- Winner
- Mario Andretti
- Team
- Team Lotus
- Top listed
- Mario Andretti, Jody Scheckter, and Jacques Laffite
- Race date
- July 30, 1978
- Pole
- Mario Andretti
- Fastest lap
- Ronnie Peterson
- Classified drivers
- 30
- Circuit
- Hockenheimring
The decisive result
Mario Andretti finished first for Team Lotus. Jody Scheckter is listed 2 for Wolf, with Jacques Laffite 3 for Ligier.
Grid to finish
Héctor Rebaque from P18 to P6 (+12), Harald Ertl from P23 to P11 (+12), and Didier Pironi from P16 to P5 (+11) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Mario Andretti started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 8 Finished, 4 Accident, 4 DNQ, 4 Engine, and 3 Fuel system. Ronnie Peterson holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:55.620 on lap 26. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.