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1978 United States Grand Prix West
Sun, April 2nd, 1978
Round 4
Track:
Circuit of Long Beach
Official race name:
IV Grand Prix of Long Beach
Round:
4
(of 16)
Race number:
301
Date:
Sun, April 2nd, 1978
Time:
14.00
Track length:
3.251 km
Laps:
80
Race distance:
261.705 km
Weather:
Sunny, mild and dry
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qualifying
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
11
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
80
1:52:01.301
140.172
1
9
2
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
80
+ 11.061 secs
139.942
4
6
3
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
80
+ 28.951 secs
139.571
12
4
4
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
80
+ 45.603 secs
139.227
6
3
5
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
80
+ 1m 22.884 secs
138.464
14
2
6
35
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
79
+ 1 Lap
138.019
9
1
7
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
79
+ 1 Lap
137.187
8
8
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
79
+ 1 Lap
137.094
15
9
36
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
79
+ 1 Lap
137.059
18
10
17
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
79
+ 1 Lap
137.016
20
11
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
75
+ 5 Laps
130.516
19
12
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
74
Accident
11
Ret
20
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
59
Accident
10
Ret
19
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
50
Transmission
17
Ret
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
43
Turbo
13
Ret
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
38
Accident
2
Ret
1
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
27
Ignition
3
Ret
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
25
Gearbox
22
Ret
37
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
17
Gearbox
21
Ret
9
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
11
Brakes
16
Ret
2
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
9
Gearbox
5
Ret
7
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
5
Accident
7
DNS
18
Rupert Keegan
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
Accident
DNS
16
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
Accident
DNQ
30
Brett Lunger
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
DNQ
22
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
DNPQ
32
Keke Rosberg
Theodore-Ford Cosworth
DNPQ
25
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
DNPQ
39
Danny Ongais
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
DNPQ
24
Derek Daly
Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:
1:22.215 -
Alan Jones
(Lap 27)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:20.836
1
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:20.636
R
o
w
2
4
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:21.188
3
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:20.937
R
o
w
3
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:21.474
5
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:21.244
R
o
w
4
8
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:21.935
7
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:21.738
R
o
w
5
10
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:22.163
9
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:22.006
R
o
w
6
12
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:22.414
11
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:22.234
R
o
w
7
14
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
1:22.630
13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:22.491
R
o
w
8
16
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:23.106
15
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:22.790
R
o
w
9
18
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:23.291
17
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:23.212
R
o
w
10
20
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:23.454
19
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:23.419
R
o
w
11
22
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:23.792
21
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:23.589
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
11
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
1:20.636
100.0
145.141
2
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
1:20.836
0.200
100.2
144.782
3
1
Niki Lauda
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:20.937
0.301
100.4
144.601
4
5
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:21.188
0.552
100.7
144.154
5
2
John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
1:21.244
0.608
100.8
144.055
6
6
Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:21.474
0.838
101.0
143.648
7
7
James Hunt
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:21.738
1.102
101.4
143.184
8
27
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford Cosworth
1:21.935
1.299
101.6
142.840
9
35
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:22.006
1.370
101.7
142.716
10
20
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
1:22.163
1.527
101.9
142.444
11
8
Patrick Tambay
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:22.234
1.598
102.0
142.321
12
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:22.414
1.778
102.2
142.010
13
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
1:22.491
1.855
102.3
141.877
14
26
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Matra
1:22.630
1.994
102.5
141.639
15
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
1:22.790
2.154
102.7
141.365
16
9
Jochen Mass
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:23.106
2.470
103.1
140.827
17
19
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:23.212
2.576
103.2
140.648
18
36
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1:23.291
2.655
103.3
140.515
19
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS-Ford Cosworth
1:23.419
2.783
103.5
140.299
20
17
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:23.454
2.818
103.5
140.240
21
37
Arturo Merzario
Merzario-Ford Cosworth
1:23.589
2.953
103.7
140.014
22
3
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1:23.792
3.156
103.9
139.674
(23)
30
Brett Lunger
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
1:23.795
3.159
103.9
139.669
(24)
22
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign-Ford Cosworth
1:24.008
3.372
104.2
139.315
(25)
32
Keke Rosberg
Theodore-Ford Cosworth
1:25.785
5.149
106.4
136.429
(26)
25
Hector Rebaque
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1:26.128
5.492
106.8
135.886
(27)
39
Danny Ongais
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:26.150
5.514
106.8
135.851
(28)
24
Derek Daly
Hesketh-Ford Cosworth
1:26.635
5.999
107.4
135.091
(29)
18
Rupert Keegan
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
1:23.677
3.041
103.8
139.866
(30)
16
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
1:23.733
3.097
103.8
139.773
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Carlos Reutemann
18
2
Mario Andretti
18
3
Ronnie Peterson
14
4
4
Patrick Depailler
14
4
5
Niki Lauda
10
8
6
Emerson Fittipaldi
6
12
7
John Watson
4
14
8
Jacques Laffite
4
14
9
Alan Jones
3
15
10
James Hunt
3
15
11
Clay Regazzoni
2
16
12
Didier Pironi
2
16
13
Riccardo Patrese
1
17
14
Patrick Tambay
1
17
15
Jochen Mass
0
18
16
Jean-Pierre Jarier
0
18
17
Gilles Villeneuve
0
18
18
Rolf Stommelen
0
18
19
Jody Scheckter
0
18
20
Hector Rebaque
0
18
21
Brett Lunger
0
18
22
Vittorio Brambilla
0
18
23
Hans-Joachim Stuck
0
18
P
Constructor
Pts
1
Lotus-Ford Cosworth
27
2
Ferrari
18
9
3
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
15
12
4
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
14
13
5
Copersucar-Ford Cosworth
6
21
6
Ligier-Matra
4
23
7
McLaren-Ford Cosworth
3
24
8
Williams-Ford Cosworth
3
24
9
Shadow-Ford Cosworth
2
25
10
Arrows-Ford Cosworth
1
26
11
ATS-Ford Cosworth
0
27
12
Wolf-Ford Cosworth
0
27
13
Surtees-Ford Cosworth
0
27
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