Race · Round 5 of 16 · 7 May 1978

1978 Monaco Grand Prix

Patrick Depailler won for Tyrrell from 5th on the grid at Circuit de Monaco. 9 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Patrick Depailler.

Circuit: Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
Winner: Patrick DepaillerTyrrell
Pole: Carlos Reutemann
Fastest lap: Niki Lauda
Entries: 3011 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	008	5	75	Finished	9
2	Niki Lauda	Brabham	—	3	75	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	—	9	75	Finished	4
4	John Watson	Brabham	—	2	75	Finished	3
5	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	008	13	75	Finished	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	—	14	75	Finished	1
7	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	M26	11	74	Finished	0
8	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	—	1	74	Finished	0
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	F5A	20	74	Finished	0
10	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	RS01	12	71	Finished	0
11	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	4	69	Finished	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	—	8	62	Accident	0
DNF	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	—	7	56	Gearbox	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	M26	6	43	Handling	0
DNF	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	—	19	38	Unwell	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Williams	FW06	10	29	Oil leak	0
DNF	Jacky Ickx	Ensign	N177	16	27	Brakes	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	—	17	24	Accident	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	—	15	13	Gearbox	0
DNF	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	—	18	8	Transmission	0
DNQ	Jochen Mass	ATS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Keke Rosberg	Theodore	TR1	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Derek Daly	Hesketh	308E	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Rene Arnoux	Martini	MK23	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	78	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Brett Lunger	McLaren	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	A1	—	—	DNPQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout monaco-4 · 3.312 km · 20 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Patrick Depailler	5	1	75
Niki Lauda	3	2	75
Jody Scheckter	9	3	75
John Watson	2	4	75
Didier Pironi	13	5	75
Riccardo Patrese	14	6	75
Patrick Tambay	11	7	74
Carlos Reutemann	1	8	74
Emerson Fittipaldi	20	9	74
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	12	10	71
Mario Andretti	4	11	69
Gilles Villeneuve	8	DNF	62
Ronnie Peterson	7	DNF	56
James Hunt	6	DNF	43
Rolf Stommelen	19	DNF	38
Alan Jones	10	DNF	29
Jacky Ickx	16	DNF	27
Hans-Joachim Stuck	17	DNF	24
Jacques Laffite	15	DNF	13
Rupert Keegan	18	DNF	8

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	11	1:28.340	—	—
2	John Watson	Brabham	2	1:28.830	+0.490	+0.490
3	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1	1:28.840	+0.500	+0.010
4	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	5	1:29.100	+0.760	+0.260
5	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:29.140	+0.800	+0.040
6	James Hunt	McLaren	7	1:29.220	+0.880	+0.080
7	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus	6	1:29.230	+0.890	+0.010
8	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	12	1:29.400	+1.060	+0.170
9	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:29.500	+1.160	+0.100
10	Alan Jones	Williams	27	1:29.510	+1.170	+0.010
11	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	8	1:30.080	+1.740	+0.570
12	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	1:30.180	+1.840	+0.100
13	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	3	1:30.550	+2.210	+0.370
14	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	35	1:30.590	+2.250	+0.040
15	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:30.600	+2.260	+0.010
16	Jacky Ickx	Ensign	22	1:30.720	+2.380	+0.120
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	16	1:31.300	+2.960	+0.580
18	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	18	1:31.310	+2.970	+0.010
19	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	36	1:31.310	+2.970	+0.000
20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	14	1:31.360	+3.020	+0.050
21	Jochen Mass	ATS	9	1:31.400	+3.060	+0.040
22	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	17	1:31.610	+3.270	+0.210
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	10	1:32.110	+3.770	+0.500
24	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	19	1:32.460	+4.120	+0.350

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	35	1:31.310	—	—	—
2	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	36	1:31.880	+0.570	+0.570	—
3	Keke Rosberg	Theodore	32	1:33.070	+1.760	+1.190	—
4	Derek Daly	Hesketh	24	1:33.550	+2.240	+0.480	—
5	Rene Arnoux	Martini	31	1:33.720	+2.410	+0.170	—
6	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	25	1:34.590	+3.280	+0.870	—
7	Brett Lunger	McLaren	30	1:34.860	+3.550	+0.270	—
8	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	37	1:49.430	+18.120	+14.570	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Where this comes from

Round: 5 of 1978
Grand Prix: Monaco Grand Prix
Dates: 7 May 1978
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Tyrrell
Entrant: Tyrrell-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.