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1978 Grand Prix of Monaco Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 5 of 16 Sunday, May 7, 1978 at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco 75 laps on a 3.312 kilometer street course (248.400 kilometers) Time of race: 1:55:14.66 Average speed: 129.336 kph Pole time: 88.34 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 22.45 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1978 Formula One results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 5 4   Patrick Depailler Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 1:55:14.66 38 9 2 3 1   Niki Lauda Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46 / Alfa Romeo 1260 75 +22.45 0 6 3 9 20   Jody Scheckter Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR4 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +32.29 0 4 4 2 2   John Watson Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46 / Alfa Romeo 1260 75 +33.53 37 3 5 13 3   Didier Pironi Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +68.06 0 2 6 14 35   Riccardo Patrese Arrows Racing Team Arrows FA1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +68.77 0 1 7 11 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 74 +1 lap 0 0 8 1 11   Carlos Reutemann Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 74 +1 lap 0 0 9 20 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A / Ford Cosworth DFV 74 +1 lap 0 0 10 12 15   Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS01 / Renault-Gordini EF1 71 +4 lap 0 0 11 4 5   Mario Andretti John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 +6 laps 0 0 ret 8 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 62 crash 0 0 ret 7 6   Ronnie Peterson John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 56 gearbox 0 0 ret 6 7   James Hunt Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 43 handling 0 0 ret 19 36   Rolf Stommelen Arrows Racing Team Arrows FA1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 38 driver ill 0 0 ret 10 27   Alan Jones Williams Grand Prix Engineering Williams FW06 / Ford Cosworth DFV 29 oil leak 0 0 ret 16 22   Jacky Ickx Team Tissot Ensign Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV 27 brakes 0 0 ret 17 16   Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 24 crash 0 0 ret 15 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS9 / Matra MS76 13 gearbox 0 0 ret 18 18   Rupert Keegan Durex Team Surtees Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV 8 transmission 0 0

Fastest Lap: 134.497 kph by Niki Lauda Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 21 Jochen Mass 9 ATS Racing Team 22 Clay Regazzoni 17 Shadow Racing Team 23 Jean-Pierre Jarier 10 ATS Racing Team 24 Vittorio Brambilla 19 Beta Team Surtees 25 Keke Rosberg 32 Theodore Racing Hong Kong 26 Derek Daly 24 Olympus Camera Hesketh Racing 27 Rene Arnoux 31 Automobiles Martini 28 Hector Rebaque 25 Team Rebaque 29 Brett Lunger 30 Liggett Group/BS Fabrications 30 Arturo Merzario 37 Team Merzario Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   John Watson 1 37 37   Patrick DePailler 38 75 38 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Patrick Depailler 23     2   Carlos Reutemann 18   -5   2   Mario Andretti 18   -5   4   Niki Lauda 16   -7   5   Ronnie Peterson 14   -9   6   John Watson 7   -16   7   Emerson Fittipaldi 6   -17   8   Jacques Laffite 4   -19   8   Didier Pironi 4   -19   8   Jody Scheckter 4   -19   11   James Hunt 3   -20   11   Alan Jones 3   -20   13   Clay Regazzoni 2   -21   13   Riccardo Patrese 2   -21   15   Patrick Tambay 1   -22