1978 Monaco Grand Prix

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.

  1. ^ "Grand Prix Results: Monaco GP, 1978". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

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