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Event: Grand Prix of Sweden			Date: 17.6.1978
Track: Scandinavian Raceway Anderstorp (Sweden), 4.025 kms		Organiser: unknown
GP Sweden
Formula 1 World Championship (round 8)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	FL Time
1^st	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing	70	1:41:00.606	282.170 kms	1:24.836
2^nd	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows FA1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows	70	1:41:34.623	281.750 kms	1:25.897
3^rd	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus 79 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	70	1:41:34.711		1:25.897
4^th	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team Mclaren	69	1:41:31.221
5^th	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow DN9 Ford	Villiger Shadow	69	1:41:32.070		1:27.164
6^th	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F5A Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive	69	1:41:32.711		1:26.819
7^th	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS9 Matra	Ligier Gitanes	69			1:27.337
8^th	7	James Hunt	McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team Mclaren	69
9^th	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 312 T3	Ferrari Sefac	69			1:25.665
10^th	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari 312 T3	Ferrari Sefac	69			1:26.118
11^th	16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow DN9 Ford	Villiger Shadow	68			1:28.511
12^th	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus 78 Ford	Team Rebaque	68			1:28.552
13^th	9	Jochen Mass	ATS HS1 Ford	Team ATS	68			1:28.670
14^th	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows FA1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows	67			1:29.354
15^th	10	Keke Rosberg	ATS HS1 Ford	Team ATS	63			1:29.714

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Reason	FL Time
37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario A1 Ford	Team Merzario	62				1:29.034

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Reason	FL Time
5	Mario Andretti	Lotus 79 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	46			Piston	1:25.064
27	Alan Jones	Williams FW06 Ford	Williams Grand Prix Enginering	46			Front wheel bearing	1:26.213
4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	42			Puncture, suspension	1:26.898
15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01 Turbo	Equipe Renault Elf	28			Piston	1:26.549
2	John Watson	Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing	19			Throttle	1:25.874
20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf WR5 Ford	Walter Wolf Racing	16			Overheating	1:27.303
3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	8			Accident	1:28.131
19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees TS20 Ford	Beta Team Surtees	7			Accident	1:28.174

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees TS20 Ford	Durex Team Surtees
30	Brett Lunger	McLaren M26 Ford	Liggett Group with BS Fabrications
22	Jacky Ickx	Ensign N177 Ford	Tissot Ensign

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Reason	FL Time
	1T	Niki Lauda	Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo	Parmalat Racing				Spare car
	7T	James Hunt	McLaren M26 Ford	Marlboro Team McLaren				Spare car
	15T	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault RS01 Turbo	Equipe Renault Elf				Spare car
	22T	Jacky Ickx	Ensign N177 Ford	Tissot Ensign				Spare car
	27T	Alan Jones	Williams FW06 Ford	Williams Grand Prix Enginering				Spare car
	30T	Brett Lunger	McLaren M23 Ford	Liggett Group with BS Fabrications				Spare car
	36T	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows FA1 Ford	Warsteiner Arrows				Spare car

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
4T		Tyrrell 008 Ford	Elf Team Tyrrell	Spare car
5T		Lotus 78 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	Spare car
6T		Lotus 78 Ford	John Player Team Lotus	Spare car
9T		ATS HS1 Ford	Team ATS	Spare car
11T		Ferrari 312 T3	Ferrari Sefac	Spare car
14T		Fittipaldi F5A Ford	Fittipaldi Automotive	Spare car
20T		Wolf WR1 Ford	Walter Wolf Racing	Spare car
25T		Lotus 78 Ford	Team Rebaque	Spare car
26T		Ligier JS7/9 Matra	Ligier Gitanes	Spare car

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
24	Derek Daly	Hesketh 308E Ford	Olympus Cameras with Hesketh Racing
31	René Arnoux	Martini Mk.23 Ford	Automobile Martini
32	Keke Rosberg	Theodore TR1 Ford	Theodore Racing Hong Kong
39	Danny Ongais	Shadow DN9 Ford	Interscope Shadow Racing

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