1978 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1978 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 7 May 1978 at Monaco. It was won by Patrick Depailler of France, his first Formula One victory.

Report

Carlos Reutemann started on pole with the Brabham duo of John Watson and Niki Lauda second and third. Watson had a good start and led into the first corner, whereas Reutemann collided with James Hunt and had to pit for repairs, which left Patrick Depailler and Lauda second and third. For the first half of the race, the top three remained the same until Watson had an off allowing Depailler and Lauda through, but the latter then suffered a puncture and had to pit for tyres before charging back up and retaking second from Watson towards the end of the race. At the front, Depailler took his first career victory with Lauda second, and Jody Scheckter third after Watson made another mistake in the final laps. Jean-Pierre Jabouille's 10th place finish was Renault's first race finish.

Classification

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

Notes

• Lap Leaders: John Watson 37 laps (1-37); Patrick Depailler 38 laps (38-75).

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Patrick Depailler	23
2	Template:Flagicon Carlos Reutemann	18
3	Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti	18
4	Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda	16
5	Template:Flagicon Ronnie Peterson	14

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Ford	27
2	Template:Flagicon Tyrrell-Ford	24
3	Template:Flagicon Brabham-Alfa Romeo	20
4	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	18
5	Template:Flagicon Fittipaldi-Ford	6

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.