Swedish Grand Prix

This article is about the Swedish Grand Prix in Formula 1 ; for the Grand Prix races for motorcycles, see Swedish Grand Prix (motorcycle) .

Swedish Grand Prix

Scandinavian Raceway
Route data
Main sponsor:	none
in the racing calendar:	1973-1978
Route length:	4.031 km
Race length:	282.170 km in 70 laps
Records
Lap record:	1: 24.836 (1978, Niki Lauda , Brabham )
Lap record qualification:	1: 22.058 (1978, Mario Andretti , Lotus )
Most wins:	Niki Lauda , Jody Scheckter (2)
Most Poles:	Mario Andretti (2)
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The Swedish Grand Prix has been held six times from 1973 to 1978 at the Scandinavian Raceway in Sweden . The Scandinavian Raceway is located in Anderstorp in the municipality of Gislaved in the southeast of the Swedish province of Jönköpings län . There the racetrack was built on the site of the former Anderstorp airfield.

A special feature of the route are several included curves with an arc of 180 ° to 200 °. For the years 1973 to 1977 the route length is given as 4.018 km. Since 1978 it has been 4.031 km.

Record winners are the Tyrrell driver Jody Scheckter and the Austrian Niki Lauda , who competed for Ferrari and Brabham , with 2 victories each in 1974 and 1976 and 1975 and 1978.

Results

Edition	year	route	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
I.	1933	Norra Vram	Antonio Brivio ( Alfa Romeo )	Whitney Straight ( Alfa Romeo )	Eugen Bjørnstad ( Alfa Romeo )	Börje Dahlin ( Mercedes-Benz )	Antonio Brivio ( Alfa Romeo )
	1934 to 1948	not a Grand Prix of Sweden
II	1949	Skarpnäck	Prince Bira ( Maserati )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
	1950 to 1966	not a Grand Prix of Sweden
III	1967	Karlskoga	Jackie Stewart ( Matra )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
	1968 to 1972	not a Grand Prix of Sweden
IV	1973	Anderstorp	Denis Hulme ( McLaren )	Ronnie Peterson ( Lotus )	François Cevert ( Tyrrell )	Ronnie Peterson ( Lotus )	Denis Hulme ( McLaren )
V	1974	Anderstorp	Jody Scheckter ( Tyrrell )	Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell )	James Hunt ( Hesketh )	Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell )	Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell )
VI	1975	Anderstorp	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	Carlos Reutemann ( Brabham )	Clay Regazzoni ( Ferrari )	Vittorio Brambilla ( March )	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )
VII	1976	Anderstorp	Jody Scheckter ( Tyrrell )	Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell )	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	Jody Scheckter ( Tyrrell )	Mario Andretti ( Lotus )
VIII	1977	Anderstorp	Jacques Laffite ( Ligier )	Jochen Mass ( McLaren )	Carlos Reutemann ( Ferrari )	Mario Andretti ( Lotus )	Mario Andretti ( Lotus )
IX	1978	Anderstorp	Niki Lauda ( Brabham )	Riccardo Patrese ( Arrows )	Ronnie Peterson ( Lotus )	Mario Andretti ( Lotus )	Niki Lauda ( Brabham )
	since 1979	not a Grand Prix of Sweden

Legend
abbreviation	class	comment
F1	formula 1	Formula 1 World Championship from 1950
F2	Formula 2
FL	Formula libre	Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer
SW	Sports car
TW	Touring car
GP	Grand Prix vehicles
	↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓
	Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship.
	Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship .