Season 1976 · Round 3

United States Grand Prix West

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1976-03-28 · Long Beach · USA · United States Grand Prix West · 80Lap · 260.080km
2 Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari 1:53:18.471
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
1 Niki Lauda
Ferrari +42.414
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell +49.972
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Alan Jones L70 John Watson L69 Jody Scheckter L34 Tom Pryce L32 Mario Andretti L15 James Hunt L3 Hans-Joachim Stuck L2 Vittorio Brambilla L0 Carlos Reutemann L0 Gunnar Nilsson L0
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
Long Beach California, USA
80Lap 260.080km 8 races held (1976–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Mario Andretti 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Clay Regazzoni 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Niki Lauda 1 wins · GP #1
Pole Position
P1 Clay Regazzoni 1 · GP #1
P1 Niki Lauda 1 · GP #1
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Niki Lauda 4 · GP #1
P2 Mario Andretti 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Patrick Depailler 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
Starts
P1 Jean-Pierre Jarier 8 starts · GP #1
P1 John Watson 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Jacques Laffite 8 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Regazzoni · P1 → P1 1 Regazzoni REG 1 Regazzoni REG Lauda · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Lauda LAU 2 Lauda LAU Depailler · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Depailler DEP 3 Depailler DEP Laffite · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Laffite LAF 4 Laffite LAF Mass · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Mass MAS 5 Mass MAS Fittipaldi · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Fittipaldi FIT 6 Fittipaldi FIT Jarier · P7 → P7 7 Jarier JAR 7 Jarier JAR Amon · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Amon AMO 8 Amon AMO Pace · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Pace PAC 9 Pace PAC Peterson · P6 → P10 · -4 6 Peterson PET 10 Peterson PET Jones · P19 → retired L70 Jones · retired L70 19 Jones JON R Jones JON Watson · P9 → retired L69 Watson · retired L69 9 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Scheckter · P11 → retired L34 Scheckter · retired L34 11 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Pryce · P5 → retired L32 Pryce · retired L32 5 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Andretti · P15 → retired L15 Andretti · retired L15 15 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Hunt · P3 → retired L3 Hunt · retired L3 3 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Stuck · P18 → retired L2 Stuck · retired L2 18 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Brambilla · P20 → retired L0 Brambilla · retired L0 20 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Reutemann · P10 → retired L0 Reutemann · retired L0 10 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Nilsson · P8 → retired L0 Nilsson · retired L0 8 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1 80 1:53:18.471 9
2 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 4 80 +42.414 6
3 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 2 80 +49.972 4
4 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 80 +1:12.828 3
5 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 14 80 +1:22.292 2
6 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 79 +1 Lap 1
7 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 7 79 +1 Lap
8 21 Chris Amon Ensign 17 78 +2 Laps
9 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 13 77 +3 Laps
10 10 Ronnie Peterson March 6 77 +3 Laps
R 19 Alan Jones Surtees 19 70 Not classified
R 28 John Watson Penske 9 69 Not classified
R 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 11 34 Suspension
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 5 32 Halfshaft
R 5 Mario Andretti Parnelli 15 15 Water leak
R 11 James Hunt McLaren 3 3 Accident
R 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 18 2 Accident
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 20 0 Accident
R 35 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 10 0 Accident
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 8 0 Suspension
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Clay Regazzoni
2
4 Patrick Depailler
3
11 James Hunt
4
1 Niki Lauda
5
16 Tom Pryce
6
10 Ronnie Peterson
7
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
8
6 Gunnar Nilsson
9
28 John Watson
10
35 Carlos Reutemann
11
3 Jody Scheckter
12
26 Jacques Laffite
13
8 Carlos Pace
14
12 Jochen Mass
15
5 Mario Andretti
16
30 Emerson Fittipaldi
17
21 Chris Amon
18
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
19
19 Alan Jones
20
9 Vittorio Brambilla
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15