The 1978 Monaco Grand Prix started May 7th, 1978 at 02:00 on Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Carlos Reutemann started from pole position with John Watson next to him. Niki Lauda started from third place.
After 1 hour, 55 minutes and 14 seconds Patrick Depailler finished the race first. The podium was completed with Niki Lauda in second and Jody Scheckter in third place.
After the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix, Patrick Depailler is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 23 points. Depailler is 5 points ahead of Carlos Reutemann.
After 1 hour, 55 minutes and 14 seconds Patrick Depailler finished the race first. The podium was completed with Niki Lauda in second and Jody Scheckter in third place.
After the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix, Patrick Depailler is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 23 points. Depailler is 5 points ahead of Carlos Reutemann.
Circuit
Location
Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Date
May 7th, 1978 at 02:00
Round
5/16
Winner
Patrick Depailler
Winning time
1:55:14.66
Pole position
Carlos Reutemann
Results
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 4 | #4 Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:55:14.66 | 5 | 75 | 9 |
| 2 1 | #1 Niki Lauda | Brabham | +22.45 | 3 | 75 | 6 |
| 3 6 | #20 Jody Scheckter | Wolf | +32.29 | 9 | 75 | 4 |
| 4 2 | #2 John Watson | Brabham | +33.53 | 2 | 75 | 3 |
| 5 8 | #3 Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | +1:08.06 | 13 | 75 | 2 |
| 6 8 | #35 Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | +1:08.77 | 14 | 75 | 1 |
| 7 4 | #8 Patrick Tambay | McLaren | +1 Lap | 11 | 74 | 0 |
| 8 7 | #11 Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 1 | 74 | 0 |
| 9 11 | #14 Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 20 | 74 | 0 |
| 10 2 | #15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | +4 Laps | 12 | 71 | 0 |
| 11 7 | #5 Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +6 Laps | 4 | 69 | 0 |
| - | #12 Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | DNF (Accident) | 8 | 62 | 0 |
| - | #6 Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | DNF (Gearbox) | 7 | 56 | 0 |
| - | #7 James Hunt | McLaren | DNF (Handling) | 6 | 43 | 0 |
| - | #36 Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | DNF (Driver unwell) | 19 | 38 | 0 |
| - | #27 Alan Jones | Williams | DNF (Oil leak) | 10 | 29 | 0 |
| - | #22 Jacky Ickx | Ensign | DNF (Brakes) | 16 | 27 | 0 |
| - | #16 Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | DNF (Accident) | 17 | 24 | 0 |
| - | #26 Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Gearbox) | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| - | #18 Rupert Keegan | Surtees | DNF (Transmission) | 18 | 8 | 0 |
| - | #9 Jochen Mass | ATS | Did not qualify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #17 Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | Did not qualify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #10 Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | Did not qualify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #19 Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | Did not qualify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #32 Keke Rosberg | Theodore | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #24 Derek Daly | Hesketh | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #31 René Arnoux | Martini | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #25 Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #30 Brett Lunger | McLaren | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #37 Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Standings after race
| Pos | Driver | Car | Wins | Podiums | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1 | 4 | 23 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 2 | 2 | 18 | -5 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 2 | 18 | -5 |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | 16 | -7 | |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 1 | 1 | 14 | -9 |
| 6 | John Watson | Brabham | 1 | 7 | -16 | |
| 7 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1 | 6 | -17 | |
| 8 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 1 | 4 | -19 | |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 4 | -19 | ||
