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1978 Swedish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAnderstorp, 70 laps
Round8 of 16
Race numbers

The 1978 Swedish Grand Prix was the:

  • 305th World Championship race
  • 6th and last World Championship Swedish Grand Prix
  • 6th and last World Championship race at Anderstorp
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo701hr 41m 00.606s9
2+3(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth70+34.019s6
3+1(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth70+34.105s4
4+11(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap3
5+11(CHE) Clay RegazzoniShadow-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap2
6+7(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap1
7+4(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra69+1 lap 
8+6(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
9-2(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari69+1 lap 
10-2(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari69+1 lap 
11+9(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckShadow-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
12+9(MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)68+2 laps 
13+6(DEU) Jochen MassATS-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
14+10(DEU) Rolf StommelenArrows-Ford Cosworth67+3 laps 
15+8(FIN) Keke RosbergATS-Ford Cosworth63+7 laps 
NC (ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth62+8 laps 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth42DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault28DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo19DNF 
R (ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth7DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:22.058

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
3(AUT) Niki LaudaBrabham-Alfa Romeo
4(SWE) Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford Cosworth
5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseArrows-Ford Cosworth
6(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
7(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
8(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
9(AUS) Alan JonesWilliams-Ford Cosworth
10(FRA) Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
11(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
12(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15(FRA) Patrick TambayMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
16(CHE) Clay RegazzoniShadow-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Didier PironiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
19(DEU) Jochen MassATS-Ford Cosworth
20(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckShadow-Ford Cosworth
21(MEX) Hector RebaqueLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(ITA) Arturo MerzarioMerzario-Ford Cosworth
23(FIN) Keke RosbergATS-Ford Cosworth
24(DEU) Rolf StommelenArrows-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Rupert KeeganSurtees-Ford Cosworth
(USA) Brett LungerMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
(BEL) Jacky IckxEnsign-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(USA) Mario Andretti36
2(SWE) Ronnie Peterson30
3(AUT) Niki Lauda25
4(FRA) Patrick Depailler23
5(ARG) Carlos Reutemann22
6(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
7(GBR) John Watson9
8(ITA) Riccardo Patrese8
9(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi7
10(ZAF) Jody Scheckter7
11(FRA) Didier Pironi5
12(GBR) James Hunt4
=(FRA) Patrick Tambay4
14(CHE) Clay Regazzoni4
15(AUS) Alan Jones3
=(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth49
2Brabham-Alfa Romeo31
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth25
4Ferrari22
5Ligier-Matra10
6Arrows-Ford Cosworth8
7Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth7
8Wolf-Ford Cosworth7
9McLaren-Ford Cosworth7
10Shadow-Ford Cosworth4
11Williams-Ford Cosworth3

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Rolf Stommelen (42nd driver to start 50 races, 3rd German driver)
Wins
16th for Niki Lauda (first for Brabham)
19th for Brabham (first since 1975)
Podiums
36th for Niki Lauda
23rd for Ronnie Peterson
1st for Riccardo Patrese (129th different podium finisher, 16th Italian driver; last podium until 1980)
122nd for Lotus
81st for Brabham
1st for Arrows (37th different podium finisher)
Poles
13th for Mario Andretti
80th for Lotus (2nd constructor to take 80 pole positions)
Fastest laps
14th for Niki Lauda
24th for Brabham
Front row starts
16th for Mario Andretti
9th for John Watson
Points finishes
50th for Emerson Fittipaldi
Win & fastest lap
8th for Niki Lauda (last until 1982; last Austrian driver to win and set the fastest lap until 1982; only win and fastest lap for Brabham)