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| Round 5 of the FIA Cup for Rally Drivers 1978 | |
| Round 4 of the FIA World Rally Championship 1978 | |
| Start: | 19 April 1978 in Estoril |
| Finish: | 23 April 1978 in Estoril |
| Distance: | 2504 km including 627 km over 46 special stages |
| Special stage surface: | Asphalt and gravel |
| Participants: | 112 teams at the start, 20 at the finish |
| Final classification | |||||||
| Pos | Nr | Driver | Nation | Car | Group | Pos | Total time |
| Codriver | Nation | Entrant | Class | Pos | Behind winner | ||
| 1 | 4 | Markku Alén | Fin | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4 | 1 | 7:45.33 |
| Ilkka Kivimäki | Fin | 0.00 | |||||
| 2 | 8 | Hannu Mikkola | Fin | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4 | 2 | 7:50.01 |
| Arne Hertz | Swe | 4.28 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas | Fra | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4 | 3 | 8:01.01 |
| Vincent Laverne | Fra | 15.28 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | Ove Andersson | Swe | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 2 | 1 | 8:13.27 |
| Henry Liddon | Gbr | 27.54 | |||||
| 5 | 14 | Achim Warmbold | Frg | Opel Kadett GT/E | 2 | 2 | 8:28.42 |
| Claes Billstam | Swe | 43.09 | |||||
| 6 | 10 | Anders Kulläng | Swe | Opel Kadett GT/E | 2 | 3 | 8:36.42 |
| Bruno Berglund | Swe | 51.09 | |||||
| 7 | 12 | Timo Mäkinen | Fin | Peugeot 104 ZS | 2 | 4 | 8:50.36 |
| Jean Todt | Fra | 1:05.03 | |||||
| 8 | 29 | Carlos Torres | Por | Ford Escort RS2000 | 1 | 1 | 9:11.35 |
| Pedro de Almeida | Por | 1:26.02 | |||||
| 9 | 41 | André Martinho | Por | Porsche 911 | 4 | 4 | 9:31.24 |
| António Morais | Por | 1:45.51 | |||||
| 10 | 48 | Carlos Fontaínhas | Por | Ford Escort RS | 2 | 5 | 9:46.36 |
| Rogério Seromenho | Por | 2:01.03 | |||||
| Retirements | |||||||
| SS | Nr | Driver | Nation | Car | Group | Reason | |
| Codriver | Nation | Entrant | Class | ||||
| R20 | 1 | Sandro Munari | Ita | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4 | Broken wheel | |
| Piero Sodano | Ita | ||||||
| R21 | 2 | Björn Waldegård | Swe | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4 | Halfshaft | |
| Hans Thorszelius | Swe | ||||||
| R12 | 3 | Bernard Darniche | Fra | Lancia Stratos HF | 4 | OTL | |
| Alain Mahé | Fra | ||||||
| R20 | 9 | Walter Röhrl | Frg | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4 | Clutch | |
| Christian Geistdörfer | Frg | ||||||
| R21 | 11 | Ari Vatanen | Fin | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4 | Halfshaft | |
| Peter Bryant | Gbr | ||||||
| R7 | 15 | Jean-Luc Thérier | Fra | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 2 | Engine | |
| Michel Vial | Fra | ||||||
| R15 | 17 | 'Mêquêpê' | Por | Opel Kadett GT/E | 2 | Rear axle | |
| Miguel Vilar | Por | ||||||
| R19 | 18 | Beny Fernández | Esp | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4 | Oil pipe | |
| António Doural | Esp | ||||||
| R11 | 19 | Francisco Romãozinho | Por | Citroën CX 2400 | 2 | Alternator | |
| José Bernardo | Por | ||||||
| R18 | 22 | Jean-Claude Lefèbvre | Fra | Peugeot 104 ZS | 2 | Engine | |
| Christian Delferrier | Bel | ||||||
| R6 | 24 | Henri Toivonen | Fin | Citroën CX 2400 | 1 | Accident | |
| Juha Paajanen | Fin | ||||||
| R16 | 25 | Giovanni Salvi | Por | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4 | Differential | |
| José Ferreira | Por | ||||||
| R29 | 26 | Jean-Paul Luc | Fra | Citroën CX 2400 | 2 | Fuel leak | |
| Philippe Alessandrini | Fra | ||||||
| R | 27 | Joaquim Moutinho | Por | Opel Kadett GT/E | 1 | Accident | |
| Edgar Fortes | Por | ||||||
| R8 | 38 | Genito Ortíz | Esp | Simca 1200 TI | 2 | Suspension | |
| Miguel Brasa | Esp | ||||||
| R11 | 49 | Pablo de Sousa | Esp | Ford Fiesta | 2 | Accident | |
| Luis Sanz | Esp | ||||||