Gran Premio de Argentina 1978: Resultados de la carrera
| Pos. | No. | Piloto | Escuderia | Puntos | Tiempo | Vueltas | Parrilla | Vuelta rápida |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | 1:37:04.47 | 52 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 6 | +13.21 | 52 | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | +13.64 | 52 | 10 | |
| 4 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | +16.05 | 52 | 6 | |
| 5 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 2 | +1:14.85 | 52 | 3 | |
| 6 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1 | +1:19.90 | 52 | 9 | |
| 7 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 0 | +1:22.60 | 52 | 2 | |
| 8 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 0 | +1:38.88 | 52 | 7 | |
| 9 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 0 | +1:40.60 | 52 | 17 | |
| 10 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 0 | +1:43.50 | 52 | 15 | |
| 11 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 0 | +1:49.07 | 52 | 13 | |
| 12 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 0 | +1 vuelta | 51 | 11 | |
| 13 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 0 | +1 vuelta | 51 | 24 | |
| 14 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 0 | +1 vuelta | 51 | 23 | |
| 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 0 | +1 vuelta | 51 | 16 | |
| 16 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 0 | +2 vueltas | 50 | 8 | |
| 17 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 0 | +2 vueltas | 50 | 18 | |
| 18 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 0 | +2 vueltas | 50 | 12 | |
| 19 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 0 | Motor | 41 | 4 | |
| 20 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 0 | DNF | 36 | 14 | |
| 21 | 22 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 0 | DNF | 35 | 21 | |
| 22 | 23 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 0 | Motor | 28 | 22 | |
| 23 | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 0 | Diferencial | 9 | 20 | |
| 24 | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 0 | DNF | 4 | 19 | |
| 25 | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 0 | +52 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 32 | Eddie Cheever | Theodore | 0 | +52 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 24 | Divina Galica | Hesketh | 0 | +52 vueltas | 0 | 0 |
