United States Grand Prix West
Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari) won the 1978 United States Grand Prix West at Long Beach.
Circuit Long Beach
LocationCalifornia, USA
Date2 April 1978
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1 | 80 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | 80 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | 80 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 6 | 80 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 14 | 80 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | 79 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Alan Jones | Williams | 8 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 18 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 20 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 19 | 75 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 11 | 74 | Accident | 0 |
| 13 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 10 | 59 | Accident | 0 |
| 14 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 17 | 50 | Transmission | 0 |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 13 | 43 | Turbo | 0 |
| 16 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | 38 | Accident | 0 |
| 17 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | 27 | Ignition | 0 |
| 18 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 22 | 25 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 19 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 21 | 17 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 20 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 16 | 11 | Brakes | 0 |
| 21 | John Watson | Brabham | 5 | 9 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 22 | James Hunt | McLaren | 7 | 5 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 0 | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 0 | 0 | Accident | 0 |