 1449 Austria Harald Ertl Ensign 1554 1398 1445 ▼ 4
25 1500 Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 1472 1424 1438 ▼ 62
26 1490 Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 1381 1457 1434 ▼ 56
27 1510 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 1430 1397 1410 ▼ 100
28 1416 United States Brett Lunger McLaren 1233 1480 1408 ▼ 8
29 1366 France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 1465 1350 1383 ▲ 17
30 1470 Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 1329 1377 1362 ▼ 108

Race-by-Race ELO Changes

Round 1 - Argentine Grand Prix

Date: 1978-01-15

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 1709 +40 1749 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P3)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 2 1774 +10 1784 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 3 1803 -40 1763 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 4 1700 +35 1735 Austria Niki Lauda (P5)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 5 1732 -35 1697 United Kingdom John Watson (P4)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 6 1895 +1 1896 France Patrick Tambay (P9)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 1489 -10 1479 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 9 1356 -1 1355 United Kingdom James Hunt (P6)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 10 1678 +17 1695 France Didier Pironi (P23)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 11 1362 +47 1409 Germany Jochen Mass (P13)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 12 1799 +13 1812 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (P19)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 13 1535 -47 1488 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P11)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jody Scheckter Wolf 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 16 1444 +41 1485 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P18)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 18 1546 -41 1505 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P16)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 19 1569 -13 1556 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P12)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Danny Ongais Ensign 21 1500 +32 1532 Italy Lamberto Leoni (P22)
Italy Lamberto Leoni Ensign 22 1500 -32 1468 United States Danny Ongais (P21)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 23 1500 -17 1483 France Patrick Depailler (P10)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 24 1290 -1 1289 United Kingdom James Hunt (P6)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 Finished 1596 +37 1633 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P5)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 2 Finished 1704 N/A 1704 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 3 Finished 1578 +25 1603 France Didier Pironi (P14)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 4 Finished 1667 +10 1677 France Patrick Tambay (P6)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 5 Finished 1649 -37 1612 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 6 Finished 1528 -10 1518 United Kingdom James Hunt (P4)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 7 Finished 1412 +35 1447 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P8)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 Finished 1449 -35 1414 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P7)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 9 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jody Scheckter Wolf 10 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 11 Finished 1501 +20 1521 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P12)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 12 +1 Lap 1370 -20 1350 Germany Jochen Mass (P11)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 13 +1 Lap 1470 -7 1463 United Kingdom James Hunt (P4)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 14 +1 Lap 1500 -25 1475 France Patrick Depailler (P3)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 +1 Lap 1430 +37 1467 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P17)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 17 +2 Laps 1490 -37 1453 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P15)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 18 +2 Laps 1645 N/A 1645 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 19 Engine 1558 N/A 1558 Austria Niki Lauda (P2)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 20 Fuel system N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Danny Ongais Ensign 21 Distributor 1500 N/A 1500 Italy Lamberto Leoni (PDNF)
Italy Lamberto Leoni Ensign 22 Engine 1500 N/A 1500 United States Danny Ongais (PDNF)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 23 Differential N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 24 Overheating 1517 N/A 1517 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P18)

Round 2 - Brazilian Grand Prix

Date: 1978-01-29

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 1763 +16 1778 United States Mario Andretti (P3)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 2 1897 +1 1899 France Patrick Tambay (P5)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 3 1749 +5 1755 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P22)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 4 1784 +9 1794 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P6)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 5 1368 -1 1366 United Kingdom James Hunt (P2)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6 1479 -9 1469 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P4)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 9 1505 +30 1535 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P15)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 10 1697 +35 1733 United Kingdom John Watson (P21)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11 1695 +15 1710 France Didier Pironi (P19)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 13 1276 -12 1264 France Patrick Tambay (P5)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 1485 -30 1455 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P9)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 16 1409 +39 1448 Germany Jochen Mass (P20)
Italy Lamberto Leoni Ensign 17 1468 +38 1506 United States Danny Ongais (P23)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 19 1483 -15 1468 France Patrick Depailler (P11)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 20 1488 -39 1449 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P16)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 21 1735 -35 1699 Austria Niki Lauda (P10)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 22 1467 -5 1462 United States Mario Andretti (P3)
United States Danny Ongais Ensign 23 1532 -38 1494 Italy Lamberto Leoni (P17)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 Finished 1447 +29 1476 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P13)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 2 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 3 Finished 1704 +19 1723 United Kingdom John Watson (P8)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 Finished 1633 N/A 1633 Mexico Hector Rebaque (PDNF)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 5 +1 Lap 1467 N/A 1467 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 6 +1 Lap 1475 +43 1518 France Patrick Depailler (P21)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 7 +1 Lap 1521 N/A 1521 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 8 +2 Laps 1558 -19 1539 Austria Niki Lauda (P3)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 9 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 10 +4 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 11 +5 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 12 Physical 1500 N/A 1500 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 13 Spun off 1414 -29 1385 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 Spun off 1532 +23 1554 United Kingdom James Hunt (P15)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 15 Spun off 1684 -23 1662 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 16 Fuel system 1453 N/A 1453 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P5)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 17 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 18 Collision 1612 -15 1597 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
United States Danny Ongais Ensign 19 Brakes 1500 N/A 1500 Italy Lamberto Leoni (PDNF)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 20 Overheating 1449 N/A 1449 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 21 Accident 1603 -43 1560 France Didier Pironi (P6)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 22 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Lamberto Leoni Ensign 23 Transmission 1500 N/A 1500 United States Danny Ongais (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 24 Withdrew 1350 N/A 1350 Germany Jochen Mass (P7)