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 4 | -19 | ||
| 11 | Alan Jones | Williams | 3 | -20 | ||
| 12 | James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | -20 | ||
| 13 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 2 | -21 | ||
| 14 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 2 | -21 | ||
| 15 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1 | -22 | ||
| 16 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 0 | -23 | ||
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 0 | -23 | ||
| 18 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 0 | -23 | ||
| 19 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 0 | -23 | ||
| 20 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 0 | -23 | ||
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 0 | -23 | ||
| 22 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 0 | -23 | ||
| 23 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 0 | -23 | ||
| 24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 0 | -23 | ||
| 25 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 0 | -23 | ||
| 26 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 0 | -23 | ||
| 27 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 0 | -23 | ||
| 28 | Danny Ongais | Shadow | 0 | -23 | ||
| 29 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 0 | -23 | ||
| 30 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore | 0 | -23 | ||
| 31 | Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | 0 | -23 | ||
| 32 | Derek Daly | Hesketh | 0 | -23 | ||
| 33 | René Arnoux | Martini | 0 | -23 | ||
| 34 | Divina Galica | Hesketh | 0 | -23 |
| Pos | Team | Wins | Podiums | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Lotus | 2 | 3 | 27 | |
| 2 | Tyrrell | 1 | 4 | 24 | -3 |
| 3 | Brabham | 4 | 20 | -7 | |
| 4 | Ferrari | 2 | 2 | 18 | -9 |
| 5 | Fittipaldi | 1 | 6 | -21 | |
| 6 | Wolf | 1 | 4 | -23 | |
| 7 | Ligier | 4 | -23 | ||
| 8 | McLaren | 3 | -24 | ||
| 9 | Williams | 3 | -24 | ||
| 10 | Shadow | 2 | -25 | ||
| 11 | Arrows | 2 | -25 | ||
| 12 | ATS | 0 | -27 | ||
| 13 | Renault | 0 | -27 | ||
| 14 | Surtees | 0 | -27 | ||
| 15 | Ensign | 0 | -27 | ||
| 16 | Merzario | 0 | -27 | ||
| 17 | Theodore | 0 | -27 | ||
| 18 | Hesketh | 0 | -27 | ||
| 19 | Martini | 0 | -27 |
Other race results
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Fastest lap | Pole position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #1 Max Verstappen | Fernando Alonso | Esteban Ocon | 1:15.650 - Lewis Hamilton | Max Verstappen |
| 2022 | #11 Sergio Pérez | Carlos Sainz | Max Verstappen | 1:14.693 - Lando Norris | Charles Leclerc |
| 2021 | #33 Max Verstappen | Carlos Sainz | Lando Norris | 1:12.909 - Lewis Hamilton | Charles Leclerc |
| 2019 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Sebastian Vettel | Valtteri Bottas | 1:14.279 - Pierre Gasly | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2018 | #3 Daniel Ricciardo | Sebastian Vettel | Lewis Hamilton | 1:14.260 - Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo |
| 2017 | #5 Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Räikkönen | Daniel Ricciardo | 1:14.820 - Sergio Pérez | Kimi Räikkönen |
| 2016 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Daniel Ricciardo | Sergio Pérez | 1:17.939 - Lewis Hamilton | Daniel Ricciardo |
| 2015 | #6 Nico Rosberg | Sebastian Vettel | Lewis Hamilton | 1:18.063 - Daniel Ricciardo | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2014 | #6 Nico Rosberg | Lewis Hamilton | Daniel Ricciardo | 1:18.479 - Kimi Räikkönen | Nico Rosberg |
| 2013 | #9 Nico Rosberg | Sebastian Vettel | Mark Webber | 1:16.577 - Sebastian Vettel | Nico Rosberg |
| 2012 | #2 Mark Webber | Nico Rosberg | Fernando Alonso | 1:17.296 - Sergio Pérez | Mark Webber |
| 2011 | #1 Sebastian Vettel | Fernando Alonso | Jenson Button | 1:16.234 - Mark Webber | Sebastian Vettel |
| 2010 | #6 Mark Webber | Sebastian Vettel | Robert Kubica | 1:15.192 - Sebastian Vettel | Mark Webber |
| 2009 | #22 Jenson Button | Rubens Barrichello | Kimi Räikkönen | 1:15.154 - Felipe Massa | Jenson Button |
| 2008 | #22 Lewis Hamilton | Robert Kubica | Felipe Massa | 1:16.689 - Kimi Räikkönen | Felipe Massa |
| 2007 | #1 Fernando Alonso | Lewis Hamilton | Felipe Massa | 1:15.284 - Fernando Alonso | Fernando Alonso |
| 2006 | #1 Fernando Alonso | Juan Pablo Montoya | David Coulthard | 1:15.143 - Michael Schumacher | Fernando Alonso |
