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1978 United States Grand Prix - West Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 4 of 16 Sunday, April 2, 1978 at Long Beach Street Circuit, Long Beach, CA 80 laps on a 3.251 kilometer street course (260.080 kilometers) Time of race: 1:52:01:30 Average speed: 139.297 kph Pole time: 80.636 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 11.061 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1978 Formula One results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 11   Carlos Reutemann Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 80 1:52:01.301 42 9 2 4 5   Mario Andretti John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +11.061 0 6 3 12 4   Patrick Depailler Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +28.951 0 4 4 6 6   Ronnie Peterson John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV 80 +45.603 0 3 5 14 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS7 / Matra MS76 80 +82.884 0 2 6 9 35   Riccardo Patrese Arrows Racing Team Arrows FA1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 1 7 8 27   Alan Jones Williams Grand Prix Engineering Williams FW06 / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 0 8 15 14   Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi Automotive Fittipaldi F5A / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 0 9 18 36   Rolf Stommelen Arrows Racing Team Arrows FA1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 0 10 20 17   Clay Regazzoni Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 79 +1 lap 0 0 11 19 10   Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS Racing Team ATS HS1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 75 +5 laps 0 0 12 11 8   Patrick Tambay Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 74 crash 0 0 ret 10 20   Jody Scheckter Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR4 / Ford Cosworth DFV 59 crash 0 0 ret 17 19   Vittorio Brambilla Beta Team Surtees Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV 50 transmission 0 0 ret 13 15   Jean-Pierre Jabouille Equipe Renault Elf Renault RS01 / Renault-Gordini EF1 43 turbo 0 0 ret 2 12   Gilles Villeneuve Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T3 / Ferrari 015 38 crash 38 0 ret 3 1   Niki Lauda Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46 / Alfa Romeo 1260 27 ignition 0 0 ret 22 3   Didier Pironi Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 008 / Ford Cosworth DFV 25 gearbox 0 0 ret 21 37   Arturo Merzario Team Merzario Merzario A1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 17 gearbox 0 0 ret 16 9   Jochen Mass ATS Racing Team ATS HS1 / Ford Cosworth DFV 11 brakes 0 0 ret 5 2   John Watson Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT46 / Alfa Romeo 1260 9 gearbox 0 0 ret 7 7   James Hunt Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV 5 crash 0 0 dns 23 18   Rupert Keegan Durex Team Surtees Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 did not start 0 0 dns 24 16   Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV 0 did not start 0 0

Fastest Lap: 142.354 kph by Alan Jones Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 25 Brett Lunger 30 Liggett Group/BS Fabrications 26 Lamberto Leoni 22 Team Tissot Ensign 27 Keke Rosberg 32 Theodore Racing Hong Kong 28 Hector Rebaque 25 Team Rebaque 29 Danny Ongais 39 Interscope Racing 30 Derek Daly 24 Olympus Camera Hesketh Racing Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Gilles Villeneuve 1 38 38   Carlos Reutemann 39 80 42 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Carlos Reutemann 18     1   Mario Andretti 18   0   3   Ronnie Peterson 14   -4   3   Patrick Depailler 14   -4   5   Niki Lauda 10   -8   6   Emerson Fittipaldi 6   -12   7   Jacques Laffite 4   -14   7   John Watson 4   -14   9   James Hunt 3   -15   9   Alan Jones 3   -15   11   Didier Pironi 2   -16   11   Clay Regazzoni 2   -16   13   Patrick Tambay 1   -17   13   Riccardo Patrese 1   -17