Round 3 - South African Grand Prix

Date: 1978-03-04

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 1 1733 +29 1761 United Kingdom John Watson (P10)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 1739 +18 1757 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P12)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 3 1900 +1 1900 United States Brett Lunger (P20)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 4 1378 +11 1389 United States Brett Lunger (P20)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 7 1525 +26 1551 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P22)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 1469 +55 1525 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P9)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 9 1794 -55 1738 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P8)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 10 1699 -29 1671 Austria Niki Lauda (P1)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11 1710 +13 1722 France Didier Pironi (P14)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 12 1783 -18 1765 United States Mario Andretti (P2)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 14 1468 -13 1456 France Patrick Depailler (P11)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 15 1449 +32 1481 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P17)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 17 1448 -32 1416 Germany Jochen Mass (P15)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 19 1812 +12 1824 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (P23)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 20 1263 -11 1252 France Patrick Tambay (P4)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 21 1457 -5 1453 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P12)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 22 1454 -26 1428 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P7)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 23 1556 -12 1544 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P19)
Finland Keke Rosberg Theodore 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Eddie Cheever Hesketh 25 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 26 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 Finished 1597 +18 1615 United States Mario Andretti (P7)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 2 Finished 1560 +28 1588 France Didier Pironi (P6)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 3 Finished 1539 N/A 1539 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 4 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 6 +1 Lap 1518 -28 1490 France Patrick Depailler (P2)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 7 +1 Lap 1648 -18 1630 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P1)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 8 +1 Lap 1350 N/A 1350 Germany Jochen Mass (PDNF)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 9 +1 Lap 1476 N/A 1476 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 10 +1 Lap 1500 -11 1489 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P1)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 11 +2 Laps 1449 +21 1470 France Patrick Tambay (P15)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 12 +2 Laps 1645 N/A 1645 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 Engine 1389 N/A 1389 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P9)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 14 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 15 Accident 1554 -21 1533 United States Brett Lunger (P11)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 16 Oil leak 1385 N/A 1385 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P17)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 17 Spun off 1476 N/A 1476 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 18 Engine 1723 N/A 1723 United Kingdom John Watson (P3)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 19 Engine 1517 N/A 1517 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P12)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 20 Engine 1521 N/A 1521 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P8)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 21 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 22 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Finland Keke Rosberg Theodore 23 Clutch N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 24 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Eddie Cheever Hesketh 25 Oil leak N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 26 Engine 1662 N/A 1662 United States Brett Lunger (P11)

Round 4 - United States Grand Prix West

Date: 1978-04-02

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 1738 +14 1753 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P2)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 1525 -14 1510 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 3 1761 +24 1785 United Kingdom John Watson (P5)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 1762 +33 1794 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P6)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 5 1671 -24 1647 Austria Niki Lauda (P3)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 6 1769 -33 1737 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 7 1902 +3 1905 France Patrick Tambay (P11)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 1551 +21 1572 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P18)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 1387 -3 1384 United Kingdom James Hunt (P7)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 1722 +11 1734 France Didier Pironi (P22)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 16 1481 +26 1507 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P19)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 17 1824 +11 1835 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (P999)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 18 1428 -21 1407 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P9)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 19 1416 -26 1390 Germany Jochen Mass (P16)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 20 1455 +39 1494 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P999)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 22 1456 -11 1444 France Patrick Depailler (P12)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees N/A 1544 -11 1533 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P17)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow N/A 1535 -39 1496 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P20)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 Finished 1476 +24 1500 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P16)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 Finished 1639 +31 1670 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P4)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 3 Finished 1588 N/A 1588 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 4 Finished 1626 -31 1596 United States Mario Andretti (P2)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 6 +1 Lap 1389 +40 1429 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P9)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 7 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 8 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 9 +1 Lap 1476 -40 1436 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P6)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 10 +1 Lap 1467 +31 1498 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P24)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 11 +5 Laps 1350 N/A 1350 Germany Jochen Mass (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 12 Accident 1533 +43 1577 United Kingdom James Hunt (P22)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 13 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 14 Transmission 1645 N/A 1645 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (P23)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 15 Turbo N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 16 Accident 1385 -24 1361 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 17 Ignition 1723 N/A 1723 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 18 Gearbox 1490 N/A 1490 France Patrick Depailler (P3)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 19 Gearbox N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 20 Brakes 1521 N/A 1521 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P11)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 21 Gearbox 1539 N/A 1539 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 22 Accident 1662 -43 1618 France Patrick Tambay (P12)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 23 Accident 1517 N/A 1517 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (PDNF)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 24 Accident 1453 -31 1422 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P10)

