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
R
02/04/1978 00:00 · America/Los_Angeles · 80 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1 | = | 80 | 1:52:01.301 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | +2 | 80 | 1:52:12.362 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | +9 | 80 | 1:52:30.252 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 6 | +2 | 80 | 1:52:46.904 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 14 | +9 | 80 | 1:53:24.185 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | +3 | 79 | — | 1 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 7 | Alan Jones | Williams | 8 | +1 | 79 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | +7 | 79 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 9 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 18 | +9 | 79 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 20 | +10 | 79 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 19 | +8 | 75 | — | 0 | +5 Laps | — | |
| 12 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 11 | -1 | 74 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 13 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 10 | -3 | 59 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 14 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 17 | +3 | 50 | — | 0 | Transmission | — | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 13 | -2 | 43 | — | 0 | Turbo | — | |
| 16 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | -14 | 38 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 17 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | -14 | 27 | — | 0 | Ignition | — | |
| 18 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 22 | +4 | 25 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 19 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 21 | +2 | 17 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 20 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 16 | -4 | 11 | — | 0 | Brakes | — | |
| 21 | John Watson | Brabham | 5 | -16 | 9 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 22 | James Hunt | McLaren | 7 | -15 | 5 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 23 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 0 | = | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — | |
| 24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 0 | = | 0 | — | 0 | Accident | — |