1978 / ROUND 4

United States Grand Prix West

1978-04-02 · Long Beach

WinnerCarlos ReutemannPublished race classification

Official poleCarlos ReutemannSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance260.08 km80 laps

Race entries30Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	1	1	80	1:52:01.301	9
2	Mario Andretti	Lotus	4	4	80	1:52:12.362	6
3	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	12	12	80	1:52:30.252	4
4	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	6	6	80	1:52:46.904	3
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	14	14	80	1:53:24.185	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	9	9	79	+1 lap	1
7	Alan Jones	Williams	8	8	79	+1 lap	0
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	15	15	79	+1 lap	0
9	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	18	18	79	+1 lap	0
10	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	20	20	79	+1 lap	0
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	ATS	19	19	75	+5 laps	0
12	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	11	11	74	Accident	0
DNF	Jody Scheckter	Wolf	10	10	59	Accident	0
DNF	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees	17	17	50	Transmission	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	13	13	43	Turbo	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	2	2	38	Accident	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	3	3	27	Ignition	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	24	22	25	Gearbox	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	21	21	17	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	ATS	16	16	11	Brakes	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	5	5	9	Engine	0
DNF	James Hunt	McLaren	7	7	5	Accident	0
DNS	Rupert Keegan	Surtees	22	—	—	Accident in practice	0
DNS	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	23	—	—	Accident in practice	0
DNQ	Brett Lunger	McLaren	25	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Lamberto Leoni	Ensign	26	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Keke Rosberg	Theodore	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Héctor Rebaque	Lotus	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Danny Ongais	Shadow	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Derek Daly	Hesketh	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Carlos Reutemann	1:20.636
2	Gilles Villeneuve	1:20.836
3	Niki Lauda	1:20.937
4	Mario Andretti	1:21.188
5	John Watson	1:21.244
6	Ronnie Peterson	1:21.474
7	James Hunt	1:21.738
8	Alan Jones	1:21.935
9	Riccardo Patrese	1:22.006
10	Jody Scheckter	1:22.163
11	Patrick Tambay	1:22.234
12	Patrick Depailler	1:22.414
13	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1:22.491
14	Jacques Laffite	1:22.630
15	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:22.790
16	Jochen Mass	1:23.106
17	Vittorio Brambilla	1:23.212
18	Rolf Stommelen	1:23.291
19	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:23.419
20	Clay Regazzoni	1:23.454
21	Arturo Merzario	1:23.589
22	Rupert Keegan	1:23.677
23	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1:23.733
24	Didier Pironi	1:23.792
25	Brett Lunger	1:23.795
26	Lamberto Leoni	1:24.008

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.