Round 5 - Monaco Grand Prix

Date: 1978-05-07

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 1753 +13 1766 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P8)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 2 1647 +44 1691 Austria Niki Lauda (P3)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 3 1785 -44 1741 United Kingdom John Watson (P2)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 1794 +27 1821 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P7)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 5 1734 +10 1744 France Didier Pironi (P13)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 6 1905 +3 1908 France Patrick Tambay (P11)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 7 1737 -27 1710 United States Mario Andretti (P4)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 1510 -13 1497 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 1384 -3 1381 United Kingdom James Hunt (P6)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 13 1444 -10 1434 France Patrick Depailler (P5)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 1572 +18 1590 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P19)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ensign 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 19 1407 -18 1389 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P14)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1 Finished 1588 +23 1611 France Didier Pironi (P5)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 2 Finished 1723 +16 1740 United Kingdom John Watson (P4)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 3 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 4 Finished 1539 -16 1522 Austria Niki Lauda (P2)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 5 Finished 1490 -23 1467 France Patrick Depailler (P1)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 6 Finished 1429 N/A 1429 Germany Rolf Stommelen (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 7 +1 Lap 1577 N/A 1577 United Kingdom James Hunt (PDNF)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 +1 Lap 1500 +20 1520 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P12)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 9 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 10 +4 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 11 +6 Laps 1670 N/A 1670 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (PDNF)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 12 Accident 1361 -20 1341 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 13 Gearbox 1596 N/A 1596 United States Mario Andretti (P11)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 14 Handling 1618 N/A 1618 France Patrick Tambay (P7)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 15 Driver unwell 1436 N/A 1436 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P6)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 16 Oil leak N/A N/A N/A N/A
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ensign 17 Brakes N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 18 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 19 Gearbox N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 20 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A

Round 6 - Belgian Grand Prix

Date: 1978-05-21

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 1821 +22 1843 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P7)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 2 1766 +11 1777 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P4)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 3 1741 +27 1769 United Kingdom John Watson (P9)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 4 1497 -11 1486 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 6 1908 +1 1909 United States Brett Lunger (P24)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 7 1710 -22 1688 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8 1590 +15 1605 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P17)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 9 1691 -27 1663 Austria Niki Lauda (P3)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 10 1496 +32 1528 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P18)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 1744 +9 1753 France Didier Pironi (P23)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 17 1389 -15 1374 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P8)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 18 1494 -32 1462 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P10)
France René Arnoux Martini 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 21 1494 +6 1500 United States Brett Lunger (P24)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ensign 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 23 1434 -9 1425 France Patrick Depailler (P13)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 24 1252 -6 1245 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P21)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 Finished 1670 +25 1695 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P2)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 Finished 1596 -25 1570 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 3 Finished 1520 +17 1537 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P4)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 4 Finished 1341 -17 1324 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 6 +1 Lap 1467 N/A 1467 France Patrick Depailler (PDNF)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 7 +1 Lap 1470 +17 1487 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P8)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 8 +1 Lap 1500 -17 1483 United States Brett Lunger (P7)
France René Arnoux Martini 9 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 10 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 11 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ensign 12 +6 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 13 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 14 Spun off 1422 N/A 1422 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 15 Not classified N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jody Scheckter Wolf 16 Spun off N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 17 Gearbox 1611 N/A 1611 France Didier Pironi (P6)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 18 Transmission 1498 N/A 1498 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P14)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 19 Suspension 1429 N/A 1429 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P20)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 20 Spun off 1436 N/A 1436 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 21 Accident 1522 +50 1572 Austria Niki Lauda (P22)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 22 Accident 1740 -50 1690 United Kingdom John Watson (P21)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 23 Accident 1618 -22 1597 United States Brett Lunger (P7)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 24 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A

