Season 1978 · Round 4

United States Grand Prix West

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1978-04-02 · Long Beach · USA · United States Grand Prix West · 80Lap · 260.080km
11 Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari 1:52:01.301
Team win 9pt P1 · P16
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus +11.061
Team win 9pt P2 · P4
4 Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell +28.951
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Jody Scheckter L59 Vittorio Brambilla L50 Jean-Pierre Jabouille L43 Gilles Villeneuve L38 Niki Lauda L27 Didier Pironi L25 Arturo Merzario L17 Jochen Mass L11 John Watson L9 James Hunt L5
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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 Reutemann · P1 → P1 1 Reutemann REU 1 Reutemann REU Andretti · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Andretti AND 2 Andretti AND Depailler · P12 → P3 · +9 12 Depailler DEP 3 Depailler DEP Peterson · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Peterson PET 4 Peterson PET Laffite · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Laffite LAF 5 Laffite LAF Patrese · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Patrese PAT 6 Patrese PAT Jones · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Jones JON 7 Jones JON Fittipaldi · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Fittipaldi FIT 8 Fittipaldi FIT Stommelen · P18 → P9 · +9 18 Stommelen STO 9 Stommelen STO Regazzoni · P20 → P10 · +10 20 Regazzoni REG 10 Regazzoni REG Jarier · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Jarier JAR 11 Jarier JAR Tambay · P11 → P12 · -1 11 Tambay TAM 12 Tambay TAM Scheckter · P10 → retired L59 Scheckter · retired L59 10 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Brambilla · P17 → retired L50 Brambilla · retired L50 17 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Jabouille · P13 → retired L43 Jabouille · retired L43 13 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Villeneuve · P2 → retired L38 Villeneuve · retired L38 2 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Lauda · P3 → retired L27 Lauda · retired L27 3 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Pironi · P22 → retired L25 Pironi · retired L25 22 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Merzario · P21 → retired L17 Merzario · retired L17 21 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Mass · P16 → retired L11 Mass · retired L11 16 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Watson · P5 → retired L9 Watson · retired L9 5 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Hunt · P7 → retired L5 Hunt · retired L5 7 Hunt HUN R Hunt HUN Keegan · pit lane → P23 · +2 — Keegan KEE 23 Keegan KEE Stuck · pit lane → P24 · +2 — Stuck STU 24 Stuck STU
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 80 1:52:01.301 9
2 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 80 +11.061 6
3 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 80 +28.951 4
4 6 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 6 80 +45.603 3
5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 80 +1:22.884 2
6 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 79 +1 Lap 1
7 27 Alan Jones Williams 8 79 +1 Lap
8 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 79 +1 Lap
9 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 18 79 +1 Lap
10 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 20 79 +1 Lap
11 55 Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 19 75 +5 Laps
12 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 74 Accident
R 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 10 59 Accident
R 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 17 50 Transmission
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 13 43 Turbo
R 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 38 Accident
R 1 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 27 Ignition
R 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 22 25 Gearbox
R 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario 21 17 Gearbox
R 9 Jochen Mass ATS 16 11 Brakes
R 2 John Watson Brabham 5 9 Gearbox
R 7 James Hunt McLaren 7 5 Accident
W 18 Rupert Keegan Surtees 0 0 Accident
W 16 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 0 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 Carlos Reutemann
2
12 Gilles Villeneuve
3
1 Niki Lauda
4
5 Mario Andretti
5
2 John Watson
6
6 Ronnie Peterson
7
7 James Hunt
8
27 Alan Jones
9
35 Riccardo Patrese
10
20 Jody Scheckter
11
8 Patrick Tambay
12
4 Patrick Depailler
13
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
14
26 Jacques Laffite
15
14 Emerson Fittipaldi
16
9 Jochen Mass
17
19 Vittorio Brambilla
18
36 Rolf Stommelen
19
55 Jean-Pierre Jarier
20
17 Clay Regazzoni
21
37 Arturo Merzario
22
3 Didier Pironi
PIT
18 Rupert Keegan pit lane start
PIT
16 Hans-Joachim Stuck pit lane start
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.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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