Brabham, a British constructor, competed in the 1978 Formula 1 season with Niki Lauda and John Watson. Nelson Piquet also raced for the team.
Brabham finished 3rd in the 1978 constructors' championship with 53 points, 2 wins and 10 podiums – 33 points behind champions Team Lotus. Brabham won 2 Grands Prix, the last of them the Italian Grand Prix, and scored 1 one-two finish.
Final 1978 results after 16 rounds. Data: Jolpica F1 API.
Share of the team's points (race and sprint).
Race and sprint points per round, stacked by driver (Lauda, Watson, Piquet: darker to lighter).
Shared Grand Prix only. Qualifying uses the qualifying classification.
16 shared GPs
Both cars, every round. S = sprint result.
Short answers about Brabham in 1978.
Niki Lauda and John Watson drove for Brabham in the 1978 Formula 1 season. Nelson Piquet also raced for the team.
Brabham scored 53 points in 1978 and finished 3rd in the constructors' championship, 33 points behind champions Team Lotus.
Brabham won 2 of 16 Grands Prix in 1978, with 10 podium finishes and 1 one-two.
1 shared GPs
1 shared GPs
| Pts |
|---|
| 1 | P2 | DNF | – | 6 | |
| 2 | P3 | P8 | – | ||
| 3 | DNF | P3 | – | ||
| 4 | DNF | DNF | – | ||
| 5 | P2 | P4 | – | ||
| 6 | DNF | DNF | – | ||
| 7 | DNF | P5 | – | ||
| 8 | P1 | DNF | – | ||
| 9 | DNF | P4 | – | ||
| 10 | P2 | P3 | – | ||
| 11 | DNF | P7 | – | ||
| 12 | DNF | P7 | – | ||
| 13 | P3 | P4 | – | ||
| 14 | P1 | P2 | – | ||
| 15 | DNF | DNF | – | ||
| 16 | DNF | DNF | P11 |