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1978 Spanish GP
1977 Swedish GP
1978 Swedish GP
1978 Oulton Park Formula 1 Trophy
1978 French GP
IX
Sveriges Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Saturday 17 June 1978
Start time
14:00
Event
Swedish GP
Circuit
Anderstorp
Event Format
Race of 70 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#8 of
16
in 1978
#305 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
70
Circuit Perimeter
4031 m
Race Distance
4031 × 70 = 282.170 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
27
Qualifiers
24
Finishers
15
Debutants
Brabham BT46B
(
Car Model
)
Milestones
Car 7
– 200th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
Ford
– 100th Pole Position (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Parmalat Racing Team
– 1st Win (
Entrant
)
Records Broken
None
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
339
),
2.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
796
),
3.
Most 7th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
48
),
4.
Most 8th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
46
)
World Championship standings
1
Mario Andretti
36
2
Ronnie Peterson
30
3
Niki Lauda
25
4
Patrick Depailler
23
5
Carlos Reutemann
22
6
Jacques Laffite
10
7
John Watson
9
8
Riccardo Patrese
8
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
7
10
Jody Scheckter
7
11
Didier Pironi
5
12
James Hunt
4
Patrick Tambay
4
14
Clay Regazzoni
4
15
Alan Jones
3
Gilles Villeneuve
3
1
Lotus
/
Ford
49
2
Brabham
/
Alfa Romeo
31
3
Tyrrell
/
Ford
25
4
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
22
5
Ligier
/
Matra
10
6
Arrows
/
Ford
8
7
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
7
8
Wolf
/
Ford
7
9
McLaren
/
Ford
7
10
Shadow
/
Ford
4
11
Williams
/
Ford
3
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 1
Car 5
Car 1
Entrant
Parmalat Racing Team
John Player Team Lotus
Parmalat Racing Team
Driver
Niki Lauda
Mario Andretti
Niki Lauda
Car
Brabham
BT46B
Lotus
79
Brabham
BT46B
Engine
Alfa Romeo
3.0 F12
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Alfa Romeo
3.0 F12
Time
1:41'00.606
1'22.058
1'24.836
Speed
167.609 km/h
176.846 km/h
171.055 km/h
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