Season 1978 · Round 15

United States Grand Prix

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1978-10-01 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
11 Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari 1:40:48.800
Team win 9pt P1 · P23
27 Alan Jones
Williams +19.739
20 Jody Scheckter
Wolf +45.701
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
10
Arturo Merzario L46 Michael Bleekemolen L43 Niki Lauda L28 Mario Andretti L27 John Watson L25 Patrick Depailler L23 Gilles Villeneuve L22 Keke Rosberg L21 Hans-Joachim Stuck L1 Hector Rebaque L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 10/20 50%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Watkins Glen New York State, USA
59Lap 320.670km 20 races held (1961–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P6 Carlos Reutemann 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P6 James Hunt 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P16 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Clay Regazzoni 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Reutemann · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Reutemann REU 1 Reutemann REU Jones · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Jones JON 2 Jones JON Scheckter · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Scheckter SCH 3 Scheckter SCH Jabouille · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Jabouille JAB 4 Jabouille JAB Fittipaldi · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Fittipaldi FIT 5 Fittipaldi FIT Tambay · P18 → P6 · +12 18 Tambay TAM 6 Tambay TAM Hunt · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Hunt HUN 7 Hunt HUN Daly · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Daly DAL 8 Daly DAL Arnoux · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Arnoux ARN 9 Arnoux ARN Pironi · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Pironi PIR 10 Pironi PIR Laffite · P10 → P11 · -1 10 Laffite LAF 11 Laffite LAF Rahal · P20 → P12 · +8 20 Rahal RAH 12 Rahal RAH Lunger · P24 → P13 · +11 24 Lunger LUN 13 Lunger LUN Regazzoni · P17 → P14 · +3 17 Regazzoni REG 14 Regazzoni REG Jarier · P8 → P15 · -7 8 Jarier JAR 15 Jarier JAR Stommelen · P22 → P16 · +6 22 Stommelen STO 16 Stommelen STO Merzario · P26 → retired L46 Merzario · retired L46 26 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Bleekemolen · P25 → retired L43 Bleekemolen · retired L43 25 Bleekemolen BLE R Bleekemolen BLE Lauda · P5 → retired L28 Lauda · retired L28 5 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Andretti · P1 → retired L27 Andretti · retired L27 1 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Watson · P7 → retired L25 Watson · retired L25 7 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Depailler · P12 → retired L23 Depailler · retired L23 12 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Villeneuve · P4 → retired L22 Villeneuve · retired L22 4 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Rosberg · P15 → retired L21 Rosberg · retired L21 15 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Stuck · P14 → retired L1 Stuck · retired L1 14 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Rebaque · P23 → retired L0 Rebaque · retired L0 23 Rebaque REB R Rebaque REB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 2 59 1:40:48.800 9
2 27 Alan Jones Williams 3 59 +19.739 6
3 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 11 59 +45.701 4
4 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 9 59 +1:25.007 3
5 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 13 59 +1:28.089 2
6 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 18 59 +1:50.210 1
7 7 James Hunt McLaren 6 58 +1 Lap
8 22 Derek Daly Ensign 19 58 +1 Lap
9 18 René Arnoux Martini 21 58 +1 Lap
10 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 16 58 +1 Lap
11 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 58 +1 Lap
12 21 Bobby Rahal Wolf 20 58 +1 Lap
13 23 Brett Lunger Ensign 24 58 +1 Lap
14 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 17 56 +3 Laps
15 55 Jean-Pierre Jarier Team Lotus 8 55 Out of fuel
16 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 22 54 +5 Laps
R 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario 26 46 Gearbox
R 9 Michael Bleekemolen ATS 25 43 Oil leak
R 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 5 28 Engine
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 1 27 Engine
R 2 John Watson Brabham 7 25 Engine
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 23 Wheel
R 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 4 22 Engine
R 10 Keke Rosberg ATS 15 21 Transmission
R 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 14 1 Fuel system
R 25 Hector Rebaque Team Lotus 23 0 Clutch
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Mario Andretti
2
11 Carlos Reutemann
3
27 Alan Jones
4
12 Gilles Villeneuve
5
1 Niki Lauda
6
7 James Hunt
7
2 John Watson
8
55 Jean-Pierre Jarier
9
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
10
26 Jacques Laffite
11
20 Jody Scheckter
12
4 Patrick Depailler
13
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
14
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck
15
10 Keke Rosberg
16
3 Didier Pironi
17
17 Clay Regazzoni
18
8 Patrick Tambay
19
22 Derek Daly
20
21 Bobby Rahal
21
18 René Arnoux
22
36 Rolf Stommelen
23
25 Hector Rebaque
24
23 Brett Lunger
25
9 Michael Bleekemolen
26
37 Arturo Merzario
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.
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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