Round 7 - Spanish Grand Prix

Date: 1978-06-04

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 1843 +9 1853 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P2)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 1688 -9 1679 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 3 1777 +10 1787 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P5)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 4 1912 +3 1914 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 1486 -10 1476 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 6 1769 +23 1791 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 7 1663 -23 1641 Austria Niki Lauda (P6)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8 1605 +13 1618 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P19)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 1753 +8 1761 France Didier Pironi (P13)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 13 1425 -8 1417 France Patrick Depailler (P12)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 1381 -3 1378 United Kingdom James Hunt (P4)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 16 1835 +10 1845 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (P23)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 19 1374 -13 1361 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P8)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 20 1448 -3 1445 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ensign 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 22 1462 +38 1500 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P24)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 23 1533 -10 1523 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P16)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 24 1528 -38 1490 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P22)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 Finished 1695 +10 1706 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P2)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 Finished 1570 -10 1560 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jody Scheckter Wolf 4 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 5 Finished 1572 N/A 1572 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 6 +1 Lap 1576 +32 1608 France Patrick Tambay (P24)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 7 +1 Lap 1645 +21 1666 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (P11)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 8 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 9 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 10 +1 Lap 1324 +49 1374 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P18)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 11 +2 Laps 1517 -21 1496 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P7)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 12 +4 Laps 1467 N/A 1467 France Patrick Depailler (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 13 +4 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 14 +4 Laps 1436 N/A 1436 Italy Riccardo Patrese (PDNF)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 Fuel pipe 1498 N/A 1498 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (PDNF)
Belgium Jacky Ickx Ensign 16 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 17 Throttle N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 18 Accident 1537 -49 1487 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P10)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 19 Engine 1690 N/A 1690 United Kingdom John Watson (P5)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 20 Engine 1611 N/A 1611 France Didier Pironi (P12)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 21 Suspension 1422 N/A 1422 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 22 Engine 1429 N/A 1429 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P14)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 Exhaust 1479 N/A 1479 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 24 Spun off 1577 -32 1545 United Kingdom James Hunt (P6)

Round 8 - Swedish Grand Prix

Date: 1978-06-17

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 1855 +9 1864 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P4)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 2 1641 +45 1686 Austria Niki Lauda (P3)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 3 1791 -45 1746 United Kingdom John Watson (P2)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 4 1685 +6 1691 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P21)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 5 1618 +12 1630 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P24)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 1476 +55 1531 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 1787 -55 1732 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 1761 +8 1769 France Didier Pironi (P17)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 14 1914 +3 1917 France Patrick Tambay (P15)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 15 1378 -3 1376 United Kingdom James Hunt (P14)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 16 1500 +31 1531 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P20)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 1417 -8 1409 France Patrick Depailler (P12)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 19 1507 +31 1538 Finland Keke Rosberg (P23)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 20 1490 -31 1459 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P16)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 21 1438 -6 1432 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P4)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 23 1500 -31 1469 Germany Jochen Mass (P19)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 24 1361 -12 1349 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P5)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 1 Finished 1690 +22 1711 United Kingdom John Watson (P21)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 2 Finished 1429 +33 1462 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P14)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 3 Finished 1560 +12 1572 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P12)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 4 +1 Lap 1545 +38 1582 United Kingdom James Hunt (P8)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 5 +1 Lap 1498 +25 1523 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P11)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 8 +1 Lap 1608 -38 1570 France Patrick Tambay (P4)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 9 +1 Lap 1374 +42 1416 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P10)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 10 +1 Lap 1487 -42 1445 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P9)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 11 +2 Laps 1422 -25 1397 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P5)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 12 +2 Laps 1479 -12 1467 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P3)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 13 +2 Laps 1521 N/A 1521 Finland Keke Rosberg (PDNF)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 14 +3 Laps 1436 -33 1403 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P2)
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 15 +7 Laps 1500 N/A 1500 Germany Jochen Mass (P13)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 16 +8 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 17 Engine 1706 N/A 1706 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P3)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 18 Wheel N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 19 Suspension 1611 N/A 1611 France Didier Pironi (P23)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 20 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 21 Spun off 1572 -22 1551 Austria Niki Lauda (P1)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 22 Overheating N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 23 Accident 1467 N/A 1467 France Patrick Depailler (PDNF)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 24 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A

