Swedish Grand Prix
Round 8 · 17 June 1978 ·Scandinavian Raceway, Anderstorp, Sweden
Patrese
Arrows
2
Lauda
Brabham
1
Peterson
Team Lotus
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda |  Austrian | Brabham | 70 | 1:41:00.606 | 9 |
| 2 | Riccardo Patrese |  Italian | Arrows | 70 | +34.019 | 6 |
| 3 | Ronnie Peterson |  Swedish | Team Lotus | 70 | +34.105 | 4 |
| 4 | Patrick Tambay |  French | McLaren | 69 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni |  Swiss | Shadow | 69 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi |  Brazilian | Fittipaldi | 69 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | French | Ligier | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | James Hunt |  British | McLaren | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Gilles Villeneuve |  Canadian | Ferrari | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Carlos Reutemann |  Argentine | Ferrari | 69 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck |  German | Shadow | 68 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Hector Rebaque |  Mexican | Team Lotus | 68 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Jochen Mass | German | ATS | 68 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Rolf Stommelen | German | Arrows | 67 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Keke Rosberg |  Finnish | ATS | 63 | +7 Laps | 0 |
| N | Arturo Merzario | Italian | Merzario | 62 | +8 Laps | 0 |
| R | Mario Andretti |  American | Team Lotus | 46 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Alan Jones |  Australian | Williams | 46 | Wheel | 0 |
| R | Patrick Depailler | French | Tyrrell | 42 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | French | Renault | 28 | Engine | 0 |
| R | John Watson | British | Brabham | 19 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Jody Scheckter |  South African | Wolf | 16 | Overheating | 0 |
| R | Didier Pironi | French | Tyrrell | 8 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Vittorio Brambilla | Italian | Surtees | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| F | Rupert Keegan | British | Surtees | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Brett Lunger | American | McLaren | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Jacky Ickx |  Belgian | Ensign | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify
- N
- Not classified