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Home / Seasons / 1977 F1 World Championship Season / 1977 United States Grand Prix West

1977 United States Grand Prix West

DateSunday, 3 April 1977
Winner
  • USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitLong Beach, 80 laps
Round4 of 17
Race numbers

The 1977 United States Grand Prix West was the

  • 284th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship United States Grand Prix West
  • 2nd World Championship race at Long Beach
More 1977 season
More United States Grands Prix West

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth801hr 51m 35.470s9
2-1Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari80+0.773s6
3 South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth80+4.857s4
4+8France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+1m 14.487s3
5+2Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth80+1m 20.908s2
6+3France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap1
7+1United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
8+8Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
9-4France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra78DNF 
10+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian HentonMarch-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
11+8Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
R Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth62DNF 
R Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo53DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
DQ United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo33DSQ 
R Italy flag lazyload Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari5DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Brett LungerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)4DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Jacques Laffite ended lap 78 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
  • John Watson was disqualified for receiving a push start.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:21.630

PosDriverConstructor
1Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaFerrari
2USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
3South Africa flag lazyload Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
4Argentina flag lazyload Carlos ReutemannFerrari
5France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
7Brazil flag lazyload Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
8United Kingdom flag lazyload James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10Sweden flag lazyload Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11Italy flag lazyload Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
12France flag lazyload Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13Switzerland flag Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
14Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
15Germany flag lazyload Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
16Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
17Germany flag lazyload Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian HentonMarch-Ford Cosworth
19Austria flag lazyload Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
20Italy flag lazyload Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth
21USA flag lazyload Brett LungerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22Brazil flag lazyload Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1South Africa flag lazyload Jody Scheckter19
=Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda19
3Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Reutemann13
4USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti11
5United Kingdom flag lazyload James Hunt9
6Brazil flag lazyload Emerson Fittipaldi8
7France flag lazyload Patrick Depailler7
8Brazil flag lazyload Carlos Pace6
9Sweden flag lazyload Gunnar Nilsson2
=Germany flag lazyload Jochen Mass2
11Switzerland flag Clay Regazzoni1
=Italy flag lazyload Renzo Zorzi1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson1
=France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Jarier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari28
2Canada flag lazyload Wolf-Ford Cosworth19
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth13
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth9
5Brazil flag lazyload Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth8
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Alfa Romeo7
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth7
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Ensign-Ford Cosworth1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Shadow-Ford Cosworth1
=USA flag lazyload Penske-Ford Cosworth1

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

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