Sweden Grand Prix 1978: results

Round 8 of the 1978 season, 17 June 1978, at Anderstorp Raceway. Niki Lauda won for Brabham from P3 on the grid. Mario Andretti took pole position. Fastest lap: Niki Lauda, 1:24.836 (lap 33).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1:41:00.606	9
2	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	+34.019	6
3	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	+34.105	4
4	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	+1 lap	3
5	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	+1 lap	2
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	+1 lap	1
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1 lap	0
8	James Hunt	McLaren	+1 lap	0
9	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	+1 lap	0
10	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	+1 lap	0
11	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	+2 laps	0
12	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	+2 laps	0
13	Jochen Mass	ATS	+2 laps	0
14	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	+3 laps	0
15	Keke Rosberg	ATS	+7 laps	0
NC	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	+8 laps	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Lotus	Engine	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	Wheel	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	Suspension	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	Engine	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	Spun off	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	Overheating	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	Accident	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	Accident	0
DNQ	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	—	0
DNQ	Brett Lunger	McLaren	—	0
DNQ	Jacky Ickx	Ensign	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus
2	John Watson	Brabham
3	Niki Lauda	Brabham
4	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
5	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows
6	Jody Scheckter	Wolf
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
8	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
9	Alan Jones	Williams
10	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi
14	James Hunt	McLaren
15	Patrick Tambay	McLaren
16	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow
17	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell
18	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees
19	Jochen Mass	ATS
20	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow
21	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus
22	Arturo Merzario	Merzario
23	Keke Rosberg	ATS
24	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows
25	Rupert Keegan	Surtees
26	Brett Lunger	McLaren
27	Jacky Ickx	Ensign