Season
1978
Race
4. United States Grand Prix West
1978 United States Grand Prix West
- Coordinates
- 33.7651, -118.189
- Altitude
- 12 m
- Race number
- 301
Race winner
Winning driver
9.0 pts
- Race
- 9.0 pts
Top team
Leader Team
Driver standings before the race
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Alan Jones | Williams | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1 | 0 |
| — | Jochen Mass | ATS | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 0 | 0 |
| — | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| — | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 0 | 0 |
| — | Hector Rebaque | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 0 | 0 |
| — | Brett Lunger | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 0 | 0 |
| — | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 0 | 0 |
| — | Danny Ongais | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 0 | 0 |
| — | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 0 | 0 |
| — | Lamberto Leoni | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 0 | 0 |
| — | Keke Rosberg | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Eddie Cheever | — | 0 | 0 |