Gran Premio de Austria 1978: Resultados de la carrera
| Pos. | No. | Piloto | Escuderia | Puntos | Tiempo | Vueltas | Parrilla | Vuelta rápida |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 9 | 1:41:21.57 | 54 | 1 | |
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 6 | +47.44 | 54 | 14 | |
| 3 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 4 | +1:39.76 | 54 | 11 | |
| 4 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 3 | +1 vuelta | 53 | 6 | |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 2 | +1 vuelta | 53 | 5 | |
| 6 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 1 | +1 vuelta | 53 | 21 | |
| 7 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 0 | +1 vuelta | 53 | 10 | |
| 8 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 0 | +2 vueltas | 52 | 17 | |
| 9 | 31 | René Arnoux | Martini | 0 | +2 vueltas | 52 | 26 | |
| 10 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 0 | +4 vueltas | 50 | 22 | |
| 11 | 32 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 0 | +5 vueltas | 49 | 25 | |
| 12 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 0 | +13 vueltas | 41 | 19 | |
| 13 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 0 | Accidente | 40 | 14 | |
| 14 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 0 | Accidente | 33 | 23 | |
| 15 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 0 | Caja de cambios | 31 | 3 | |
| 16 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 0 | +26 vueltas | 28 | 12 | |
| 17 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 0 | Accidente | 27 | 4 | |
| 18 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 0 | Accidente | 20 | 9 | |
| 19 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 0 | Accidente | 7 | 8 | |
| 20 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 0 | Accidente | 7 | 15 | |
| 21 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 0 | Accidente | 7 | 16 | |
| 22 | 23 | Harald Ertl | Ensign | 0 | Accidente | 7 | 24 | |
| 23 | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 0 | Accidente | 4 | 18 | |
| 24 | 29 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 0 | Accidente | 4 | 20 | |
| 25 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 0 | Accidente | 3 | 7 | |
| 26 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 0 | Accidente | 0 | 2 | |
| 27 | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 0 | +54 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 0 | +54 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 0 | +54 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | 10 | Hans Binder | ATS | 0 | +54 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 0 | +54 vueltas | 0 | 0 |
