1978 United States Grand Prix West
🇺🇸 USA Long Beach, California, USA Round 4 of 16
Podium
P1
P2
P3
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | 1 | 80 | 1:52:01.301 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 5 | 4 | 80 | +11.061s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 4 | 12 | 80 | +28.951s | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 6 | 6 | 80 | +45.603s | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 26 | 14 | 80 | +1:22.884 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 35 | 9 | 79 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Alan Jones | Williams | 27 | 8 | 79 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 15 | 79 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 36 | 18 | 79 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 17 | 20 | 79 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 10 | 19 | 75 | +5 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 8 | 11 | 74 | +6 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 20 | 10 | 59 | +21 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 17 | 50 | +30 Laps | Transmission | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 13 | 43 | +37 Laps | Turbo | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | 2 | 38 | +42 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | 3 | 27 | +53 Laps | Ignition | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 3 | 22 | 25 | +55 Laps | Gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 37 | 21 | 17 | +63 Laps | Gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 9 | 16 | 11 | +69 Laps | Brakes | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | John Watson | Brabham | 2 | 5 | 9 | +71 Laps | Gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | James Hunt | McLaren | 7 | 7 | 5 | +75 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 18 | 0 | 0 | +80 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 16 | 0 | 0 | +80 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.