Swedish Grand Prix 1978
17 June 1978
Scandinavian Raceway, Sweden
- Location
- Anderstorp, Sweden
- Laps
- 70
- Previous winners
- 1977Jacques LaffiteLigier
- 1976Jody ScheckterTyrrell
- 1975Niki LaudaFerrari
- 1974Jody ScheckterTyrrell
- 1973Denny HulmeMcLaren
Starting Grid
- 1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
No time set
- 2
John Watson
Brabham
No time set
- 3
Niki Lauda
Brabham
No time set
- 4
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
No time set
- 5
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
No time set
- 6
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
No time set
- 7
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
No time set
- 8
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
No time set
- 9
Alan Jones
Williams
No time set
- 10
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
No time set
- 11
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
No time set
- 12
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
No time set
- 13
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
No time set
- 14
James Hunt
McLaren
No time set
- 15
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
No time set
- 16
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
No time set
- 17
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
No time set
- 18
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
No time set
- 19
Jochen Mass
ATS
No time set
- 20
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
No time set
- 21
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
No time set
- 22
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
No time set
- 23
Keke Rosberg
ATS
No time set
- 24
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
No time set
- PIT
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
No time set
- PIT
Brett Lunger
McLaren
No time set
- PIT
Jacky Ickx
Ensign
No time set
Laps Lead
Results
| 1 | +2 | Niki Lauda Brabham | 70 laps | 1:41:00.606 | 9pts |
| 2 | +3 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | 70 laps | +34.019 | 6pts |
| 3 | +1 | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | 70 laps | +34.105 | 4pts |
| 4 | +11 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | 69 laps | 3pts | |
| 5 | +11 | Clay Regazzoni Shadow | 69 laps | 2pts | |
| 6 | +7 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | 69 laps | 1pts | |
| 7 | +4 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | 69 laps | ||
| 8 | +6 | James Hunt McLaren | 69 laps | ||
| 9 | -2 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | 69 laps | ||
| 10 | -2 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | 69 laps | ||
| 11 | +9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | 68 laps | ||
| 12 | +9 | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | 68 laps | ||
| 13 | +6 | Jochen Mass ATS | 68 laps | ||
| 14 | +10 | Rolf Stommelen Arrows | 67 laps | ||
| 15 | +8 | Keke Rosberg ATS | 63 laps | ||
| N | - | Arturo Merzario Merzario | 62 laps | ||
| R | - | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | 46 laps | ||
| R | - | Alan Jones Williams | 46 laps | ||
| R | - | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | 42 laps | ||
| R | - | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | 28 laps | ||
| R | - | John Watson Brabham | 19 laps | ||
| R | - | Jody Scheckter Wolf | 16 laps | ||
| R | - | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | 8 laps | ||
| R | - | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | 7 laps | ||
| F | - | Rupert Keegan Surtees | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Brett Lunger McLaren | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Jacky Ickx Ensign | 0 laps |