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1978
FIA Formula One World Championship United States Grand Prix West
Event Info
Classification
Session Facts
Standings
Qualifying
Race
Race
Pos
No
Driver
Nat
Team
Laps
Time
Gap
Interval
Kph
Best
Lap
1
11
Carlos Reutemann
Argentina
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
80
1:52:01.301
140.172
1:22.323
2
5
Mario Andretti
USA
John Player Team Lotus
80
1:52:12.362
+ 11.061
+ 11.061
139.941
1:22.835
3
4
Patrick Depailler
France
Elf Team Tyrrell
80
1:52:30.252
+ 28.951
+ 17.890
139.571
1:22.871
4
6
Ronnie Peterson
Sweden
John Player Team Lotus
80
1:52:46.904
+ 45.603
+ 16.652
139.227
1:22.626
5
26
Jacques Laffite
France
Ligier Gitanes
80
1:53:24.185
+ 1:22.884
+ 37.281
138.464
1:22.569
6
35
Riccardo Patrese
Italy
Arrows Racing Team
79
1:52:21.327
1 Lap
1 Lap
138.019
1:22.655
7
27
Alan Jones
Australia
Albilad-Saudia Racing Team
79
1:53:02.221
1 Lap
+ 40.894
137.187
1:22.215
27
8
14
Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazil
Fittipaldi Automotive
79
1:53:06.821
1 Lap
+ 4.600
137.094
1:22.868
9
36
Rolf Stommelen
Germany
Arrows Racing Team
79
1:53:08.585
1 Lap
+ 1.764
137.058
1:23.330
10
17
Clay Regazzoni
Switzerland
Shadow Racing Team
79
1:53:10.681
1 Lap
+ 2.096
137.016
1:23.641
11
10
Jean-Pierre Jarier
France
ATS Racing Team
75
1:52:50.193
5 Laps
4 Laps
130.516
1:24.703
12
8
Patrick Tambay
France
Marlboro Team McLaren
74
6 Laps
1 Lap
1:22.915
DNF
20
Jody Scheckter
South Africa
Walter Wolf Racing
59
1:23.070
DNF
19
Vittorio Brambilla
Italy
Beta Team Surtees
50
1:24.242
DNF
15
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
France
Equipe Renault Elf
43
1:23.732
DNF
12
Gilles Villeneuve
Canada
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
38
1:22.575
DNF
1
Niki Lauda
Austria
Parmalat Racing Team
27
1:22.727
DNF
3
Didier Pironi
France
Elf Team Tyrrell
25
1:25.232
DNF
37
Arturo Merzario
Italy
Team Merzario
17
1:26.756
DNF
9
Jochen Mass
Germany
ATS Racing Team
11
1:24.734
DNF
2
John Watson
Great Britain
Parmalat Racing Team
9
1:23.454
DNF
7
James Hunt
Great Britain
Marlboro Team McLaren
5
1:24.203