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02 Apr 1978

1978 USA West Grand Prix

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 11 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 80 1:52'01.301 1 9
2 5 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 80 + 11.061 4 6
3 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 80 + 28.951 12 4
4 6 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 80 + 45.603 6 3
5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 80 + 1'22.884 14 2
6 35 Riccardo Patrese Arrows-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 9 1
7 27 Alan Jones Williams-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 8
8 14 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 15
9 36 Rolf Stommelen Arrows-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 18
10 17 Clay Regazzoni Shadow-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 20
11 10 Jean Pierre Jarier ATS-Ford 75 + 5 Laps 19
12 8 Patrick Tambay McLaren-Ford 74 Accident 11
Ret 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford 59 Accident 10
Ret 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees-Ford 50 Transmission 17
Ret 15 Jean Pierre Jabouille Renault 43 Turbo 13
Ret 12 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 38 Accident 2
Ret 1 Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo 27 Ignition 3
Ret 3 Didier Pironi Tyrrell-Ford 25 Gear Box 22
Ret 37 Arturo Merzario Merzario-Ford 17 Gear Box 21
Ret 9 Jochen Mass ATS-Ford 11 Brakes 14
Ret 2 John Watson Brabham-Alfa Romeo 9 Gear Box 5
Ret 7 James Hunt McLaren-Ford 5 Accident 7
DNQ 30 Brett Lunger McLaren-Ford
DNQ 23 Lamberto Leoni Ensign-Ford
DNPQ 32 Keke Rosberg Theodore-Ford
DNPQ 25 Hector Rebaque Lotus-Ford
DNPQ 39 Danny Ongais Shadow-Ford
DNPQ 24 Derek Daly Hesketh-Ford

Fastest Lap: Alan  Jones 1'22.215