Circuit de Monaco · 7 May 1978
Patrick Depailler won the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix for Tyrrell from 5th on the grid, 22.45s ahead of Niki Lauda. Emerson Fittipaldi gained the most places, from 20th on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrrell Depailler 9 + Pironi 2 | Depailler 9 + Pironi 2 | 11 | |
| 2 | Brabham Lauda 6 + Watson 3 | Lauda 6 + Watson 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | Wolf Scheckter 4 | Scheckter 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Arrows Patrese 1 + Stommelen 0 | Patrese 1 + Stommelen 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | McLaren Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 | Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Ferrari Reutemann 0 + Villeneuve 0 | Reutemann 0 + Villeneuve 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Renault Jabouille 0 | Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Team Lotus Andretti 0 + Peterson 0 | Andretti 0 + Peterson 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Williams Jones 0 | Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Ensign Ickx 0 | Ickx 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Shadow Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Surtees Keegan 0 | Keegan 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | 1:55:14.660 | 75 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | +22.450s | 75 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | +32.290s | 75 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | +33.530s | 75 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:08.060 | 75 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +1:08.770 | 75 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 74 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | +4 Laps | 71 | — | — | |
| 11 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +6 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Accident | 62 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Gearbox | 56 | — | — | |
| DNF | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | DNF Handling | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Rolf Stommelen Arrows | Arrows | DNF Driver unwell | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Oil leak | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacky Ickx Ensign | Ensign | DNF Brakes | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | DNF Accident | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Gearbox | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Rupert Keegan Surtees | Surtees | DNF Transmission | 8 | — | — |