Race Result
| GP n. 302 - 07/05/1978 - Grand Prix of Monaco Circuit de Monte Carlo |
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| Winner: | Patrick Depailler / Tyrrell-Ford - 1:55'14.66 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Carlos Reutemann / Ferrari - 1:28.34 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Niki Lauda / Brabham-Alfa Romeo - 1:28.65 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 75 | 1:55'14.66 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 75 | + 22.45 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 20 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 75 | + 32.29 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 |  John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 75 | + 33.53 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 75 | + 1'08.06 | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | 35 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 75 | + 1'08.77 | 14 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 74 | + 1 lap | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | 11 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 74 | + 1 lap | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 74 | + 1 lap | 20 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 71 | + 4 laps | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | 5 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 69 | + 6 laps | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 62 | accident | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Ronnie Peterson |
Lotus-Ford | 56 | gear box | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 | James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 43 | handling | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 36 |  Rolf Stommelen |
Arrows-Ford | 38 | driver unwell | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 29 | oil leak | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ensign-Ford | 27 | brakes | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
Shadow-Ford | 24 | accident | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 13 | gear box | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 | Rupert Keegan |
Surtees-Ford | 8 | transmission | 18 | 0 |
| Dnq | 9 | Jochen Mass |
ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 10 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
ATS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 24 |  Derek Daly |
Hesketh-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 25 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 31 | Rene Arnoux |
Martini-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 30 | Brett Lunger |
McLaren-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 37 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 17 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Shadow-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla |
Surtees-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 32 |  Keke Rosberg |
Theodore-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||