1978 Monaco Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 7 May 1978
Winner	Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Pole position	Carlos Reutemann Ferrari
Fastest lap	Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Circuit	Monte Carlo, 75 laps
Round	5 of 16
Race numbers	The 1978 Monaco Grand Prix was the: 302nd World Championship race 25th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix 25th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+4	(FRA) Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	75	1hr 55m 14.660s	9
2	+1	(AUT) Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	75	+22.450s	6
3	+6	(ZAF) Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	75	+32.290s	4
4	-2	(GBR) John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	75	+33.530s	3
5	+8	(FRA) Didier Pironi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	75	+1m 08.060s	2
6	+8	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	75	+1m 08.770s	1
7	+4	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	74	+1 lap
8	-7	(ARG) Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	74	+1 lap
9	+11	(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	74	+1 lap
10	+2	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	71	+4 laps
11	-7	(USA) Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	69	+6 laps
R		(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	62	DNF
R		(SWE) Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	56	DNF
R		(GBR) James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
R		(DEU) Rolf Stommelen	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	38	DNF
R		(AUS) Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	29	DNF
R		(BEL) Jacky Ickx	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	27	DNF
R		(DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	24	DNF
R		(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	13	DNF
R		(GBR) Rupert Keegan	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	8	DNF

Pole time: 1:28.340

Driver	Constructor	Reason
(DEU) Jochen Mass	ATS-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
(CHE) Clay Regazzoni	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
(ITA) Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	Did not qualify
(FIN) Keke Rosberg	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	Did not pre-qualify
(IRL) Derek Daly	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth	Did not pre-qualify
(FRA) Rene Arnoux	Martini-Ford Cosworth	Did not pre-qualify
(MEX) Hector Rebaque	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	Did not pre-qualify
(USA) Brett Lunger	McLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	Did not pre-qualify
(ITA) Arturo Merzario	Merzario-Ford Cosworth	Did not pre-qualify

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: 150th for McLaren (5th constructor to start 150 races)
Wins: 1st for Patrick Depailler (62nd different winner, 5th French driver; only win for Tyrrell); 21st for Tyrrell (last until 1982)
Podiums: 35th for Niki Lauda; 24th for Jody Scheckter; 16th for Patrick Depailler; 80th for Brabham (3rd constructor to score 80 podiums); 64th for Tyrrell; 10th for Wolf (14th constructor to score ten podiums)
Poles: 4th for Carlos Reutemann (last until 1981; last Argentine polesitter until 1981); 87th for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 13th for Niki Lauda (first for Brabham); 23rd for Brabham
Front row starts: 12th for Carlos Reutemann; 8th for John Watson