Round 9 - French Grand Prix

Date: 1978-07-02

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 1 1686 +37 1723 Austria Niki Lauda (P3)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 1867 +16 1883 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P5)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 3 1746 -37 1709 United Kingdom John Watson (P1)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 4 1917 +1 1918 France Patrick Tambay (P6)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 5 1682 -16 1666 United States Mario Andretti (P2)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 6 1376 -1 1375 United Kingdom James Hunt (P4)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 1732 +15 1747 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P9)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 9 1531 -15 1516 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 1630 +11 1641 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P21)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 1769 +7 1776 France Didier Pironi (P16)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 16 1409 -7 1402 France Patrick Depailler (P13)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 17 1531 +25 1557 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P20)
France René Arnoux Martini 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 19 1845 +9 1853 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (P23)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 20 1459 -25 1433 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P17)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 21 1349 -11 1338 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P12)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 22 1498 -2 1496 United Kingdom James Hunt (P4)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 23 1523 -9 1515 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P19)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 24 1245 +0 1244 United Kingdom James Hunt (P4)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 25 1538 +26 1564 Finland Keke Rosberg (P26)
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 26 1469 -26 1443 Germany Jochen Mass (P25)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 Finished 1706 +20 1726 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P2)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 Finished 1572 -20 1552 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 3 Finished 1570 +11 1581 France Patrick Tambay (P9)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 4 Finished 1551 N/A 1551 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 5 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jody Scheckter Wolf 6 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 8 Finished 1462 +27 1488 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P15)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 9 Finished 1582 -11 1571 United Kingdom James Hunt (P3)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 Finished 1467 N/A 1467 France Patrick Depailler (PDNF)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 11 +1 Lap 1397 N/A 1397 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (PDNF)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 12 +1 Lap 1416 +35 1451 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P18)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 13 +1 Lap 1521 +30 1552 Finland Keke Rosberg (P16)
France René Arnoux Martini 14 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 15 +1 Lap 1403 -27 1377 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P8)
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 16 +2 Laps 1500 -30 1470 Germany Jochen Mass (P13)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 17 +2 Laps 1666 N/A 1666 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (PDNF)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 18 +5 Laps 1445 -35 1410 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P12)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 19 Engine 1509 N/A 1509 United Kingdom James Hunt (P3)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 21 Engine 1496 N/A 1496 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P17)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 22 Engine 1504 N/A 1504 United Kingdom James Hunt (P3)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 23 Engine 1711 N/A 1711 United Kingdom John Watson (P4)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 24 Engine 1611 N/A 1611 France Didier Pironi (P10)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 25 Electrical 1523 N/A 1523 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P11)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 26 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A

Round 10 - British Grand Prix

Date: 1978-07-16

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 1666 +25 1691 United States Mario Andretti (P2)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 1883 +2 1885 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P21)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 4 1709 +33 1742 United Kingdom John Watson (P9)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 1747 +13 1761 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P13)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 9 1723 -33 1690 Austria Niki Lauda (P4)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 10 1776 +7 1783 France Didier Pironi (P19)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 13 1516 -13 1502 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P8)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 14 1920 +1 1921 France Patrick Tambay (P20)
Derek Daly Ensign 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 16 1486 +8 1494 France Patrick Tambay (P20)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 17 1557 +21 1578 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P18)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 18 1433 -21 1412 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P17)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 19 1402 -7 1395 France Patrick Depailler (P10)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 20 1396 -8 1388 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P16)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 21 1430 -2 1428 United States Mario Andretti (P2)
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 22 1443 +43 1486 Germany Jochen Mass (P26)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 24 1233 -6 1227 France Patrick Tambay (P20)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 25 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 26 1564 -43 1521 Finland Keke Rosberg (P22)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 Finished 1410 N/A 1410 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 2 Finished 1711 +18 1730 United Kingdom John Watson (P3)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 3 Finished 1551 -18 1532 Austria Niki Lauda (P2)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 4 Finished 1611 N/A 1611 France Didier Pironi (PDNF)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 5 +1 Lap 1397 N/A 1397 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (PDNF)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 6 +1 Lap 1571 +9 1580 Italy Bruno Giacomelli (P7)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 7 +1 Lap 1504 -9 1495 France Patrick Tambay (P6)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 8 +1 Lap 1509 -9 1500 France Patrick Tambay (P6)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 9 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 +3 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 11 +11 Laps 1552 N/A 1552 Finland Keke Rosberg (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 12 Suspension 1470 N/A 1470 Germany Jochen Mass (PDNF)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 13 Gearbox 1523 N/A 1523 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P5)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 14 Turbo N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 15 Suspension N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 16 Gearbox 1467 N/A 1467 France Patrick Depailler (P4)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 17 Gearbox N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 18 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 19 Fuel system N/A N/A N/A N/A
Derek Daly Ensign 20 Wheel N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 21 Engine 1726 N/A 1726 Mexico Hector Rebaque (PDNF)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 22 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 23 Transmission 1451 N/A 1451 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 24 Gearbox 1467 N/A 1467 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 25 Accident 1581 -10 1571 France Patrick Tambay (P6)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 26 Fuel system 1552 N/A 1552 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)

