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1976 United States Grand Prix - West Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 3 of 16 Sunday, March 28, 1976 at Long Beach Street Circuit, Long Beach, CA 80 laps on a 3.251 kilometer street course (260.080 kilometers) Time of race: 1:53:18.47 Average speed: 137.716 kph Pole time: 83.099 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 42.414 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1976 Formula One results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 2   Clay Regazzoni Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T / Ferrari 015 80 1:53:18.471 80 9 2 4 1   Niki Lauda Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T / Ferrari 015 80 +42.414 0 6 3 2 4   Patrick Depailler Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 007 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +49.972 0 4 4 12 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS5 / Matra MS73 80 +72.828 0 3 5 14 12   Jochen Mass Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +82.292 0 2 6 16 30   Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar-Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 1 7 7 17   Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN5B / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 0 8 17 22   Chris Amon Team Ensign Ensign N174 / Ford Cosworth DFV 78 +2 laps 0 0 9 13 8   Carlos Pace Martini Racing Brabham BT45 / Alfa Romeo 115-12 77 +3 laps 0 0 10 6 10   Ronnie Peterson March Engineering March 761 / Ford Cosworth DFV 77 +3 laps 0 0 nc 19 19   Alan Jones Durex Team Surtees Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV 70 +10 laps 0 0 nc 9 28   John Watson Citibank Team Penske Penske PC3 / Ford Cosworth DFV 69 +11 laps 0 0 ret 11 3   Jody Scheckter Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 007 / Ford Cosworth DFV 34 suspension 0 0 ret 5 16   Tom Pryce Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN5B / Ford Cosworth DFV 32 halfshaft 0 0 ret 15 27   Mario Andretti Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Parnelli VPJ4B / Ford Cosworth DFV 15 water leak 0 0 ret 3 11   James Hunt Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV 3 crash 0 0 ret 18 34   Hans-Joachim Stuck March Engineering March 761 / Ford Cosworth DFV 2 crash 0 0 ret 20 9   Vittorio Brambilla Beta Team March March 761 / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 crash 0 0 ret 10 7   Carlos Reutemann Martini Racing Brabham BT45 / Alfa Romeo 115-12 0 crash 0 0 ret 8 6   Gunnar Nilsson John Player Team Lotus Lotus 77 / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 suspension 0 0

Fastest Lap: 140.878 kph by Clay Regazzoni Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 21 Michel Leclere 21 Frank Williams Racing Cars 22 Ingo Hoffmann 31 Copersucar-Fittipaldi 23 Arturo Merzario 35 Ovoro Team March 24 Bob Evans 5 John Player Team Lotus 25 Jacky Ickx 20 Frank Williams Racing Cars 26 Harald Ertl 24 Hesketh Racing 27 Brett Lunger 18 Team Surtees Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Clay Regazzoni 1 80 80 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Niki Lauda 24     2   Patrick Depailler 10   -14   3   Clay Regazzoni 9   -15   4   Jochen Mass 7   -17   5   James Hunt 6   -18   6   Jody Scheckter 5   -19   7   Tom Pryce 4   -20   8   Hans-Joachim Stuck 3   -21   8   Jacques Laffite 3   -21   10   John Watson 2   -22   11   Emerson Fittipaldi 1   -23   11   Mario Andretti 1   -23