Season 1978 · Round 8

Swedish Grand Prix

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1978-06-17 · Scandinavian Raceway · Sweden · Swedish Grand Prix · 70Lap · 282.170km
1 Niki Lauda
Brabham 1:41:00.606
Team win 9pt P1 · P21
35 Riccardo Patrese
Arrows +34.019
6 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus +34.105
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Arturo Merzario L62 Mario Andretti L46 Alan Jones L46 Patrick Depailler L42 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L28 John Watson L19 Jody Scheckter L16 Didier Pironi L8 Vittorio Brambilla L7
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Closest finish · all-time P30
Circuit Info
Scandinavian Raceway Anderstorp, Sweden
70Lap 282.170km 6 races held (1973–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 2 wins · GP #1
P1 Jody Scheckter 2 wins · GP #1
P3 Jacques Laffite 1 wins · → Jody Scheckter -1
Podiums
P1 Niki Lauda 3 · GP #1
P2 Ronnie Peterson 2 · → Niki Lauda -1
P2 Patrick Depailler 2 · → Niki Lauda -1
Starts
P1 Emerson Fittipaldi 6 starts · GP #1
P1 Ronnie Peterson 6 starts · GP #1
P1 Clay Regazzoni 6 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Lauda · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Patrese · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Patrese PAT 2 Patrese PAT Peterson · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Peterson PET 3 Peterson PET Tambay · P15 → P4 · +11 15 Tambay TAM 4 Tambay TAM Regazzoni · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Regazzoni REG 5 Regazzoni REG Fittipaldi · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Fittipaldi FIT 6 Fittipaldi FIT Laffite · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Laffite LAF 7 Laffite LAF Hunt · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Hunt HUN 8 Hunt HUN Villeneuve · P7 → P9 · -2 7 Villeneuve VIL 9 Villeneuve VIL Reutemann · P8 → P10 · -2 8 Reutemann REU 10 Reutemann REU Stuck · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Stuck STU 11 Stuck STU Rebaque · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Rebaque REB 12 Rebaque REB Mass · P19 → P13 · +6 19 Mass MAS 13 Mass MAS Stommelen · P24 → P14 · +10 24 Stommelen STO 14 Stommelen STO Rosberg · P23 → P15 · +8 23 Rosberg ROS 15 Rosberg ROS Merzario · P22 → retired L62 Merzario · retired L62 22 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Andretti · P1 → retired L46 Andretti · retired L46 1 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Jones · P9 → retired L46 Jones · retired L46 9 Jones JON R Jones JON Depailler · P12 → retired L42 Depailler · retired L42 12 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Jabouille · P10 → retired L28 Jabouille · retired L28 10 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Watson · P2 → retired L19 Watson · retired L19 2 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Scheckter · P6 → retired L16 Scheckter · retired L16 6 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Pironi · P17 → retired L8 Pironi · retired L8 17 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Brambilla · P18 → retired L7 Brambilla · retired L7 18 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
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
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Mario Andretti
2
2 John Watson
3
1 Niki Lauda
4
6 Ronnie Peterson
5
35 Riccardo Patrese
6
20 Jody Scheckter
7
12 Gilles Villeneuve
8
11 Carlos Reutemann
9
27 Alan Jones
10
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
11
26 Jacques Laffite
12
4 Patrick Depailler
13
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
14
7 James Hunt
15
8 Patrick Tambay
16
17 Clay Regazzoni
17
3 Didier Pironi
18
19 Vittorio Brambilla
19
9 Jochen Mass
20
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
21
25 Hector Rebaque
22
37 Arturo Merzario
23
10 Keke Rosberg
24
36 Rolf Stommelen
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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: 2026-09-05 14:15