| 2005 | #9 Kimi Räikkönen | Nick Heidfeld | Mark Webber | 1:15.842 - Michael Schumacher | Kimi Räikkönen |
| 2004 | #7 Jarno Trulli | Jenson Button | Rubens Barrichello | 1:14.439 - Michael Schumacher | Jarno Trulli |
| 2003 | #3 Juan Pablo Montoya | Kimi Räikkönen | Michael Schumacher | Ralf Schumacher | |
| 2002 | #3 David Coulthard | Michael Schumacher | Ralf Schumacher | Juan Pablo Montoya | |
| 2001 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Rubens Barrichello | Eddie Irvine | David Coulthard | |
| 2000 | #2 David Coulthard | Rubens Barrichello | Giancarlo Fisichella | Michael Schumacher | |
| 1999 | #3 Michael Schumacher | Eddie Irvine | Mika Häkkinen | Mika Häkkinen | |
| 1998 | #8 Mika Häkkinen | Giancarlo Fisichella | Eddie Irvine | Mika Häkkinen | |
| 1997 | #5 Michael Schumacher | Rubens Barrichello | Eddie Irvine | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | |
| 1996 | #9 Olivier Panis | David Coulthard | Johnny Herbert | Michael Schumacher | |
| 1995 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Damon Hill | Gerhard Berger | Damon Hill | |
| 1994 | #5 Michael Schumacher | Martin Brundle | Gerhard Berger | Michael Schumacher | |
| 1993 | #8 Ayrton Senna | Damon Hill | Jean Alesi | Alain Prost | |
| 1992 | #1 Ayrton Senna | Nigel Mansell | Riccardo Patrese | Nigel Mansell | |
| 1991 | #1 Ayrton Senna | Nigel Mansell | Jean Alesi | Ayrton Senna | |
| 1990 | #27 Ayrton Senna | Jean Alesi | Gerhard Berger | Ayrton Senna | |
| 1989 | #1 Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | Stefano Modena | Ayrton Senna | |
| 1988 | #11 Alain Prost | Gerhard Berger | Michele Alboreto | Ayrton Senna | |
| 1987 | #12 Ayrton Senna | Nelson Piquet | Michele Alboreto | Nigel Mansell | |
| 1986 | #1 Alain Prost | Keke Rosberg | Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | |
| 1985 | #2 Alain Prost | Michele Alboreto | Elio de Angelis | Ayrton Senna | |
| 1984 | #7 Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna | René Arnoux | Alain Prost | |
| 1983 | #1 Keke Rosberg | Nelson Piquet | Alain Prost | Alain Prost | |
| 1982 | #2 Riccardo Patrese | Didier Pironi | Andrea de Cesaris | René Arnoux | |
| 1981 | #27 Gilles Villeneuve | Alan Jones | Jacques Laffite | Nelson Piquet | |
| 1980 | #28 Carlos Reutemann | Jacques Laffite | Nelson Piquet | Didier Pironi | |
| 1979 | #11 Jody Scheckter | Clay Regazzoni | Carlos Reutemann | Jody Scheckter | |
| 1977 | #20 Jody Scheckter | Niki Lauda | Carlos Reutemann | John Watson | |
| 1976 | #1 Niki Lauda | Jody Scheckter | Patrick Depailler | Niki Lauda | |
| 1975 | #12 Niki Lauda | Emerson Fittipaldi | Carlos Pace | Niki Lauda | |
| 1974 | #1 Ronnie Peterson | Jody Scheckter | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Niki Lauda | |
| 1973 | #5 Jackie Stewart | Emerson Fittipaldi | Ronnie Peterson | Jackie Stewart | |
| 1972 | #17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Jacky Ickx | Emerson Fittipaldi | Emerson Fittipaldi | |
| 1971 | #11 Jackie Stewart | Ronnie Peterson | Jacky Ickx | Jackie Stewart | |
| 1970 | #3 Jochen Rindt | Jack Brabham | Henri Pescarolo | Jackie Stewart | |
| 1969 | #1 Graham Hill | Piers Courage | Jo Siffert | Jackie Stewart | |
| 1968 | #9 Graham Hill | Richard Attwood | Lucien Bianchi | Graham Hill | |
| 1967 | #9 Denny Hulme | Graham Hill | Chris Amon | Jack Brabham | |
| 1966 | #12 Jackie Stewart | Lorenzo Bandini | Graham Hill | Jim Clark | |
| 1965 | #3 Graham Hill | Lorenzo Bandini | Jackie Stewart | Graham Hill | |
| 1964 | #8 Graham Hill | Richie Ginther | Peter Arundell | Jim Clark | |
| 1963 | #6 Graham Hill | Richie Ginther | Bruce McLaren | Jim Clark | |
| 1962 | #14 Bruce McLaren | Phil Hill | Lorenzo Bandini | Jim Clark | |
| 1961 | #20 Stirling Moss | Richie Ginther | Phil Hill | Stirling Moss | |
| 1960 | #28 Stirling Moss | Bruce McLaren | Phil Hill | Stirling Moss | |
| 1959 | #24 Jack Brabham | Tony Brooks | Maurice Trintignant | Stirling Moss | |
| 1958 | #20 Maurice Trintignant | Luigi Musso | Peter Collins | Tony Brooks | |
| 1957 | #32 Juan Fangio | Tony Brooks | Masten Gregory | Juan Fangio | |
| 1956 | #28 Stirling Moss | Juan Fangio | Jean Behra | Juan Fangio | |
| 1955 | #44 Maurice Trintignant | Eugenio Castellotti | Jean Behra | Juan Fangio | |
| 1950 | #34 Juan Fangio | Alberto Ascari | Louis Chiron | Juan Fangio |