1978 Swedish Grand Prix
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8th of 16 races in the 1978 World Automobile Championship | ||
Surname: | XIV Sveriges Grand Prix | |
Date: | June 17, 1978 | |
Place: | Anderstorp | |
Course: | Scandinavian Raceway | |
Length: | 282.17 km in 70 laps of 4.031 km
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Weather: | sunny and warm | |
Spectator: | ~ 45,000 | |
Pole position | ||
Driver: | Mario Andretti | lotus |
Time: | 1: 22.058 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Niki Lauda | Brabham |
Time: | 1: 24.836 min | |
Podium | ||
First: | Niki Lauda | Brabham |
Second: | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows |
Third: | Ronnie Peterson | lotus |
The 1978 Swedish Grand Prix took place on June 17th at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp and was the eighth race of the 1978 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
The racetrack in Anderstorp, on which the Swedish Grand Prix has been held since 1973 , had been modified with a chicane at the end of the long back straight, which lengthened the route by 13 meters.
In the middle of the season, Brabham had designed a further development of the BT46 at short notice under the leadership of chief designer Gordon Murray , which was called the BT46B and was used for the first time at the Swedish GP. The car had an oversized fan at the rear, which was officially declared by the team as an aid for oil cooling in order to comply with the rules of the time, which prohibited moving aerodynamic aids. In reality, however, the device was used to suck air backwards in order to create a vacuum under the vehicle floor, which is sealed by side skirts . The aim was to achieve a downforce similar to that of the Lotus 79 , which was superior at this point in the season and which was equipped with very effective wing car technology. The competitors condemned the principle because, in their opinion, it was clearly a prohibited aerodynamic aid and the fan also threw up stones that the pilots driving behind hit the helmets at high speed. They protested, but the car was initially allowed to be used.
Since his previous team Theodore Racing temporarily paused, moved Keke Rosberg to ATS to where Alberto Colombo to replace. Since the Martini team was also missing, there was no need for a pre-qualification, as had been carried out at most of the previous Grand Prix of the season, due to only 27 registered drivers.
training
Mario Andretti again secured pole position with a large lead of almost seven tenths of a second. Even before his team mate Ronnie Peterson , Brabham works drivers John Watson and Niki Lauda actually qualified for second and third place with their controversial vehicles. The desired effect of the fan seemed to be working. Riccardo Patrese achieved fifth place on the grid for Team Arrows , which was still involved in a legal dispute with Shadow over the allegedly copied blueprints of the DN9 .
run
While Andretti was taking the lead, Watson, whom Lauda had overtaken at the start, came under pressure from Patrese. This took third place in the second round. Watson also fell behind Peterson a lap later.
Peterson passed Patrese on lap 10 but slowed down shortly afterwards due to a puncture. In the 20th lap, Watson retired due to a technical defect. While Andretti and Lauda were dueling for the top position, Carlos Reutemann followed behind the Patrese, who at that time was safely in third place, with some distance ahead of Alan Jones and Gilles Villeneuve .
Due to a driving mistake by Andretti, Lauda was able to take the lead on lap 38. Nine laps later, the American retired due to an engine failure. This brought Patrese to second place. He narrowly defended it against Peterson, who had made up a few positions after a tire change. Jacques Laffite , who had been in fourth place after the technical failure of Alan Jones, ran out of fuel on the third to last lap. So he had to leave his position to Patrick Tambay , who was ultimately fourth ahead of Clay Regazzoni and Emerson Fittipaldi .
Niki Lauda achieved the only win with the Brabham BT46B in the only use of the car. In the week after the race, the protests of the other teams were accepted and the fan principle was banned.