Round 11 - German Grand Prix

Date: 1978-07-30

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 1861 +2 1863 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P18)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 1697 -9 1688 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 3 1742 +27 1769 United Kingdom John Watson (P5)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 4 1623 +20 1643 Finland Keke Rosberg (P19)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 5 1690 -27 1663 Austria Niki Lauda (P3)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 8 1923 +3 1926 France Patrick Tambay (P11)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 1393 -3 1390 United Kingdom James Hunt (P8)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 12 1761 +12 1773 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P15)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 1783 +6 1789 France Didier Pironi (P16)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 1641 +10 1650 Germany Rolf Stommelen (P23)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 15 1502 -12 1490 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P12)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 16 1395 -6 1389 France Patrick Depailler (P13)
Austria Harald Ertl Ensign 17 1569 +26 1595 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P21)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 18 1422 -2 1419 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 19 1486 -20 1466 Jody Scheckter (P4)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Nelson Piquet Ensign 21 1500 -26 1474 Austria Harald Ertl (P17)
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 23 1338 -10 1329 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P14)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 24 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 Finished 1726 +6 1732 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P6)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 2 Finished 1547 +25 1572 Finland Keke Rosberg (P10)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 3 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 4 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 5 Finished 1467 +45 1511 France Patrick Depailler (P24)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 6 Finished 1467 -6 1461 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 7 Finished 1532 N/A 1532 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 Finished 1451 N/A 1451 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (PDNF)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 +1 Lap 1488 N/A 1488 Germany Rolf Stommelen (PDNF)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 10 +3 Laps 1470 -25 1445 Jody Scheckter (P2)
Austria Harald Ertl Ensign 11 Engine 1398 N/A 1398 Brazil Nelson Piquet (PDNF)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 12 Disqualified 1377 N/A 1377 Italy Riccardo Patrese (P9)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 13 Gearbox 1552 N/A 1552 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 14 Disqualified 1545 N/A 1545 France Patrick Tambay (P18)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 15 Fuel system N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Nelson Piquet Ensign 16 Engine 1500 N/A 1500 Austria Harald Ertl (PDNF)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 17 Fuel system N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 Accident 1599 N/A 1599 United Kingdom James Hunt (PDNF)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 19 Fuel system 1410 N/A 1410 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P8)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 20 Engine 1730 N/A 1730 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 21 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Jochen Mass ATS 22 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 23 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 24 Accident 1611 -45 1567 France Didier Pironi (P5)

Round 12 - Austrian Grand Prix

Date: 1978-08-13

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 1693 +5 1699 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P18)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 1872 -23 1848 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P1)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 4 1769 +22 1792 United Kingdom John Watson (P10)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jody Scheckter Wolf 7 1643 +17 1660 Finland Keke Rosberg (P25)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 8 1926 +0 1927 United States Brett Lunger (P17)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 9 1389 +58 1447 France Patrick Depailler (P14)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 10 1663 -22 1640 Austria Niki Lauda (P4)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 11 1490 +53 1544 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P12)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 12 1773 -53 1719 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P11)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 14 1789 -58 1731 France Didier Pironi (P9)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 1390 +6 1396 United States Brett Lunger (P17)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 17 1223 -6 1217 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 18 1414 -5 1408 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P1)
Derek Daly Ensign 19 1500 +41 1541 Austria Harald Ertl (P24)
Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren 20 1474 -17 1457 United States Brett Lunger (P17)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 22 1578 +18 1596 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P23)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 23 1412 -18 1394 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P22)
Austria Harald Ertl Ensign 24 1595 -41 1554 Derek Daly (P19)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 25 1466 -17 1449 Jody Scheckter (P7)
France René Arnoux Martini 26 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 Finished 1552 +12 1564 Mexico Hector Rebaque (P23)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 2 Finished 1567 +27 1594 France Didier Pironi (P18)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 Finished 1451 N/A 1451 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (PDNF)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 4 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 6 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 7 +1 Lap 1532 +48 1581 Austria Niki Lauda (P17)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 8 +2 Laps 1502 +14 1516 France Patrick Tambay (P13)
France René Arnoux Martini 9 +2 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 10 +7 Laps 1523 N/A 1523 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P14)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 11 +7 Laps 1445 N/A 1445 Jody Scheckter (P25)
Derek Daly Ensign 12 Disqualified 1500 N/A 1500 Austria Harald Ertl (P22)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 13 Accident 1599 -14 1585 United States Brett Lunger (P8)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 14 Accident 1397 N/A 1397 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 15 Gearbox N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 16 Disqualified 1410 N/A 1410 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P3)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 17 Accident 1730 -48 1681 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 18 Accident 1511 -27 1484 France Patrick Depailler (P2)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 19 Accident 1545 -12 1534 United States Brett Lunger (P8)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 20 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 21 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Harald Ertl Ensign 22 Accident 1398 N/A 1398 Derek Daly (PDNF)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 Accident 1461 -12 1449 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P1)
Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren 24 Accident 1500 -10 1490 United States Brett Lunger (P8)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 25 Accident 1572 N/A 1572 Finland Keke Rosberg (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 26 Accident 1732 -23 1709 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P1)

