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 | 4.000000.660 | 5 | 9.000000.140 | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 75 | 7.000000.110 | +2.000000.450 | 3 | 8.000000.840 | 1 | 8.000000.650 | (72) |
| 3 | 4 | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 6.000000.950 | +2.000000.290 | 9 | 9.000000.500 | 5 | 1.000000.090 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 75 | 8.000000.190 | +3.000000.530 | 2 | 8.000000.830 | 11 | 1.000000.590 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 2.000000.720 | +8.000000.060 | 13 | 0.00 | 8 | 1.000000.380 | |
| 6 | 1 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 3.000000.430 | +8.000000.770 | 14 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | |
| 7 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | 4.000000.510 | +1 lap | 11 | 0.00 | 14 | 2.000000.320 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 74 | 7.000000.180 | +1 lap | 1 | 8.000000.340 | 6 | 1.000000.190 | ||
| 9 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | 0.00 | +1 lap | 20 | 1.000000.360 | 13 | 1.000000.890 | ||
| 10 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 71 | 0.00 | +4 laps | 12 | 0.00 | 15 | 3.000000.040 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 69 | 8.000000.910 | +6 laps | 4 | 9.000000.100 | 12 | 1.000000.830 | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| accident | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 62 | 8 | 9.000000.400 | 10 | 1.000000.570 | ||||
| gearbox | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 56 | 7 | 9.000000.230 | 4 | 1.000000.080 | ||||
| handling | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 43 | 6 | 9.000000.220 | 9 | 1.000000.470 | ||||
| physical | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 38 | 19 | 1.000000.310 | 20 | 4.000000.840 | ||||
| oil leak | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 29 | 10 | 9.000000.510 | 7 | 1.000000.300 | ||||
| brakes | 22 | Jacky Ickx (BEL) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 27 | 16 | 0.00 | 16 | 3.000000.150 | ||||
| accident | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 24 | 17 | 1.000000.300 | 17 | 3.000000.250 | ||||
| gearbox | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 13 | 15 | 0.00 | 18 | 3.000000.510 | ||||
| transmission | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 8 | 18 | 1.000000.310 | 18 | 3.000000.510 | ||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1.000000.400 | ||||||||
| -- | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1.000000.610 | ||||||||
| -- | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2.000000.110 | ||||||||
| -- | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2.000000.460 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 32 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Theodore TR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3.000000.070 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Hesketh 308E | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3.000000.550 | ||||||||
| -- | 31 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Martini MK23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3.000000.720 | ||||||||
| -- | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4.000000.590 | ||||||||
| -- | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 4.000000.860 | ||||||||
| -- | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 9.000000.430 | ||||||||
