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1978 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333
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43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

1978 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1978 Formula One season
Race details
Date 7 May 1978
Location Circuit de Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.312 km (2.057 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 248.4 km (154.348 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:28.34
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Time 1:28.65 on lap 72
Podium
First Tyrrell-Ford
Second Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Third Wolf-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1978 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 7 May 1978 at Monaco. It was the fifth race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

The 75-lap race was won by Frenchman Patrick Depailler, driving a Tyrrell-Ford. It was Depailler's first Formula One victory in his 69th Grand Prix.[1] Niki Lauda finished second in a Brabham-Alfa Romeo, with Jody Scheckter third in a Wolf-Ford.

Report

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Carlos Reutemann started on pole with the Brabham duo of John Watson and Niki Lauda second and third. Watson had a good start and led into the first corner, whereas Reutemann collided with James Hunt and had to pit for repairs, which left Patrick Depailler and Lauda second and third. For the first half of the race, the top three remained the same until Watson had an off allowing Depailler and Lauda through, but the latter then suffered a puncture and had to pit for tyres before charging back up and retaking second from Watson towards the end of the race. At the front, Depailler took his first career victory with Lauda second, and Jody Scheckter third after Watson made another mistake in the final laps. Jean-Pierre Jabouille's 10th-place finish was Renault's first race finish.

Classification

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Pre-qualifying classification

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Pos. Driver Constructor Time
1 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:31,31
2 Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford 1:31,88
3 Keke Rosberg Theodore-Ford 1:33,07
4 Derek Daly Hesketh-Ford 1:33,55
5 René Arnoux Martini-Ford 1:33,72
6 Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford 1:34,59
7 Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford 1:34,86
8 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 1:49,43

*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to pre-qualify.

Qualifying classification

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Pos. Driver Constructor Time No
1 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:28,34 1
2 John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:28,83 2
3 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1:28,84 3
4 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:29,10 4
5 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 1:29,14 5
6 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 1:29,22 6
7 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 1:29,23 7
8 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:29,40 8
9 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 1:29,50 9
10 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 1:29,51 10
11 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 1:30,08 11
12 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:30,18 12
13 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 1:30,55 13
14 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 1:30,59 14
15 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:30,60 15
16 Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford 1:30,72 16
17 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford 1:31,30 17
18 Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford 1:31,31 18
19 Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford 1:31,31 19
20 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 1:31,36 20
21 Jochen Mass ATS-Ford 1:31,40 DNQ
22 Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford 1:31,61 DNQ
23 Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS-Ford 1:32,11 DNQ
24 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 1:32,46 DNQ

*Positions in red indicate entries that failed to qualify.

Race classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 France Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford G 75 1:55:14.66 5 9
2 1 Austria Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 75 + 22.45 3 6
3 20 South Africa Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford G 75 + 32.29 9 4
4 2 United Kingdom John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo G 75 + 33.53 2 3
5 3 France Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford G 75 + 1:08.06 13 2
6 35 Italy Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford G 75 + 1:08.77 14 1
7 8 France Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford G 74 + 1 Lap 11
8 11 Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari M 74 + 1 Lap 1
9 14 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford G 74 + 1 Lap 20
10 15 France Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault M 71 + 4 Laps 12
11 5 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford G 69 + 6 Laps 4
Ret 12 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari M 62 Accident 8
Ret 6 Sweden Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford G 56 Gearbox 7
Ret 7 United Kingdom James Hunt McLaren-Ford G 43 Handling 6
Ret 36 West Germany Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford G 38 Driver Unwell 19
Ret 27 Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford G 29 Oil Leak 10
Ret 22 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ensign-Ford G 27 Brakes 16
Ret 16 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow-Ford G 24 Accident 17
Ret 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra G 13 Gearbox 15
Ret 18 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan Surtees-Ford G 8 Transmission 18
DNQ 9 West Germany Jochen Mass ATS-Ford G
DNQ 17 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford G
DNQ 10 France Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS-Ford G
DNQ 19 Italy Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford G
DNPQ 32 Finland Keke Rosberg Theodore-Ford G
DNPQ 24 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Hesketh-Ford G
DNPQ 31 France René Arnoux Martini-Ford G
DNPQ 25 Mexico Héctor Rebaque Lotus-Ford G
DNPQ 30 United States Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford G
DNPQ 37 Italy Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford G
Source:[2][3]

Notes

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  • This was the 10th podium finish for Wolf.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix Results: Monaco GP, 1978". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. ^ "1978 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ "1978 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 7 May 1978. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Monaco 1978 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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