Season 1978 · Round 8

Swedish Grand Prix

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1978-06-17 · Scandinavian Raceway · Sweden · Swedish Grand Prix
Winner
1 Niki Lauda
1:41:00.606
Pole Position
5 Mario Andretti
Grid P1
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
DNFs · starters 24 cars
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 70 1:41:00.606 9
2 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 5 70 +34.019 6
3 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 4 70 +34.105 4
4 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 15 69 +1 Lap 3
5 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 16 69 +1 Lap 2
6 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 69 +1 Lap 1
7 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 69 +1 Lap
8 7 James Hunt McLaren 14 69 +1 Lap
9 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 69 +1 Lap
10 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 69 +1 Lap
11 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 20 68 +2 Laps
12 25 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 21 68 +2 Laps
13 9 Jochen Mass ATS 19 68 +2 Laps
14 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 24 67 +3 Laps
15 10 Keke Rosberg ATS 23 63 +7 Laps
R 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 62 +8 Laps
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 46 Engine
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 9 46 Wheel
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 42 Suspension
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 10 28 Engine
R 2 John Watson Brabham 2 19 Spun off
R 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 6 16 Overheating
R 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 8 Accident
R 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 18 7 Accident
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-07-21 14:15