The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 8

Swedish Grand Prix

1978  ·  Scandinavian Raceway  ·  17 June 1978  ·  70 laps

  1. 1st Niki Lauda Brabham · 01:41:00.606
  2. 2nd Riccardo Patrese Arrows · +34.019
  3. 3rd Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus · +34.105

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 16

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Wolf  —  Overheating

03 Lap 19

John Watson

Retirement Brabham  —  Spun off

04 Lap 46

Mario Andretti

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

05 Lap 62

Arturo Merzario

Retirement Merzario  —  +8 Laps

06 On the Charge

Patrick Tambay

McLaren  —  P15 → P4

07 Victory

Niki Lauda

Brabham  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 70 01:41:00.606 9
2 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 5 70 +34.019 6
3 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 4 70 +34.105 4
4 Patrick Tambay McLaren 15 69 +1 Lap 3
5 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 16 69 +1 Lap 2
6 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 69 +1 Lap 1
7 Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 69 +1 Lap
8 James Hunt McLaren 14 69 +1 Lap
9 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 69 +1 Lap
10 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 8 69 +1 Lap
11 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 20 68 +2 Laps
12 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 21 68 +2 Laps
13 Jochen Mass ATS 19 68 +2 Laps
14 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 24 67 +3 Laps
15 Keke Rosberg ATS 23 63 +7 Laps
16 Arturo Merzario Merzario 22 62 +8 Laps
17 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 46 Engine
18 Alan Jones Williams 9 46 Wheel
19 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 42 Suspension
20 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 10 28 Engine
21 John Watson Brabham 2 19 Spun off
22 Jody Scheckter Wolf 6 16 Overheating
23 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 17 8 Accident
24 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 18 7 Accident

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