Pit Lane F1
1978 Season - Round 5 - 1978-05-07
Patrick Depailler won the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix for Tyrrell, with Niki Lauda (Brabham) second and Jody Scheckter (Wolf) third. The win came from P5 on the grid.
Emerson Fittipaldi (Fittipaldi) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P20 on the grid to P9 at the flag — a 11-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 9 drivers failing to finish.
20 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix, completing round 5 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 5 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 9 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| John Watson |
| Brabham |
| 2 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 13 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 14 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 11 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 20 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 12 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | Accident | 0 |
| 13 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 7 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 14 | James Hunt | McLaren | 6 | Handling | 0 |
| 15 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 19 | Driver unwell | 0 |
| 16 | Alan Jones | Williams | 10 | Oil leak | 0 |
| 17 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 16 | Brakes | 0 |
| 18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 17 | Accident | 0 |
| 19 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 15 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 20 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 18 | Transmission | 0 |
