Season 1978 · Round 5

Monaco Grand Prix

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1978-05-07 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 75Lap · 248.400km
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell 1:55:14.660
Team win 11pt P1 · P5
1 Niki Lauda
Brabham +22.450
20 Jody Scheckter
Wolf +32.290
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Gilles Villeneuve L62 Ronnie Peterson L56 James Hunt L43 Rolf Stommelen L38 Alan Jones L29 Jacky Ickx L27 Hans-Joachim Stuck L24 Jacques Laffite L13 Rupert Keegan L8
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 6 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
75Lap 248.400km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P9 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P9 Jody Scheckter 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P18 Ronnie Peterson 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P16 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P28 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Depailler · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Depailler DEP 1 Depailler DEP Lauda · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Lauda LAU 2 Lauda LAU Scheckter · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Scheckter SCH 3 Scheckter SCH Watson · P2 → P4 · -2 2 Watson WAT 4 Watson WAT Pironi · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Pironi PIR 5 Pironi PIR Patrese · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Patrese PAT 6 Patrese PAT Tambay · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Tambay TAM 7 Tambay TAM Reutemann · P1 → P8 · -7 1 Reutemann REU 8 Reutemann REU Fittipaldi · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Fittipaldi FIT 9 Fittipaldi FIT Jabouille · P12 → P10 · +2 12 Jabouille JAB 10 Jabouille JAB Andretti · P4 → P11 · -7 4 Andretti AND 11 Andretti AND Villeneuve · P8 → retired L62 Villeneuve · retired L62 8 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Peterson · P7 → retired L56 Peterson · retired L56 7 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Hunt · P6 → retired L43 Hunt · retired L43 6 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Stommelen · P19 → retired L38 Stommelen · retired L38 19 Stommelen STO R Stommelen STO Jones · P10 → retired L29 Jones · retired L29 10 Jones JON R Jones JON Ickx · P16 → retired L27 Ickx · retired L27 16 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Stuck · P17 → retired L24 Stuck · retired L24 17 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Laffite · P15 → retired L13 Laffite · retired L13 15 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Keegan · P18 → retired L8 Keegan · retired L8 18 Keegan KEE R Keegan KEE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
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
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 Carlos Reutemann
2
2 John Watson
3
1 Niki Lauda
4
5 Mario Andretti
5
4 Patrick Depailler
6
7 James Hunt
7
6 Ronnie Peterson
8
12 Gilles Villeneuve
9
20 Jody Scheckter
10
27 Alan Jones
11
8 Patrick Tambay
12
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
13
3 Didier Pironi
14
35 Riccardo Patrese
15
26 Jacques Laffite
16
22 Jacky Ickx
17
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
18
18 Rupert Keegan
19
36 Rolf Stommelen
20
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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: 2026-09-05 14:15