It was the last championship for Lotus, before their withdrawal in 1994.Īs of 2022, this is the last championship for an American driver. Apart from Peterson's death, the year saw another tragedy when Peterson's Swedish compatriot Gunnar Nilsson died from cancer, having been forced to cut his career short after the previous season because of the disease. Carlos Reutemann finished third in the championship in the lead Ferrari, while Lauda finished fourth with Brabham. Ĭhampionship defendants Niki Lauda and Ferrari had parted ways late in 1977, and both parties struggled to repeat the successes they had enjoyed the previous seasons.
JPS-Lotus won the International Cup for F1 Constructors. Ronnie Peterson was awarded second place in the Drivers' standings posthumously, having died from medical complications after an accident at Monza during the Italian Grand Prix. His victory at the Dutch Grand Prix is also the last for an American driver. He remains the last American driver to win the World Championship. Mario Andretti won the Drivers' World Championship, driving for JPS-Lotus. The season also included the non-championship BRDC International Trophy. It featured the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the International Cup for F1 Constructors, contested concurrently over a sixteen race series which commenced on 15 January and ended on 8 October. The 1978 Formula One season was the 32nd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Still active in Ind圜ar, usually taking rather scared celebrities around in the two-seater machine, Andretti made a bet with McLaren boss Zak Brown back at the Miami Grand Prix.īrown promised to put Andretti into one of his modern F1 machines for a one-off test.įive months later, the 2013 McLaren MP4-28 was shipped off to Laguna Seca - as Andretti returned to the track once again in F1 machinery.32nd season of FIA Formula One motor racing In 1995, he came close to unofficially 'completing' motorsport with a second place overall finish in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Now 82, Andretti remains the only driver to have won the F1 World Championship (1978), US open wheel championship (1965, 1966, 1969, 1984), Indy 500 (1969), and Daytona 500 (1967).
One name who is wrongly overshadowed by some is Mario Andretti - probably the most successful racing driver there is. Michael Schumacher perhaps for galvanising Ferrari or Lewis Hamilton re-writing the record books in the modern day - but then what could the great Jim Clark or Ayrton Senna gone onto achieve had they not been cut down in their prime? When it comes to the debate around the so-called 'Greatest of All-Time' in motorsport/Formula 1, there are the usual suspects near the top of the list.
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