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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