Racing driver who won the 1978 Formula One World Championship (5,8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Racing driver who won the 1978 Formula One World Championship (5,8) . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MARIOANDRETTI.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MARIOANDRETTI Racing driver who won the 1978 Formula One World Championship (5,8) (13)
7% JACKIESTEWART Scottish racing driver who won three Formula One World Championships (6,7) (13)
7% JAMESHUNT English racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1976 (9)
7% KEKEROSBERG Finnish racing driver who won the 1982 Formula One World Championship (4,7) (11)
6% RON Pitcher Guidry who won a Cy Young in 1978 (3) LA Times Daily Oct 31, 2025
6% PHIL Alpine skier Mahre who won 27 World Cup races (4) LA Times Daily Oct 24, 2025
6% ONE Formula ___ auto racing (3)
6% ANDRETTI Mario _, Italian-born US racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1978 (8) (8)
6% ALAINPROST French racing driver who won the Formula One Drivers' Championship four times (5,5) (10)
6% FELIPEMASSA Brazilian Formula One racing driver who finished second in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship (11)
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