1978 Monaco Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 5th of 16 races of the 1978 World Automobile Championship | ||
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| Surname: | XXXVI Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | |
| Date: | May 7, 1978 | |
| Place: | Monaco | |
| Course: | Circuit de Monaco | |
| Length: | 248.4 km in 75 laps of 3.312 km
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| Weather: | cloudy but dry | |
| Spectator: | ~ 70,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Carlos Reutemann
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 Ferrari
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| Time: | 1: 28.34 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Niki Lauda
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 Brabham
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| Time: | 1: 28.65 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
 Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell
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| Second: |
Niki Lauda
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Brabham
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| Third: |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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 wolf
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The 1978 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 7th and was the fifth race of the 1978 World Automobile Championship .
Reports
background
Formula 1 kicked off the European season with the fifth round of the World Championship. The field was almost unchanged compared to the Long Beach Grand Prix a month earlier. One of the few exceptions was the Formula 1 comeback of Jacky Ickx after a break of about a year instead of Lamberto Leoni at Ensign . In addition, the Martini team competed again.
The Surtees team used a copy of the new TS20 car for the first time . The vehicle was driven by Vittorio Brambilla .
training
Due to a starter limitation to 20 vehicles, a pre-qualification was necessary again in view of the entry list, which included 30 potential participants, at the end of which the six slowest drivers were eliminated. Four other non-participants were identified during regular training.
Carlos Reutemann secured pole position for the second time in a row, closely followed by the two Brabham drivers John Watson and Niki Lauda and Mario Andretti in a Lotus . Patrick Depailler and James Hunt formed the third row on the grid .
run
The best starts went to Watson, who took the lead, and Depailler, who finished second. Reutemann dueled Lauda for third place ahead of Hunt in fifth. During the first round there was a contact between the two duelists. Hunt had to evade and touched the wall. While Lauda was able to continue the race in third place in front of Mario Andretti, Jody Scheckter and Alan Jones , Reutemann and Hunt had to head to the pit to have repairs carried out.
On the 38th lap, Watson had to surrender the lead to Depailler after a driving error. Lauda also passed Watson, but had to go to the pits a short time later due to a puncture.
Patrick Depailler won a Grand Prix for the first time and thus took the lead in the World Cup. By the end of the race, Niki Lauda made it back to second place ahead of Jody Scheckter, John Watson, Didier Pironi and Riccardo Patrese .
Registration list
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Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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1: 28.34 | 134.969 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 28.83 | 134.225 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Niki Lauda
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 28.84 | 134.210 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
 Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 29.10 | 133.818 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 29.14 | 133.758 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 29.22 | 133.638 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
 Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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1: 29.23 | 133.623 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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1: 29.40 | 133.369 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford
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1: 29.50 | 133.220 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
 Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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1: 29.51 | 133.205 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Patrick Tambay
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 30.08 | 132.362 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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1: 30.18 | 132.216 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Didier Pironi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 30.55 | 131.675 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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1: 30.59 | 131.617 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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1: 30.60 | 131.603 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
 Jacky Ickx
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 30.72 | 131.429 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
 Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Shadow Ford
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1: 31.30 | 130.594 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Rupert Keegan
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 31.31 | 130.579 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Rolf Stommelen
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Arrows Ford
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1: 31.31 | 130.579 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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1: 31.36 | 130.508 km / h | 20th |
| DNQ |
Jochen Mass
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ATS Ford
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1: 31.40 | 130.451 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Shadow Ford
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1: 31.61 | 130.152 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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ATS Ford
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1: 32.11 | 129.445 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 32.46 | 128.955 km / h | - |
| DNPQ |
 Keke Rosberg
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Theodore Ford
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1: 33.07 | 128.110 km / h | - |
| DNPQ |
 Derek Daly
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Hesketh-Ford
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1: 33.55 | 127.453 km / h | - |
| DNPQ |
René Arnoux
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Martini Ford
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1: 33.72 | 127.222 km / h | - |
| DNPQ |
 Hector Rebaque
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Lotus Ford
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1: 34.59 | 126.051 km / h | - |
| DNPQ |
Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 34.86 | 125.693 km / h | - |
| DNPQ |
Arturo Merzario
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Merzario-Ford
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1: 49.43 | 108.957 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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75 | 0 | 1: 55: 14.66 | 5 | 1: 30.97 | |
| 2 |
Niki Lauda
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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75 | 1 | + 22.45 | 3 | 1: 28.65 | |
| 3 |
Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford
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75 | 0 | + 32.29 | 9 | 1: 31.09 | |
| 4th |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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75 | 0 | + 33.53 | 2 | 1: 31.59 | |
| 5 |
Didier Pironi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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75 | 0 | +1: 08.06 | 13 | 1: 31.38 | |
| 6th |
Riccardo Patrese
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Arrows Ford
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75 | 0 | +1: 08.77 | 14th | 1: 30.57 | |
| 7th |
Patrick Tambay
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McLaren-Ford
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 11 | 1: 32.32 | |
| 8th |
Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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74 | 1 | + 1 lap | 1 | 1: 31.19 | |
| 9 |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Fittipaldi-Ford
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74 | 0 | + 1 lap | 20th | 1: 31.89 | |
| 10 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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Renault
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71 | 0 | + 4 rounds | 12 | 1: 33.04 | |
| 11 |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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69 | 0 | + 6 rounds | 4th | 1: 31.83 | |
| - |
Gilles Villeneuve
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Ferrari
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62 | 0 | DNF | 8th | 1: 31.57 | accident |
| - |
Ronnie Peterson
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Lotus Ford
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55 | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 31.08 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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42 | 1 | DNF | 6th | 1: 31.47 | Suspension damage |
| - |
Rolf Stommelen
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Arrows Ford
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36 | 0 | DNF | 19th | 1: 34.84 | task |
| - |
Alan Jones
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Williams-Ford
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29 | 0 | DNF | 10 | 1: 31.30 | Engine failure |
| - |
Jacky Ickx
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Ensign-Ford
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26th | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 33.15 | Brake defect |
| - |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Shadow Ford
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24 | 1 | DNF | 17th | 1: 33.25 | Collision damage |
| - |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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11 | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 33.51 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Rupert Keegan
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Surtees-Ford
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8th | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 33.51 | defective power transmission |
World Cup stands after the race
The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 5, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on August 5, 2012)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 5, 2012)
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