The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 4

United States Grand Prix West

1977  ·  Long Beach  ·  3 April 1977  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Mario Andretti Team Lotus · 01:51:35.47
  2. 2nd Niki Lauda Ferrari · +0.773
  3. 3rd Jody Scheckter Wolf · +4.857

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Niki Lauda

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 5

Carlos Reutemann

Retirement Ferrari  —  Accident

03 Lap 33

John Watson

Retirement Brabham  —  Disqualified

04 Lap 57

Clay Regazzoni

Retirement Ensign  —  Gearbox

05 Lap 62

Ronnie Peterson

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Fuel system

06 On the Charge

Patrick Depailler

Tyrrell  —  P12 → P4

07 Victory

Mario Andretti

Team Lotus  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 2 80 01:51:35.47 9
2 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 80 +0.773 6
3 Jody Scheckter Wolf 3 80 +4.857 4
4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 80 +1:14.487 3
5 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 7 80 +1:20.908 2
6 Jean-Pierre Jarier Penske 9 79 +1 Lap 1
7 James Hunt McLaren 8 79 +1 Lap
8 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 16 79 +1 Lap
9 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 78 Electrical
10 Brian Henton March 18 77 +3 Laps
11 Hans Binder Surtees 19 77 +3 Laps
12 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 10 62 Fuel system
13 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 13 57 Gearbox
14 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 17 53 Brakes
15 Alan Jones Shadow 14 40 Gearbox
16 Jochen Mass McLaren 15 39 Handling
17 John Watson Brabham 6 33 Disqualified
18 Renzo Zorzi Shadow 20 27 Gearbox
19 Alex Ribeiro March 22 15 Gearbox
20 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 4 5 Accident
21 Brett Lunger March 21 4 Accident
22 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 11 0 Accident

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