- Winner
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Team
- Ferrari
- Top listed
- Gilles Villeneuve, Jody Scheckter, and Carlos Reutemann
- Race date
- October 8, 1978
- Pole
- Jean-Pierre Jarier
- Fastest lap
- Alan Jones
- Classified drivers
- 28
- Circuit
- Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
The decisive result
Gilles Villeneuve finished first for Ferrari. Jody Scheckter is listed 2 for Wolf, with Carlos Reutemann 3 for Ferrari.
Grid to finish
Didier Pironi from P18 to P7 (+11), Jean-Pierre Jabouille from P22 to P12 (+10), and Derek Daly from P15 to P6 (+9) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Jean-Pierre Jarier started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 9 Finished, 6 DNQ, 3 Accident, 2 +1 lap, and 1 +5 laps. Alan Jones holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:38.072 on lap 70. 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.