27 août 1978 Circuit de Zandvoort | Longueur : 4.226 km
| Pts | n° | Pilote | Châssis | Moteur | Pneus | Tours | Temps | Écart | Qualifications | Meilleur tour | ||||
| 1 | 9 | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:41'04.23 | 1 | 1'16.36 | 2 | 1'19.65 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:41'04.55 | +0.32 | 2 | 1'16.97 | 3 | 1'19.67 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 75 | 1:41'16.44 | +12.21 | 3 | 1'17.33 | 1 | 1'19.57 | (57) |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 75 | 1:41'25.15 | +20.92 | 8 | 1'17.73 | 5 | 1'20.27 | |
| 5 | 2 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:41'25.73 | +21.50 | 10 | 1'18.30 | 4 | 1'20.18 | |
| 6 | 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 75 | 1:41'50.18 | +45.95 | 5 | 1'17.54 | 6 | 1'20.59 | |
| 7 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 75 | 1:42'04.75 | +1'00.52 | 4 | 1'17.34 | 8 | 1'20.85 | ||
| 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 74 | +1 tour | 6 | 1'17.55 | 10 | 1'20.91 | |||
| 9 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +1 tour | 14 | 1'18.50 | 12 | 1'21.01 | |||
| 10 | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +1 tour | 7 | 1'17.67 | 13 | 1'21.29 | |||
| 11 | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +1 tour | 20 | 1'20.02 | 15 | 1'21.56 | |||
| 12 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 73 | +2 tours | 15 | 1'18.57 | 18 | 1'22.09 | |||
| Abandon(s) | ||||||||||||||
| sortie de piste | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli (ITA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 60 | 19 | 1'19.83 | 11 | 1'20.94 | ||||
| transmission | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 56 | 18 | 1'19.62 | 14 | 1'21.47 | ||||
| châssis | 31 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Martini MK23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 23 | 1'20.31 | 20 | 1'22.29 | ||||
| moteur | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 40 | 27 | 1'20.64 | 23 | 1'23.32 | ||||
| moteur | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 35 | 9 | 1'18.28 | 7 | 1'20.73 | ||||
| moteur | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 35 | 21 | 1'20.03 | 17 | 1'22.00 | ||||
| accident | 32 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 21 | 24 | 1'20.47 | 22 | 1'22.48 | ||||
| manette des gaz | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 17 | 11 | 1'18.42 | 9 | 1'20.88 | ||||
| transmission | 29 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 16 | 26 | 1'20.64 | 21 | 1'22.30 | ||||
| moteur | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 13 | 12 | 1'18.43 | 16 | 1'21.61 | ||||
| transmission | 22 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 10 | 16 | 1'19.39 | 19 | 1'22.25 | ||||
| accident | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 13 | 1'18.50 | ||||||
| accident | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 17 | 1'19.59 | ||||||
| Disqualifiés | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 37 | 22 | 1'20.26 | 1'22.49 | |||||
| Pas démarré | ||||||||||||||
| accident | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 25 | 1'20.52 | |||||||
| Non qualifié | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'20.69 | ||||||||
| -- | 10 | Michael Bleekemolen (NED) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.33 | ||||||||
| -- | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.82 | ||||||||
| Non pré-qualifiés | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 23 | Harald Ertl (AUT) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.00 | ||||||||
| -- | 39 | Danny Ongais (USA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'21.41 | ||||||||
| -- | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'22.34 | ||||||||