May 7, 1978 Circuit de Monaco | Lap distance 3.312 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1978 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:55'14.66 | 5 | 1'29.14 | 3 | 1'30.97 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 75 | 1:55'37.11 | +22.45 | 3 | 1'28.84 | 1 | 1'28.65 | (72) |
| 3 | 4 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:55'46.95 | +32.29 | 9 | 1'29.50 | 5 | 1'31.09 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 75 | 1:55'48.19 | +33.53 | 2 | 1'28.83 | 11 | 1'31.59 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:56'22.72 | +1'08.06 | 13 | 1'30.55 | 8 | 1'31.38 | |
| 6 | 1 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:56'23.43 | +1'08.77 | 14 | 1'30.59 | 2 | 1'30.57 | |
| 7 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | 1:55'34.51 | +1 lap | 11 | 1'30.08 | 14 | 1'32.32 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 74 | 1:55'57.18 | +1 lap | 1 | 1'28.34 | 6 | 1'31.19 | ||
| 9 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | 1:56'40.09 | +1 lap | 20 | 1'31.36 | 13 | 1'31.89 | ||
| 10 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 71 | 1:56'10.85 | +4 laps | 12 | 1'30.18 | 15 | 1'33.04 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 69 | 1:56'18.91 | +6 laps | 4 | 1'29.10 | 12 | 1'31.83 | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| accident | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 62 | 8 | 1'29.40 | 10 | 1'31.57 | ||||
| gearbox | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 56 | 7 | 1'29.23 | 4 | 1'31.08 | ||||
| handling | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 43 | 6 | 1'29.22 | 9 | 1'31.47 | ||||
| physical | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 38 | 19 | 1'31.31 | 20 | 1'34.84 | ||||
| oil leak | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 29 | 10 | 1'29.51 | 7 | 1'31.30 | ||||
| brakes | 22 | Jacky Ickx (BEL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 27 | 16 | 1'30.72 | 16 | 1'33.15 | ||||
| accident | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 24 | 17 | 1'31.30 | 17 | 1'33.25 | ||||
| gearbox | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 13 | 15 | 1'30.60 | 18 | 1'33.51 | ||||
| transmission | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 8 | 18 | 1'31.31 | 18 | 1'33.51 | ||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'31.40 | ||||||||
| -- | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'31.61 | ||||||||
| -- | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'32.11 | ||||||||
| -- | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'32.46 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 32 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Theodore TR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'33.07 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Hesketh 308E | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'33.55 | ||||||||
| -- | 31 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Martini MK23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'33.72 | ||||||||
| -- | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'34.59 | ||||||||
| -- | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'34.86 | ||||||||
| -- | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'49.43 | ||||||||
