The Garagiste.

World Championship  ·  Round 4

United States Grand Prix West

1978  ·  Long Beach  ·  2 April 1978  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Carlos Reutemann Ferrari · 01:52:01.301
  2. 2nd Mario Andretti Team Lotus · +11.061
  3. 3rd Patrick Depailler Tyrrell · +28.951

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Carlos Reutemann

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 9

John Watson

Retirement Brabham  —  Gearbox

03 Lap 27

Niki Lauda

Retirement Brabham  —  Ignition

04 Lap 38

Gilles Villeneuve

Retirement Ferrari  —  Accident

05 Lap 59

Jody Scheckter

Retirement Wolf  —  Accident

06 On the Charge

Clay Regazzoni

Shadow  —  P20 → P10

07 Victory

Carlos Reutemann

Ferrari  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 1 80 01:52:01.301 9
2 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 80 +11.061 6
3 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 12 80 +28.951 4
4 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 6 80 +45.603 3
5 Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 80 +1:22.884 2
6 Riccardo Patrese Arrows 9 79 +1 Lap 1
7 Alan Jones Williams 8 79 +1 Lap
8 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 79 +1 Lap
9 Rolf Stommelen Arrows 18 79 +1 Lap
10 Clay Regazzoni Shadow 20 79 +1 Lap
11 Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS 19 75 +5 Laps
12 Patrick Tambay McLaren 11 74 Accident
13 Jody Scheckter Wolf 10 59 Accident
14 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 17 50 Transmission
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 13 43 Turbo
16 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 38 Accident
17 Niki Lauda Brabham 3 27 Ignition
18 Didier Pironi Tyrrell 22 25 Gearbox
19 Arturo Merzario Merzario 21 17 Gearbox
20 Jochen Mass ATS 16 11 Brakes
21 John Watson Brabham 5 9 Gearbox
22 James Hunt McLaren 7 5 Accident
23 Rupert Keegan Surtees 0 Accident
24 Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow 0 Accident

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