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Unless they broke down, Andretti and Peterson seemed unstoppable in their Lotus 79s. Reutemann managed to win at Brands Hatch but the JPS cars were soon back on top.

The 1978 F1 season was dominated by Lotus and their ground-effect cars. Brabham produced the BT46 fan-car but it was banned. Mario Andretti became World Champion.

Two extraordinary F1 cars emerged during the 1978 Grand Prix season. The Lotus 79 and the Brabham fan-car. The Brabham only raced once before it was banned.

Mario Andretti won the F1 World Championship at Monza, but it came at a terrible cost. His team-mate Ronnie Peterson crashed at the same event and subsequently died.