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| Oversigt | Kører VM | Konstruktør VM | |
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| Her er stillingen i kørernes mesterskab, 1978. | |||
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| Placering | Kører | Team | Point |
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| 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 64 |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 51 |
| 3 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 44 |
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| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 39 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 34 |
| 6 | John Watson | Brabham | 25 |
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| 7 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 20 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 19 |
| 9 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 17 |
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| 10 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 |
| 11 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 11 |
| 12 | James Hunt | McLaren | 8 |
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| 13 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 7 |
| - | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 7 |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Williams | 5 |
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| 16 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 4 |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 2 |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 1 |
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| - | Derek Daly | Ensign | 1 |
| - | Hector Rebaque | Lotus | 1 |
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