1978 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1978 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 7 May 1978 at Monaco.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford	75	1:55:14.66	5	9
2	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	75	+22.45 secs	3	6
3	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	75	+32.29 secs	9	4
4	2	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	75	+33.53 secs	2	3
5	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford	75	+1:08.06	13	2
6	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford	75	+1:08.77	14	1
7	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford	74	+1 Lap	11
8	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	74	+1 Lap	1
9	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford	74	+1 Lap	20
10	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	71	+4 Laps	12
11	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	69	+6 Laps	4
Ret	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	62	Accident	8
Ret	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	56	Gearbox	7
Ret	7	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	43	Handling	6
Ret	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows-Ford	38	Driver Unwell	19
Ret	27	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	29	Oil Leak	10
Ret	22	Jacky Ickx	Ensign-Ford	27	Brakes	16
Ret	16	Hans Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford	24	Accident	17
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	13	Gearbox	15
Ret	18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford	8	Transmission	18
DNQ	9	Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford
DNQ	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford
DNQ	10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford
DNQ	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford
DNPQ	32	Keke Rosberg	Theodore-Ford
DNPQ	24	Derek Daly	Hesketh-Ford
DNPQ	31	René Arnoux	Martini-Ford
DNPQ	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford
DNPQ	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford
DNPQ	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford

Notes

• Pole position: Carlos Reutemann - 1:28.34
• Fastest Lap: Niki Lauda - 1:28.65
• Lap Leaders: John Watson 37 laps (1-37); Patrick Depailler 38 laps (38-75).

Monaco Grand Prix
Year of race	1978
Previous race in season	1978 United States Grand Prix West
Next race in season	1978 Belgian Grand Prix
Previous year's race	1977 Monaco Grand Prix
Next year's race	1979 Monaco Grand Prix