Season 1977 · Round 4

United States Grand Prix West

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1977-04-03 · Long Beach · USA · United States Grand Prix West · 80Lap · 260.080km
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus 1:51:35.470
Team win 9pt P1 · P8
11 Niki Lauda
Ferrari +0.773
20 Jody Scheckter
Wolf +4.857
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Ronnie Peterson L62 Clay Regazzoni L57 Hans-Joachim Stuck L53 Alan Jones L40 Jochen Mass L39 Renzo Zorzi L27 Alex Ribeiro L15 Carlos Reutemann L5 Brett Lunger L4 Vittorio Brambilla 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 Andretti · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Andretti AND 1 Andretti AND Lauda · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Lauda LAU 2 Lauda LAU Scheckter · P3 → P3 3 Scheckter SCH 3 Scheckter SCH Depailler · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Depailler DEP 4 Depailler DEP Fittipaldi · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Fittipaldi FIT 5 Fittipaldi FIT Jarier · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Jarier JAR 6 Jarier JAR Hunt · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Hunt HUN 7 Hunt HUN Nilsson · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Nilsson NIL 8 Nilsson NIL Laffite · P5 → P9 · -4 5 Laffite LAF 9 Laffite LAF Henton · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Henton HEN 10 Henton HEN Binder · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Binder BIN 11 Binder BIN Peterson · P10 → retired L62 Peterson · retired L62 10 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Regazzoni · P13 → retired L57 Regazzoni · retired L57 13 Regazzoni REG R Regazzoni REG Stuck · P17 → retired L53 Stuck · retired L53 17 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Jones · P14 → retired L40 Jones · retired L40 14 Jones JON R Jones JON Mass · P15 → retired L39 Mass · retired L39 15 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Watson · P6 → P17 · -11 6 Watson WAT 17 Watson WAT Zorzi · P20 → retired L27 Zorzi · retired L27 20 Zorzi ZOR R Zorzi ZOR Ribeiro · P22 → retired L15 Ribeiro · retired L15 22 Ribeiro RIB R Ribeiro RIB Reutemann · P4 → retired L5 Reutemann · retired L5 4 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Lunger · P21 → retired L4 Lunger · retired L4 21 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Brambilla · P11 → retired L0 Brambilla · retired L0 11 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 80 1:51:35.470 9
2 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 80 +0.773 6
3 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 3 80 +4.857 4
4 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 80 +1:14.487 3
5 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 7 80 +1:20.908 2
6 27 Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 9 79 +1 Lap 1
7 1 James Hunt McLaren 8 79 +1 Lap
8 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 16 79 +1 Lap
9 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 78 Electrical
10 38 Brian Henton March 18 77 +3 Laps
11 18 Hans Binder Surtees 19 77 +3 Laps
R 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 10 62 Fuel system
R 22 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 13 57 Gearbox
R 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 17 53 Brakes
R 17 Alan Jones Shadow 14 40 Gearbox
R 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 15 39 Handling
D 7 John Watson Brabham 6 33 Disqualified
R 16 Renzo Zorzi Shadow 20 27 Gearbox
R 9 Alex Ribeiro March 22 15 Gearbox
R 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 4 5 Accident
R 30 Brett Lunger March 21 4 Accident
R 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 11 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 Niki Lauda
2
5 Mario Andretti
3
20 Jody Scheckter
4
12 Carlos Reutemann
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
7 John Watson
7
28 Emerson Fittipaldi
8
1 James Hunt
9
27 Jean-Pierre Jarier
10
3 Ronnie Peterson
11
19 Vittorio Brambilla
12
4 Patrick Depailler
13
22 Clay Regazzoni
14
17 Alan Jones
15
2 Jochen Mass
16
6 Gunnar Nilsson
17
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
18
38 Brian Henton
19
18 Hans Binder
20
16 Renzo Zorzi
21
30 Brett Lunger
22
9 Alex Ribeiro
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.
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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