1978 season/Round 8
Swedish Grand Prix 1978
- Anderstorp Raceway
- Anderstorp
- 17 June 1978
- 70 laps
- 282.2 km
- 4.031 km a lap
- P1Niki LaudaBrabham1:41:00.606
- P2Riccardo PatreseArrows+34.019
- P3Ronnie PetersonLotus+34.105
- Pole positionMario AndrettiLotus · 1:22.058
- Fastest lapNiki Lauda1:24.836 · lap 33
- Winner started fromP3on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:22.058 | |
| 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 1:22.737 | +0.679 |
| 3 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:22.783 | +0.725 |
| 4 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 1:23.120 | +1.062 |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:23.369 | +1.311 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 1:23.621 | +1.563 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:23.730 | +1.672 |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:23.737 | +1.679 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:23.951 | +1.893 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:23.963 | +1.905 |
| 11 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:24.030 | +1.972 |
| 12 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:24.203 | +2.145 |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:24.274 | +2.216 |
| 14 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1:24.761 | +2.703 |
| 15 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:24.986 | +2.928 |
| 16 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 1:25.007 | +2.949 |
| 17 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:25.813 | +3.755 |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 1:26.618 | +4.560 |
| 19 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 1:26.787 | +4.729 |
| 20 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 1:27.011 | +4.953 |
| 21 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 1:27.139 | +5.081 |
| 22 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 1:27.479 | +5.421 |
| 23 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 1:27.560 | +5.502 |
| 24 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 1:27.812 | +5.754 |
| 25 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 1:28.282 | +6.224 |
| 26 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 1:28.388 | +6.330 |
| 27 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 1:28.400 | +6.342 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | 33 | 1:24.836 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 8. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | 36 | |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | 30 | |
| 3 | Niki Lauda | 25 | ▲2 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | 23 | ▼1 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | 22 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | 10 | |
| 7 | John Watson | 9 | |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | 8 | ▲7 |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 7 | |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter | 7 | ▼2 |