The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 3

United States Grand Prix West

1976  ·  Long Beach  ·  28 March 1976  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Clay Regazzoni Ferrari · 01:53:18.471
  2. 2nd Niki Lauda Ferrari · +42.414
  3. 3rd Patrick Depailler Tyrrell · +49.972

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Clay Regazzoni

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 3

James Hunt

Retirement McLaren  —  Accident

03 Lap 32

Tom Pryce

Retirement Shadow  —  Halfshaft

04 Lap 69

John Watson

Retirement Penske  —  Not classified

05 Lap 70

Alan Jones

Retirement Surtees  —  Not classified

06 On the Charge

Emerson Fittipaldi

Fittipaldi  —  P16 → P6

07 Victory

Clay Regazzoni

Ferrari  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 1 80 01:53:18.471 9
2 Niki Lauda Ferrari 4 80 +42.414 6
3 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 2 80 +49.972 4
4 Jacques Laffite Ligier 12 80 +1:12.828 3
5 Jochen Mass McLaren 14 80 +1:22.292 2
6 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 16 79 +1 Lap 1
7 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 7 79 +1 Lap
8 Chris Amon Ensign 17 78 +2 Laps
9 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 13 77 +3 Laps
10 Ronnie Peterson March 6 77 +3 Laps
11 Alan Jones Surtees 19 70 Not classified
12 John Watson Penske 9 69 Not classified
13 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 11 34 Suspension
14 Tom Pryce Shadow 5 32 Halfshaft
15 Mario Andretti Parnelli 15 15 Water leak
16 James Hunt McLaren 3 3 Accident
17 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 18 2 Accident
18 Vittorio Brambilla March 20 0 Accident
19 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo 10 0 Accident
20 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 8 0 Suspension

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