Grand Prix du Canada 8 Oktober 1978, Montreal
Jarier i "pole" före Scheckter. Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) tar sin första seger, Scheckter Wolf tvåa och Reutemann, Ferrari, trea. Snabbaste varv: Jones 1.38.072 Loppets ledare: Jarier 1-49; Villeneuve 50-70.
F1-mästerskapet 1978 kan summeras:Mario Andretti Lotus 64p Ronnie Peterson Lotus 51p Reutemann Ferrari 48p
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Märkes-VM:Lotus-Ford 86p Ferrari 58p Brabham-Alfa Romeo 53p
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Summary in english
With safety at Mosport Park not being good
enough and a French-Canadian driving for Ferrari, it was decided that a track
should be laid out on the roads on the Ile de Notre Dame, which had been the
site of Expo 67. The man-made island was then transformed for the 1976 Olympic
Games and featured a rowing basin. The work was completed hurriedly and most
drivers complained that it was too narrow and that overtaking was very difficult.
With the grid restricted to 22 starters there was intense competition in
qualifying as 28 cars had appeared. Ensign had decided not to run Brett Lunger and so Derek Daly had two cars to himself,
while Brabham
had a third car available for Nelson Piquet
and Riccardo Patrese was back in action after
the controversial ban which meant he could not race at Watkins Glen.
The lap times were
very close indeed with Jean-Pierre Jarier (Lotus) taking pole by
one-hundredth of a second from Jody Scheckter's
Wolf with Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) two-tenths behind them. Then came John
Watson (Brabham), Alan Jones
(Williams), Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi),
Niki Lauda (Brabham), Hans Stuck (Shadow), Mario Andretti (Lotus) and Jacques Laffite (Ligier). Carlos Reutemann was not competitive in
his Ferrari, qualifying 11th, while Piquet was an encouraging 14th. At the back
of the grid Clay Regazzoni (Shadow) and Beppe Gabbiani (Surtees) missed out by
a tenth of a second as Keke Rosberg
(ATS) and a troubled Jean-Pierre Jabouille
(Renault) scraped onto the back
row of the grid.
It had rained intermittently throughout practice but the weather was cool and
overcast on race day as thousands of fans crammed onto the island to see
Villeneuve in action.
At the start Jarier made the best start to lead Scheckter, Jones and Villeneuve
into the first corner. Stuck and Fittipaldi went out almost immediately when the
German spun into the Brazilian and this dropped Laffite to the back of the field
as he had to take avoiding action. Further around on the first lap Scheckter
drifted wide and Jones dived into second place. But Jarier was in the lead and
pulling away.
Further back Andretti and Watson engaged in a lively battle for fifth place, the
American keen to get ahead of the Brabham. On the sixth lap Andretti made a move
and the two cars collided and spun. Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) moved to fifth but he
soon had to pit for new tires and so Reutemann took the place. On lap 18 Jones
began to drop back with a slow puncture and he was soon overtaken by Scheckter
and Villeneuve and the Canadian then moved to second. But Jarier was almost 30
seconds ahead and Villeneuve had little chance of catching him.
But on lap 50 Jarier went into the pits with no brakes. A hole was found in the
system and the car was retired.
Villeneuve
was thus left in the lead and duly won his first F1 victory, to the delight of
the local crowd. Scheckter followed him home with Reutemann third, Patrese
fourth, Depailler fifth and Daly sixth.
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Slutlig ställning i 1978 års förar-VM i Formel 1
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Position |
Förare |
Nation |
Poäng |
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1 |
64 |
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2 |
51 |
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3 |
48 |
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4 |
44 |
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5 |
34 |
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6 |
25 |