Round 13 - Dutch Grand Prix

Date: 1978-08-27

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 1851 +10 1861 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P2)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 1722 -10 1712 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 3 1792 +19 1811 United Kingdom John Watson (P8)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 4 1719 +17 1736 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P5)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 5 1544 -17 1527 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P4)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 7 1929 +1 1930 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 8 1640 -19 1621 Austria Niki Lauda (P3)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 1731 +10 1741 France Didier Pironi (P17)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 14 1407 -1 1407 United Kingdom James Hunt (P7)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 15 1660 +15 1675 Finland Keke Rosberg (P24)
Derek Daly Ensign 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 1447 -10 1437 France Patrick Depailler (P12)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 19 1496 -10 1486 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 20 1406 -2 1404 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 21 1234 -4 1230 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 22 1853 +8 1861 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (P999)
France René Arnoux Martini 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 24 1449 -15 1434 Jody Scheckter (P15)
Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren 25 1443 -9 1435 France Patrick Tambay (P14)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 26 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees N/A 1515 -8 1507 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (P22)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 Finished 1683 +12 1694 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P2)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 2 Finished 1587 -12 1575 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 3 Finished 1681 +23 1704 United Kingdom John Watson (P4)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 4 Finished 1581 -23 1558 Austria Niki Lauda (P3)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 5 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6 Finished 1451 +28 1479 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P7)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 7 Finished 1410 -28 1382 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P6)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 9 +1 Lap 1602 +6 1608 United Kingdom James Hunt (P10)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 10 +1 Lap 1534 -6 1527 France Patrick Tambay (P9)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 11 +1 Lap 1475 -7 1468 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 12 +2 Laps 1572 +21 1593 Finland Keke Rosberg (P20)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 13 Spun off 1519 -6 1513 France Patrick Tambay (P9)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 14 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Martini 15 Chassis N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 16 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 17 Disqualified 1666 N/A 1666 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 18 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 19 Engine 1537 N/A 1537 France Patrick Tambay (P9)
Finland Keke Rosberg Wolf 20 Accident 1445 -21 1424 Jody Scheckter (P12)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 21 Throttle N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren 22 Transmission 1473 N/A 1473 France Patrick Tambay (P9)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 23 Engine 1594 N/A 1594 France Didier Pironi (P26)
Derek Daly Ensign 24 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 25 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 26 Accident 1484 N/A 1484 France Patrick Depailler (PDNF)
United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees 27 Withdrew 1496 N/A 1496 Italy Vittorio Brambilla (PDNF)

Round 14 - Italian Grand Prix

Date: 1978-09-10

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 1863 +19 1882 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P5)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 1527 +49 1576 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P11)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 4 1811 +16 1827 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 5 1716 -19 1697 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 7 1621 -16 1605 Austria Niki Lauda (P4)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 10 1932 +1 1933 France Patrick Tambay (P19)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 11 1736 -49 1687 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P2)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 14 1437 +55 1491 France Patrick Depailler (P16)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 1596 +15 1611 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P17)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 16 1741 -55 1687 France Didier Pironi (P14)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 17 1394 -15 1379 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P15)
Derek Daly Ensign 18 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 19 1429 +8 1437 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P24)
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 20 1495 -9 1485 France Patrick Tambay (P19)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 21 1239 -4 1235 France Patrick Tambay (P19)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren 24 1415 -8 1407 France Patrick Tambay (P19)

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 1 Finished 1704 +19 1723 United Kingdom John Watson (P2)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 2 Finished 1558 -19 1539 Austria Niki Lauda (P1)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 3 Finished 1382 +41 1423 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P7)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 5 Finished 1614 +5 1619 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P9)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 6 Finished 1701 +22 1723 Sweden Ronnie Peterson (P20)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 Finished 1479 -41 1438 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 8 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Nelson Piquet McLaren 9 Finished 1473 -5 1468 France Patrick Tambay (P5)
Derek Daly Ensign 10 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11 Finished 1594 +22 1616 France Didier Pironi (P21)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 12 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Australia Alan Jones Williams 13 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Bruno Giacomelli McLaren 14 +1 Lap 1505 -5 1499 France Patrick Tambay (P5)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 15 +7 Laps 1523 N/A 1523 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P22)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 16 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 17 Distributor 1535 N/A 1535 France Patrick Tambay (P5)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 18 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 19 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sweden Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 20 Accident 1587 -22 1565 United States Mario Andretti (P6)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 21 Accident 1484 -22 1462 France Patrick Depailler (P11)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 22 Accident 1397 N/A 1397 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (PDNF)
United States Brett Lunger McLaren 23 Accident 1537 -6 1531 France Patrick Tambay (P5)
Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 24 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A

