Round 8 · 17 June 1978
Swedish Grand Prix
Scandinavian Raceway · Anderstorp, Sweden
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
33 drivers
After Round 7
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
36
pts
2
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
26
pts
3
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
23
pts
4
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
22
pts
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham
16
pts
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6
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
10
pts
7
John Watson
Brabham
9
pts
8
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
7
pts
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
6
pts
10
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
5
pts
11
James Hunt
McLaren
4
pts
12
Alan Jones
Williams
3
pts
13
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
3
pts
14
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
2
pts
15
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
2
pts
16
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
1
pts
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
0
pts
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
0
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
0
pts
-
Bruno Giacomelli
McLaren
0
pts
-
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
0
pts
-
René Arnoux
Martini
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
0
pts
-
Jacky Ickx
Ensign
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
-
Danny Ongais
Shadow
0
pts
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
0
pts
-
Keke Rosberg
Theodore
0
pts
-
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh
0
pts
After the race
33 drivers
After Round 8
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
—
36
+0
2
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
—
30
+4
3
Niki Lauda
Brabham
↑2
25
+9
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
↓1
23
+0
5
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
↓1
22
+0
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6
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
—
10
+0
7
John Watson
Brabham
—
9
+0
8
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
↑7
8
+6
9
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
—
7
+1
10
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
↓2
7
+0
11
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
↓1
5
+0
12
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
↑4
4
+3
13
James Hunt
McLaren
↓2
4
+0
14
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
—
4
+2
15
Alan Jones
Williams
↓3
3
+0
16
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
↓3
3
+0
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Bruno Giacomelli
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
René Arnoux
Martini
—
0
+0
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Jacky Ickx
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
ATS
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
-
Danny Ongais
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh
—
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | 1:41:00.606 | 9 |
| 2 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 5 | +34.019 | 6 |
| 3 | PET Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 4 | +34.105 | 4 |
| 4 | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 15 | 1L | 3 |
| 5 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 16 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 13 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 11 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 14 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 8 | 1L | 0 |
| 11 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 20 | 2L | 0 |
| 12 | REB Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 21 | 2L | 0 |
| 13 | MAS Jochen Mass | ATS | 19 | 2L | 0 |
| 14 | STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 24 | 3L | 0 |
| 15 | ROS Keke Rosberg | ATS | 23 | 7L | 0 |
| R | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | 8L | 0 |
| R | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 18 | — | 0 |