17 Jun 1978 Swedish Grand Prix
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The 1978 Swedish Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1978 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp, Sweden on Sunday, 17 June 1978. Mario Andretti started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and Niki Lauda was the race winner for Ferrari. This was the last year the Swedish Grand Prix was held.
1978 Swedish Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 70 | 1:41:00.606 | 1:41:00.606 | - | - | 1:24.836 | 33 | 167.608 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +34.019 | 1:41:34.625 | +34.019 | +34.019 | 1:25.897 | 166.673 | 5 | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +34.105 | 1:41:34.711 | +34.105 | +0.086 | 1:25.897 | 166.671 | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | France | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1:41:31.221 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 164.384 | 15 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1:41:32.070 | 1 lap | +0.849 | 1:27.164 | 164.361 | 16 | 2 | |
| 6 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1:41:32.711 | 1 lap | +0.641 | 1:26.819 | 164.343 | 13 | 1 | |
| 7 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:27.337 | 11 | |||||
| 8 | 7 | James Hunt | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:27.271 | 14 | |||||
| 9 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Canada | Ferrari | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:25.665 | 7 | |||||
| 10 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Ferrari | Goodyear | 69 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:26.118 | 8 | |||||
| 11 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 68 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:28.511 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Mexico | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 68 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:28.552 | 21 | |||||
| 13 | 9 | Jochen Mass | Germany | ATS Ford | Goodyear | 68 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:28.670 | 19 | |||||
| 14 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Germany | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 67 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:29.354 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | 10 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | ATS Ford | Goodyear | 63 | +7 laps | 7 laps | 4 laps | 1:29.714 | 23 | ||||
| NC | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | Merzario Ford | Goodyear | 62 | +8 laps | 1:29.034 | 22 | ||||||
| DNF | 5 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 46 | Engine | 1:25.064 | 1 | ||||||
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | Australia | Williams Ford | Goodyear | 46 | Wheel | 1:26.213 | 9 | ||||||
| DNF | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 42 | Suspension | 1:26.898 | 12 | ||||||
| DNF | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille | France | Renault | Goodyear | 28 | Engine | 1:26.549 | 10 | ||||||
| DNF | 2 | John Watson | Great Britain | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 19 | Spun Off | 1:25.874 | 2 | ||||||
| DNF | 20 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Wolf Ford | Goodyear | 16 | Overheating | 1:27.303 | 6 | ||||||
| DNF | 3 | Didier Pironi | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 8 | Accident | 1:28.131 | 17 | ||||||
| DNF | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 7 | Accident | 1:28.174 | 18 | ||||||
| DNQ | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Great Britain | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 30 | Brett Lunger | United States | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 22 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ensign Ford | Goodyear |