United States Grand Prix West 1978
2 April 1978
Long Beach, USA
- Location
- California, USA
- Laps
- 80
- Previous winners
- 1983John WatsonMcLaren
- 1982Niki LaudaMcLaren
- 1981Alan JonesWilliams
- 1980Nelson PiquetBrabham
- 1979Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
Starting Grid
- 1
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
No time set
- 2
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
No time set
- 3
Niki Lauda
Brabham
No time set
- 4
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
No time set
- 5
John Watson
Brabham
No time set
- 6
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
No time set
- 7
James Hunt
McLaren
No time set
- 8
Alan Jones
Williams
No time set
- 9
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
No time set
- 10
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
No time set
- 11
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
No time set
- 12
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
No time set
- 13
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
No time set
- 14
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
No time set
- 15
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
No time set
- 16
Jochen Mass
ATS
No time set
- 17
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
No time set
- 18
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
No time set
- 19
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
No time set
- 20
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
No time set
- 21
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
No time set
- 22
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
No time set
- PIT
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
No time set
- PIT
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
No time set
- PIT
Brett Lunger
McLaren
No time set
- PIT
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
No time set
- PIT
Keke Rosberg
Theodore
No time set
- PIT
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
No time set
- PIT
Danny Ongais
Shadow
No time set
- PIT
Derek Daly
Hesketh
No time set
Laps Lead
Results
| 1 | 0 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | 80 laps | 1:52:01.301 | 9pts |
| 2 | +2 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | 80 laps | +11.061 | 6pts |
| 3 | +9 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | 80 laps | +28.951 | 4pts |
| 4 | +2 | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | 80 laps | +45.603 | 3pts |
| 5 | +9 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | 80 laps | +1:22.884 | 2pts |
| 6 | +3 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | 79 laps | 1pts | |
| 7 | +1 | Alan Jones Williams | 79 laps | ||
| 8 | +7 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | 79 laps | ||
| 9 | +9 | Rolf Stommelen Arrows | 79 laps | ||
| 10 | +10 | Clay Regazzoni Shadow | 79 laps | ||
| 11 | +8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS | 75 laps | ||
| 12 | -1 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | 74 laps | ||
| R | - | Jody Scheckter Wolf | 59 laps | ||
| R | - | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | 50 laps | ||
| R | - | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | 43 laps | ||
| R | - | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | 38 laps | ||
| R | - | Niki Lauda Brabham | 27 laps | ||
| R | - | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | 25 laps | ||
| R | - | Arturo Merzario Merzario | 17 laps | ||
| R | - | Jochen Mass ATS | 11 laps | ||
| R | - | John Watson Brabham | 9 laps | ||
| R | - | James Hunt McLaren | 5 laps | ||
| W | - | Rupert Keegan Surtees | 0 laps | ||
| W | - | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Brett Lunger McLaren | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Lamberto Leoni Ensign | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Keke Rosberg Theodore | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Danny Ongais Shadow | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Derek Daly Hesketh | 0 laps |