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus Ford | 1: 22.058 | 176.846 km / h | 1 |
2 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1: 22.737 | 175.394 km / h | 2 |
3 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 1: 22.783 | 175.297 km / h | 3 |
4th | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus Ford | 1: 23.120 | 174.586 km / h | 4th |
5 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows Ford | 1: 23.369 | 174.065 km / h | 5 |
6th | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford | 1: 23.621 | 173.540 km / h | 6th |
7th | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1: 23.730 | 173.314 km / h | 7th |
8th | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1: 23.737 | 173.300 km / h | 8th |
9 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 1: 23.951 | 172.858 km / h | 9 |
10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1: 23.963 | 172.833 km / h | 10 |
11 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 1: 24.030 | 172.695 km / h | 11 |
12 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 1: 24.203 | 172.341 km / h | 12 |
13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1: 24.274 | 172.195 km / h | 13 |
14th | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford | 1: 24.761 | 171.206 km / h | 14th |
15th | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford | 1: 24.986 | 170.753 km / h | 15th |
16 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow Ford | 1: 25.007 | 170.711 km / h | 16 |
17th | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | 1: 25.813 | 169.107 km / h | 17th |
18th | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford | 1: 26.618 | 167.536 km / h | 18th |
19th | Jochen Mass | ATS Ford | 1: 26.787 | 167.209 km / h | 19th |
20th | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow Ford | 1: 27.011 | 166.779 km / h | 20th |
21st | Hector Rebaque | Lotus Ford | 1: 27.139 | 166.534 km / h | 21st |
22nd | Arturo Merzario | Merzario-Ford | 1: 27.479 | 165.887 km / h | 22nd |
23 | Keke Rosberg | ATS Ford | 1: 27.560 | 165.733 km / h | 23 |
24 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows Ford | 1: 27.812 | 165.258 km / h | 24 |
DNQ | Rupert Keegan | Surtees-Ford | 1: 28.282 | 164.378 km / h | - |
DNQ | Brett Lunger | McLaren-Ford | 1: 28.388 | 164.181 km / h | - |
DNQ | Jacky Ickx | Ensign-Ford | 1: 28,400 | 164.158 km / h | - |
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 70 | 0 | 1: 41: 00,606 | 3 | 1: 24.836 | |
2 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows Ford | 70 | 0 | + 34.019 | 5 | 1: 25.897 | |
3 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus Ford | 70 | 1 | + 34.105 | 4th | 1: 25.897 | |
4th | Patrick Tambay | McLaren-Ford | 69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 15th | ||
5 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow Ford | 69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 16 | 1: 27.164 | |
6th | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1: 26.819 | |
7th | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 11 | 1: 27.337 | |
8th | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford | 69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 14th | 1: 27.271 | |
9 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 7th | 1: 25.665 | |
10 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 8th | 1: 32.118 | |
11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow Ford | 68 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 20th | 1: 28.511 | |
12 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus Ford | 68 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 21st | 1: 28.552 | |
13 | Jochen Mass | ATS Ford | 68 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 19th | 1: 28.670 | |
14th | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows Ford | 67 | 0 | + 3 rounds | 24 | 1: 29.354 | |
15th | Keke Rosberg | ATS Ford | 63 | 2 | + 7 rounds | 23 | 1: 29.714 | |
- | Arturo Merzario | Merzario-Ford | 62 | 0 | NC | 22nd | 1: 29.034 | Unrated |
- | Mario Andretti | Lotus Ford | 46 | 0 | DNF | 1 | 1: 25.064 | Engine failure |
- | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 46 | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 26.213 | Wheel bearing damage |
- | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford | 42 | 0 | DNF | 12 | 1: 26.898 | Suspension damage |
- | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 28 | 0 | DNF | 10 | 1: 26.549 | defective oil pump |
- | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 19th | 0 | DNF | 2 | 1: 25.874 | accident |
- | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford | 16 | 0 | DNF | 6th | 1: 27.303 | overheated engine |
- | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | 8th | 0 | DNF | 17th | 1: 28.131 | Collision damage |
- | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford | 7th | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 28.174 | accident |
World Cup stands after the race
The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 204
- ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from March 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 5, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on August 5, 2012)
- ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 205
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 5, 2012)