Round 15 - United States Grand Prix

Date: 1978-10-01

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 1882 +2 1884 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P8)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 2 1687 +22 1709 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P4)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 4 1576 -22 1554 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P2)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 5 1827 +14 1841 United Kingdom John Watson (P7)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 6 1935 +4 1939 France Patrick Tambay (P18)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 7 1605 -14 1591 Austria Niki Lauda (P5)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus 8 1390 -2 1388 United States Mario Andretti (P1)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jody Scheckter Wolf 11 1675 +17 1692 United States Bobby Rahal (P20)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 1687 +16 1703 France Didier Pironi (P16)
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 14 1379 +51 1430 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P17)
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 15 1434 +38 1472 Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen (P25)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 16 1491 -16 1475 France Patrick Depailler (P12)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 17 1611 -51 1560 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (P14)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 1449 -4 1445 United Kingdom James Hunt (P6)
Derek Daly Ensign 19 1541 +10 1550 United States Brett Lunger (P24)
United States Bobby Rahal Wolf 20 1500 -17 1483 Jody Scheckter (P11)
France René Arnoux Martini 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 1399 -17 1383 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P8)
United States Brett Lunger Ensign 24 1243 -10 1233 Derek Daly (P19)
Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen ATS 25 1500 -38 1462 Finland Keke Rosberg (P15)
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 26 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 Finished 1423 N/A 1423 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (PDNF)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 2 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jody Scheckter Wolf 3 Finished 1593 +24 1616 United States Bobby Rahal (P12)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 4 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 5 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 6 Finished 1631 +23 1654 United Kingdom James Hunt (P7)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 7 +1 Lap 1535 -23 1512 France Patrick Tambay (P6)
Derek Daly Ensign 8 +1 Lap 1500 +33 1533 United States Brett Lunger (P13)
France René Arnoux Martini 9 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 10 +1 Lap 1462 N/A 1462 France Patrick Depailler (PDNF)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 +1 Lap N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Bobby Rahal Wolf 12 +1 Lap 1500 -24 1476 Jody Scheckter (P3)
United States Brett Lunger Ensign 13 +1 Lap 1513 -33 1480 Derek Daly (P8)
Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow 14 +3 Laps 1523 N/A 1523 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck (PDNF)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus 15 Out of fuel 1350 N/A 1350 United States Mario Andretti (PDNF)
Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows 16 +5 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario 17 Gearbox N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen ATS 18 Oil leak 1500 N/A 1500 Finland Keke Rosberg (PDNF)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 19 Engine 1723 N/A 1723 United Kingdom John Watson (PDNF)
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 20 Engine 1723 N/A 1723 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (PDNF)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 21 Engine 1539 N/A 1539 Austria Niki Lauda (PDNF)
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 22 Wheel 1616 N/A 1616 France Didier Pironi (P10)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 23 Engine 1438 N/A 1438 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P1)
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 24 Transmission 1424 N/A 1424 Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen (PDNF)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 25 Fuel system 1397 N/A 1397 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (P14)
Mexico Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 26 Clutch 1457 N/A 1457 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (PDNF)

Round 16 - Canadian Grand Prix

Date: 1978-10-08

Qualifying Results

Driver Constructor Grid Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus 1 1405 +60 1465 United States Mario Andretti (P9)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 2 1692 +15 1707 United States Bobby Rahal (P20)
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 3 1554 +45 1599 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P11)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 4 1591 +8 1599 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P14)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 7 1841 +2 1843 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P14)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 9 1886 -60 1826 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (P1)
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 11 1709 -45 1664 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P3)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 1703 +14 1716 France Didier Pironi (P18)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 14 1389 -8 1381 United Kingdom John Watson (P4)
Derek Daly Ensign 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France René Arnoux Surtees 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 17 1445 +60 1506 United Kingdom James Hunt (P19)
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 18 1475 -14 1462 France Patrick Depailler (P13)
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 19 1939 -60 1878 France Patrick Tambay (P17)
United States Bobby Rahal Wolf 20 1483 -15 1468 Jody Scheckter (P2)
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Race Results

Driver Constructor Position Status Starting Elo Change New Elo vs Teammate
Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1 Finished 1438 +31 1469 Argentina Carlos Reutemann (P3)
Jody Scheckter Wolf 2 Finished 1616 N/A 1616 United States Bobby Rahal (PDNF)
Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 3 Finished 1423 -31 1392 Canada Gilles Villeneuve (P1)
Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows 4 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 5 Finished 1616 +19 1634 France Didier Pironi (P7)
Derek Daly Ensign 6 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Didier Pironi Tyrrell 7 Finished 1462 -19 1444 France Patrick Depailler (P5)
France Patrick Tambay McLaren 8 Finished 1654 +20 1674 United Kingdom James Hunt (P15)
Australia Alan Jones Williams 9 Finished N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Mario Andretti Team Lotus 10 +1 Lap 1723 N/A 1723 France Jean-Pierre Jarier (PDNF)
Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham 11 +1 Lap 1486 +18 1505 United Kingdom John Watson (P19)
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 +5 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
Finland Keke Rosberg ATS 13 +12 Laps N/A N/A N/A N/A
France Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 Transmission N/A N/A N/A N/A
United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren 15 Spun off 1512 -20 1492 France Patrick Tambay (P8)
France Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus 16 Oil leak 1350 N/A 1350 United States Mario Andretti (P10)
France René Arnoux Surtees 17 Engine N/A N/A N/A N/A
United States Bobby Rahal Wolf 18 Fuel system 1476 N/A 1476 Jody Scheckter (P2)
United Kingdom John Watson Brabham 19 Accident 1539 -18 1520 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P11)
Austria Niki Lauda Brabham 20 Brakes 1723 N/A 1723 Brazil Nelson Piquet (P11)
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 21 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 22 Accident N/A N/A N/A N/A