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1977 United States Grand Prix West

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth801hr 51m 35.470s9
2-1(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari80+0.773s6
3 (ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth80+4.857s4
4+8(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+1m 14.487s3
5+2(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth80+1m 20.908s2
6+3(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)79+1 lap1
7+1(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
8+8(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap 
9-4(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra78DNF 
10+8(GBR) Brian HentonMarch-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
11+8(AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
R (SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth62DNF 
R (CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
R (DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo53DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
DQ (GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo33DSQ 
R (ITA) Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari5DNF 
R (USA) Brett LungerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)4DNF 
R (ITA) 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
1(AUT) Niki LaudaFerrari
2(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
3(ZAF) Jody ScheckterWolf-Ford Cosworth
4(ARG) Carlos ReutemannFerrari
5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
6(GBR) John WatsonBrabham-Alfa Romeo
7(BRA) Emerson FittipaldiFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
8(GBR) James HuntMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierPenske-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10(SWE) Ronnie PetersonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11(ITA) Vittorio BrambillaSurtees-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Patrick DepaillerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13(CHE) Clay RegazzoniEnsign-Ford Cosworth
14(AUS) Alan JonesShadow-Ford Cosworth
15(DEU) Jochen MassMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
16(SWE) Gunnar NilssonLotus-Ford Cosworth
17(DEU) Hans-Joachim StuckBrabham-Alfa Romeo
18(GBR) Brian HentonMarch-Ford Cosworth
19(AUT) Hans BinderSurtees-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Renzo ZorziShadow-Ford Cosworth
21(USA) Brett LungerMarch-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
22(BRA) Alex RibeiroMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ZAF) Jody Scheckter19
=(AUT) Niki Lauda19
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann13
4(USA) Mario Andretti11
5(GBR) James Hunt9
6(BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi8
7(FRA) Patrick Depailler7
8(BRA) Carlos Pace6
9(SWE) Gunnar Nilsson2
=(DEU) Jochen Mass2
11(CHE) Clay Regazzoni1
=(ITA) Renzo Zorzi1
=(GBR) John Watson1
=(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari28
2Wolf-Ford Cosworth19
3Lotus-Ford Cosworth13
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth9
5Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth8
6Brabham-Alfa Romeo7
7Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth7
8Ensign-Ford Cosworth1
=Shadow-Ford Cosworth1
=Penske-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & 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