1977 United States Grand Prix West

Race result

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 (privateer)	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 (privateer)	4	DNF
R		Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:21.630

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
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 (privateer)
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 (privateer)
22	Alex Ribeiro	March-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1977 United States Grand Prix West.

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

50th for John Watson (36th driver to start 50 races, 9th British driver)

100th for March (7th constructor to start 100 races)

Wins

3rd for Mario Andretti

59th for Lotus

Podiums

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

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

Poles

22nd for Niki Lauda

84th for Ferrari

Fastest laps

10th for Niki Lauda (11th driver to set ten fastest laps, 1st Austrian driver)

78th for Ferrari

Front row starts

28th for Niki Lauda, 4th for Mario Andretti

See also

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