# Rally van Groot-Brittannië 1978

De Rally van Groot-Brittannië 1978, officieel 27th Lombard RAC Rally, was de 27ste editie van de Rally van Groot-Brittannië en de elfde en laatste ronde van het Wereldkampioenschap Rally in 1978. Het was de 63ste rally van het FIA Wereldkampioenschap Rally.

## Resultaten en rangschikking

Top tien klassement :
| Pos | Nr | Rijder Navigator | Auto Inschrijving | Gr | Tijd | Verschil | Punten |
| 1 | 4 | Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz | Ford Escort RS1800 Eaton Yale | 4 | 08:47.23 | 0.00 | - |
| 2 | 1 | Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius | Ford Escort RS1800 Eaton Yale | 4 | 08:52.41 | + 5.18 | - |
| 3 | 12 | Russell Brookes Derek Tucker | Ford Escort RS1800 Andrews Heat for Hire | 4 | 08:58.55 | + 11.32 | - |
| 4 | 7 | Tony Pond Fred Gallagher | Triumph TR7 V8 British Airways | 4 | 09:03.09 | + 15.46 | - |
| 5 | 17 | Anders Kulläng Bruno Berglund | Opel Kadett GT/E Opel Euro Händler | 2 | 09:13.48 | + 26.25 | - |
| 6 | 5 | Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer | Fiat 131 Abarth Alitalia Fiat | 4 | 09:17.47 | + 30.24 | - |
| 7 | 23 | John Taylor Phil Taylor | Ford Escort RS1800 John Taylor | 4 | 09:19.20 | + 31.57 | - |
| 8 | 19 | Andy Dawson Terry Harryman | Datsun 160J Datsun Team Europe | 2 | 09:20.51 | + 33.28 | - |
| 9 | 44 | Henri Toivonen Juhani Korhonen | Chrysler Sunbeam Henri Toivonen | 2 | 09:27.23 | + 40.00 | - |
| 10 | 14 | Bror Danielsson Bob de Jong | Opel Kadett GT/E Opel Dealer Team Holland | 2 | 09:31.52 | + 44.29 | - |
| Niet aan de finish ||||||||
| Pos | Nr | Rijder Navigator | Auto Inschrijving | Gr | KP | Reden | Punten |
| NF | 2 | Stig Blomqvist Hans Sylvan | Saab 99 Turbo Saab Scania | 2 | 22 | koppeling | - |
| NF | 3 | Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki | Lancia Stratos HF Alitalia Fiat | 4 | 38 | versnellingsbak | - |
| NF | 6 | Ari Vatanen Peter Bryant | Ford Escort RS1800 Marlboro | 4 | 4 | uitgesloten | - |
| NF | 9 | Per Eklund Björn Cederberg | Saab 99 Turbo Saab Scania | 2 | 19 | koppeling | - |
| NF | 9 | Roger Clark Neil Wilson | Ford Escort RS1800 Li-Lo Equipe Esso | 4 | 47 | ongeluk | - |
| NF | 10 | Sandro Munari Piero Sodano | Lancia Stratos HF Lancia Pirelli | 4 | 27 | motor | - |
| NF | 11 | Pentti Airikkala Mike Nicholson | Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS Dealer Team Vauxhall | 4 | 29 | olie pomp | - |
| NF | 15 | Simo Lampinen Mike Broad | Triumph TR7 V8 British Airways | 4 | 47 | koppeling | - |
| NF | 18 | Chris Sclater Martin Holmes | Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS Dealer Team Vauxhall | 4 | 29 | elektrisch | - |
| NF | 20 | John Buffum John Brown | Ford Escort RS1800 John Buffum | 4 | 25 | alternator | - |

#### Statistieken

| Klassementsproeven | Klassementsproeven | Leiders | Leiders |
| Rijder | Aantal | Rijder | KP |
| Hannu Mikkola | 27 | Bror Danielsson | 1 |
| Björn Waldegård | 21 | Graham Elsmore | 2 |
| Markku Alén | 10 | Walter Röhrl | 3-6 |
| Russell Brookes | 10 | Markku Alén | 7-28 |
| Tony Pond | 5 | Hannu Mikkola | 29-76 |
| Walter Röhrl | 3 | | |
| John Taylor | 3 | | |
| Pentti Airikkala | 2 | | |
| Stig Blomqvist | 1 | | |
| Roger Clark | 1 | | |
| Bror Danielsson | 1 | | |
| Fabrizio Tabaton | 1 | | |

### Constructeurskampioenschap

| Pos | Constructeur | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | GRE | FIN | CAN | ITA | CIV | FRA | GBR | Pts |
| 1 | Fiat | 14 | 14 | | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | | 18 | (9) | 134 |
| 2 | Ford | | 18 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 13 | | | 18 | 100 |
| = | Opel | (10) | 12 | | 13 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 10 | | 12 | 14 | 100 |
| 4 | Porsche | 18 | | 16 | 7 | | 12 | | 14 | | 12 | | 79 |
| 5 | Datsun | | | 16 | | 16 | | | | 10 | | 10 | 52 |
| 6 | Lancia | 8 | 12 | | | 11 | | | 18 | | | | 49 |
| 7 | Toyota | | | | 15 | 6 | 13 | 14 | | | | | 48 |
| 8 | Peugeot | | | 18 | 9 | | | | | 18 | | | 45 |
| 9 | Renault | 17 | | | | | | | | 16 | | | 33 |
| 10 | British Leyland | | | | | | | 12 | | | | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | Saab | | 8 | | | | | 10 | | | | | 18 |
| 12 | Volkswagen | | 9 | | | | | 8 | | | | | 17 |
| 13 | Mitsubishi | | | 5 | | | | | | 11 | | | 16 |
| 14 | Vauxhall | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | 14 |
| = | Alfa Romeo | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | 14 |
| 16 | Mercedes | | | 12 | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 17 | Volvo | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 18 | Chrysler | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 8 |
| 19 | Škoda | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 6 |
| 20 | Alpine-Renault | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | 5 |
| 21 | Lada | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 4 |
Notitie:
   * De beste acht resultaten werden gerekend voor het kampioenschap.