1978 / ROUND 8

Swedish Grand Prix

WinnerNiki LaudaPublished race classification

Official poleMario AndrettiSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance282.17 km70 laps

Race entries27Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Niki Lauda	Brabham	3	3	70	1:41:00.606	9
2	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	5	5	70	1:41:34.625	6
3	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	4	4	70	1:41:34.711	4
4	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	15	15	69	+1 lap	3
5	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	16	16	69	+1 lap	2
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	13	13	69	+1 lap	1
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	11	11	69	+1 lap	0
8	James Hunt	McLaren	14	14	69	+1 lap	0
9	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	7	7	69	+1 lap	0
10	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	8	8	69	+1 lap	0
11	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	20	20	68	+2 laps	0
12	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	21	21	68	+2 laps	0
13	Jochen Mass	ATS	19	19	68	+2 laps	0
14	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	24	24	67	+3 laps	0
15	Keke Rosberg	ATS	23	23	63	+7 laps	0
NC	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	22	22	62	+8 laps	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	1	1	46	Engine	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	9	9	46	Wheel	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	12	12	42	Suspension	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	10	10	28	Engine	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	2	2	19	Spun off	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	6	6	16	Overheating	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	17	17	8	Accident	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	18	18	7	Accident	0
DNQ	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Brett Lunger	McLaren	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jacky Ickx	Ensign	27	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Mario Andretti	1:22.058
2	John Watson	1:22.737
3	Niki Lauda	1:22.783
4	Ronnie Peterson	1:23.120
5	Riccardo Patrese	1:23.369
6	Jody Scheckter	1:23.621
7	Gilles Villeneuve	1:23.730
8	Carlos Reutemann	1:23.737
9	Alan Jones	1:23.951
10	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:23.963
11	Jacques Laffite	1:24.030
12	Patrick Depailler	1:24.203
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:24.274
14	James Hunt	1:24.761
15	Patrick Tambay	1:24.986
16	Clay Regazzoni	1:25.007
17	Didier Pironi	1:25.813
18	Vittorio Brambilla	1:26.618
19	Jochen Mass	1:26.787
20	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:27.011
21	Héctor Rebaque	1:27.139
22	Arturo Merzario	1:27.479
23	Keke Rosberg	1:27.560
24	Rolf Stommelen	1:27.812
25	Rupert Keegan	1:28.282
26	Brett Lunger	1:28.388
27	Jacky Ickx	1:28.400

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.