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United States Grand Prix West 1978

Round 4 of 16  · 2 April 1978  · Long Beach  · 80 laps

Fastest Lap Alan Jones 1:22.215 (lap 27)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 1:52:01.301 9
2 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 4 +11.061 6
3 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 +28.951 4
4 PET Ronnie Peterson Lotus 6 +45.603 3
5 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 +1:22.884 2
6 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 +1 lap 1
7 JON Alan Jones FL Williams 8 +1 lap
8 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 +1 lap
9 STO Rolf Stommelen Arrows 18 +1 lap
10 REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow 20 +1 lap
11 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 19 +5 laps
12 TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 Accident
DNF SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 10 Accident
DNF BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 17 Transmission
DNF JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 13 Turbo
DNF VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 Accident
DNF LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 3 Ignition
DNF PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 22 Gearbox
DNF MER Arturo Merzario Merzario 21 Gearbox
DNF MAS Jochen Mass ATS 16 Brakes
DNF WAT John Watson Brabham 5 Engine
DNF HUN James Hunt McLaren 7 Accident
DNS KEE Rupert Keegan Surtees Accident in practice
DNS STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow Accident in practice
DNQ LUN Brett Lunger McLaren
DNQ LEO Lamberto Leoni Ensign
DNPQ ROS Keke Rosberg Theodore
DNPQ REB Héctor Rebaque Lotus
DNPQ ONG Danny Ongais Shadow
DNPQ DAL Derek Daly Hesketh

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 REU Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1:20.636
2 VIL Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 1:20.836
3 LAU Niki Lauda Brabham 1:20.937
4 AND Mario Andretti Lotus 1:21.188
5 WAT John Watson Brabham 1:21.244
6 PET Ronnie Peterson Lotus 1:21.474
7 HUN James Hunt McLaren 1:21.738
8 JON Alan Jones Williams 1:21.935
9 PAT Riccardo Patrese Arrows 1:22.006
10 SCH Jody Scheckter Wolf 1:22.163
11 TAM Patrick Tambay McLaren 1:22.234
12 DEP Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 1:22.414
13 JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 1:22.491
14 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:22.630
15 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 1:22.790
16 MAS Jochen Mass ATS 1:23.106
17 BRA Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 1:23.212
18 STO Rolf Stommelen Arrows 1:23.291
19 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 1:23.419
20 REG Clay Regazzoni Shadow 1:23.454
21 MER Arturo Merzario Merzario 1:23.589
22 KEE Rupert Keegan Surtees 1:23.677
23 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 1:23.733
24 PIR Didier Pironi Tyrrell 1:23.792
25 LUN Brett Lunger McLaren 1:23.795
26 LEO Lamberto Leoni Ensign 1:24.008