The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 5

Monaco Grand Prix

1978  ·  Circuit de Monaco  ·  7 May 1978  ·  75 laps

  1. 1st Patrick Depailler Tyrrell · 01:55:14.66
  2. 2nd Niki Lauda Brabham · +22.45
  3. 3rd Jody Scheckter Wolf · +32.29

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Carlos Reutemann

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 43

James Hunt

Retirement McLaren  —  Handling

03 Lap 56

Ronnie Peterson

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Gearbox

04 Lap 62

Gilles Villeneuve

Retirement Ferrari  —  Accident

05 On the Charge

Emerson Fittipaldi

Fittipaldi  —  P20 → P9

06 Victory

Patrick Depailler

Tyrrell  —  Won from P5

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 5 75 01:55:14.66 9
2 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 75 +22.45 6
3 Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 75 +32.29 4
4 John Watson Brabham 2 75 +33.53 3
5 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 13 75 +1:08.060 2
6 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 14 75 +1:08.770 1
7 Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 74 +1 Lap
8 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 74 +1 Lap
9 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 20 74 +1 Lap
10 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 12 71 +4 Laps
11 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 69 +6 Laps
12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 8 62 Accident
13 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 7 56 Gearbox
14 James Hunt McLaren 6 43 Handling
15 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 19 38 Driver unwell
16 Alan Jones Williams 10 29 Oil leak
17 Jacky Ickx Ensign 16 27 Brakes
18 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 17 24 Accident
19 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 13 Gearbox
20 Rupert Keegan Surtees 18 8 Transmission

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