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1978 Swedish Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post Formula One race number 8 of 16 Saturday, June 17, 1978 at Scandinavia Raceway, Anderstorp, Sweden 70 laps on a 4.031 kilometer road course (282.170 kilometers) Time of race: 1:41:00.61 Average speed: 167.609 kph Pole time: 82.058 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 34.019 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1978 Formula One results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 3 1   Niki Lauda Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46B / Alfa Romeo 1260 70 1:41:00.606 32 9 2 5 35   Riccardo Patrese Arrows Racing Team Arrows FA1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +34.019 0 6 3 4 6   Ronnie Peterson John Player Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +34.105 0 4 4 15 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 +1 lap 0 3 5 16 17   Clay Regazzoni Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 +1 lap 0 2 6 13 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 +1 lap 0 1 7 11 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS9 / Matra MS76 69 +1 lap 0 0 8 14 7   James Hunt Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 +1 lap 0 0 9 7 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 69 +1 lap 0 0 10 8 11   Carlos Reutemann Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 69 +1 lap 0 0 11 20 16   Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 68 +2 laps 0 0 12 21 25   Hector Rebaque Team Rebaque Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 68 +2 laps 0 0 13 19 9   Jochen Mass ATS Racing Team ATS HS1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 68 +2 laps 0 0 14 24 36   Rolf Stommelen Arrows Racing Team Arrows FA1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 67 +3 laps 0 0 15 23 10   Keke Rosberg ATS Racing Team ATS HS1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 63 +7 laps 0 0 nc 22 37   Arturo Merzario Team Merzario Merzario A1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 62 +8 laps 0 0 ret 1 5   Mario Andretti John Player Team Lotus Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV 46 engine 38 0 ret 9 27   Alan Jones Williams Grand Prix Engineering Williams FW06 / Ford Cosworth DFV 46 wheel 0 0 ret 12 4   Patrick Depailler Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 42 suspension 0 0 ret 10 15   Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS01 / Renault-Gordini EF1 28 engine 0 0 ret 2 2   John Watson Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46B / Alfa Romeo 1260 19 spun off 0 0 ret 6 20   Jody Scheckter Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR5 / Ford Cosworth DFV 16 overheating 0 0 ret 17 3   Didier Pironi Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 8 crash 0 0 ret 18 19   Vittorio Brambilla Beta Team Surtees Surtees TS20 / Ford Cosworth DFV 7 crash 0 0

Fastest Lap: 171.055 kph by Niki Lauda Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 25 Rupert Keegan 18 Durex Team Surtees 26 Brett Lunger 30 Liggett Group/BS Fabrications 27 Jacky Ickx 22 Team Tissot Ensign Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mario Andretti 1 38 38   Niki Lauda 39 70 32 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Mario Andretti 36     2   Ronnie Peterson 30   -6   3   Niki Lauda 25   -11   4   Patrick Depailler 23   -13   5   Carlos Reutemann 22   -14   6   Jacques Laffite 10   -26   7   John Watson 9   -27   8   Riccardo Patrese 8   -28   9   Emerson Fittipaldi 7   -29   9   Jody Scheckter 7   -29   11   Didier Pironi 5   -31   12   Clay Regazzoni 4   -32   12   Patrick Tambay 4   -32   12   James Hunt 4   -32   15   Gilles Villeneuve 3   -33   15   Alan Jones 3   -33