Overview - 1978 Canadian Grand Prix
Information on the race, grand prix, and circuit of the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix, as well as the grand prix weekly schedule and entry list.
Race
1978 Canadian Grand Prix
- Season1978
- Round
16
- Race Number by F1 Championship
313
- Grand PrixCanadian Grand Prix
- Race Number by Grand Prix
11
- CircuitCircuit Île Notre-Dame (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve)
- Race Number by Circuit
1
- Laps
70
- Race Length
315.000km
Grand Prix
Circuit
Circuit Île Notre-Dame (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve)
- Circuit Type
Street Circuit
- Length
4.5km
- Turns
19
- Elevation
5.2m
- Direction
Clockwise
- Track Record
Alan Jones1:30.6251979 Canadian Grand Prix (Qualifying 1) - Lap RecordAlan Jones1:31.2721979 Canadian Grand Prix (Race, Lap 65)
Schedule
October 6 (Fri)
- Qualifying 110:00 AM
- Qualifying 21:00 PM
October 7 (Sat)
- Practice10:00 AM
- Qualifying 31:00 PM
October 8 (Sun)
- Race Warm-up10:30 AM
- Race2:30 PM
Entries
No. | Driver | Team | Entrant | Constructor | Car | Engine | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0L F12 | ||||
| 2 | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0L F12 | ||||
| 3 | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 4 | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 5 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 7 | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 8 | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | Spare Car | |||
| McLaren M26 | |||||||
| 9 | F&S Properties/ATS Racing Team | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 10 | ATS Racing Team | ATS D1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 11 | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 015 3.0L F12 | ||||
| 12 | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 015 3.0L F12 | ||||
| 14 | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 15 | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RS01 | Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5L V6t | ||||
| 16 | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 17 | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 18 | Durex Team Surtees | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 19 | Team Surtees | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 20 | Walter Wolf Racing | Wolf WR6 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 21 | Walter Wolf Racing | Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | Changed to Spare Car | |||
| Wolf WR1 | Spare Car | ||||||
| 22 | Team Tissot Ensign | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 25 | Team Rebaque | Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 26 | Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 3.0L V12 | ||||
| 27 | Williams Grand Prix Engineering | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 35 | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 36 | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 37 | Team Merzario | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 55 | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | ||||
| 66 | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0L F12 |
