Season 1978 · Round 5

Monaco Grand Prix

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1978-05-07 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix
Winner
4 Patrick Depailler
1:55:14.660
Pole Position
11 Carlos Reutemann
Grid P1
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
DNFs · starters 20 cars
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 5 75 1:55:14.660 9
2 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 75 +22.450 6
3 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 75 +32.290 4
4 2 John Watson Brabham 2 75 +33.530 3
5 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 13 75 +1:08.060 2
6 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 75 +1:08.770 1
7 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 74 +1 Lap
8 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 74 +1 Lap
9 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 74 +1 Lap
10 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 71 +4 Laps
11 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 69 +6 Laps
R 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 62 Accident
R 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 7 56 Gearbox
R 7 James Hunt McLaren 6 43 Handling
R 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 19 38 Driver unwell
R 27 Alan Jones Williams 10 29 Oil leak
R 22 Jacky Ickx Ensign 16 27 Brakes
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 17 24 Accident
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 13 Gearbox
R 18 Rupert Keegan Surtees 18 8 Transmission
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-07-21 14:15