1977 United States West Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 3 April 1977
Winner:	Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:	Niki Lauda Ferrari
Fastest lap:	Niki Lauda Ferrari
Circuit:	Long Beach, 80 laps
Round:	4 of 17

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	80	1hr 51m 35.470s	9
2	-1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	80	+0.773s	6
3		Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	80	+4.857s	4
4	+8	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	80	+1m 14.487s	3
5	+2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	80	+1m 20.908s	2
6	+3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske-Ford Cosworth (P)	79	+1 lap	1
7	+1	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	79	+1 lap
8	+8	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	79	+1 lap
9	-4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	78	DNF
10	+8	Brian Henton	March-Ford Cosworth	77	+3 laps
11	+8	Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	77	+3 laps
R		Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	62	DNF
R		Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	57	DNF
R		Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	53	DNF
R		Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	40	DNF
R		Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	39	DNF
DQ		John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	33	DSQ
R		Renzo Zorzi	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	27	DNF
R		Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford Cosworth	15	DNF
R		Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	5	DNF
R		Brett Lunger	March-Ford Cosworth (P)	4	DNF
R		Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1:21.630
2	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
3	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth
4	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra
6	John Watson	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
8	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske-Ford Cosworth (P)
10	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign-Ford Cosworth
14	Alan Jones	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
15	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
16	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
17	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham-Alfa Romeo
18	Brian Henton	March-Ford Cosworth
19	Hans Binder	Surtees-Ford Cosworth
20	Renzo Zorzi	Shadow-Ford Cosworth
21	Brett Lunger	March-Ford Cosworth (P)
22	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford Cosworth

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jody Scheckter	19
=	Niki Lauda	19
3	Carlos Reutemann	13
4	Mario Andretti	11
5	James Hunt	9
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	8
7	Patrick Depailler	7
8	Carlos Pace	6
9	Gunnar Nilsson	2
=	Jochen Mass	2
11	Clay Regazzoni	1
=	Renzo Zorzi	1
=	John Watson	1
=	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	28
2	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	19
3	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	13
4	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	9
5	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	8
6	Brabham-Alfa Romeo	7
7	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	7
8	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1
=	Shadow-Ford Cosworth	1
=	Penske-Ford Cosworth	1

Statistics & Milestones

Milestone race start

Driver: 50th for John Watson

Wins

Driver: 3rd for Mario Andretti

Constructor: 59th for Lotus

Podiums

Driver: 25th for Niki Lauda, 17th for Jody Scheckter, 6th for Mario Andretti

Constructor: 224th for Ferrari, 108th for Lotus, 3rd for Wolf

Poles

Driver: 22nd for Niki Lauda

Constructor: 84th for Ferrari

Fastest laps

Driver: 10th for Niki Lauda

Constructor: 78th for Ferrari

Front row starts

Driver: 28th for Niki Lauda, 4th for Mario Andretti

See also

• United States West Grand Prix
• Long Beach Circuit
• 1977 World Championship season