Round 3 · 28 March 1976
United States Grand Prix West
Long Beach · California, USA
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
29 drivers
After Round 2
1
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
18
pts
2
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
6
pts
3
James Hunt
McLaren
6
pts
4
Jochen Mass
McLaren
5
pts
5
Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell
5
pts
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6
Tom Pryce
Shadow
4
pts
7
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March
3
pts
8
John Watson
Penske
2
pts
9
Mario Andretti
Parnelli
1
pts
-
Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari
0
pts
-
Jacky Ickx
Wolf
0
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
March
0
pts
-
Renzo Zorzi
Williams
0
pts
-
Carlos Pace
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Bob Evans
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
0
pts
-
Brett Lunger
Surtees
0
pts
-
Carlos Reutemann
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
0
pts
-
Michel Leclère
Wolf
0
pts
-
Lella Lombardi
March
0
pts
-
Chris Amon
Ensign
0
pts
-
Harald Ertl
Hesketh
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow
0
pts
-
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
0
pts
-
Ronnie Peterson
March
0
pts
-
Ian Ashley
BRM
0
pts
-
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Ian Scheckter
Tyrrell
0
pts
After the race
30 drivers
After Round 3
1
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
—
24
+6
2
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
—
10
+4
3
Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari
↑996
9
+9
4
Jochen Mass
McLaren
—
7
+2
5
James Hunt
McLaren
↓2
6
+0
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6
Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell
↓1
5
+0
7
Tom Pryce
Shadow
↓1
4
+0
8
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March
↓1
3
+0
9
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↑990
3
+3
10
John Watson
Penske
↓2
2
+0
11
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
↑988
1
+1
12
Mario Andretti
Parnelli
↓3
1
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Chris Amon
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Jacky Ickx
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Vittorio Brambilla
March
—
0
+0
-
Carlos Pace
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Renzo Zorzi
Williams
—
0
+0
-
Ronnie Peterson
March
—
0
+0
-
Bob Evans
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
—
0
+0
-
Brett Lunger
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Carlos Reutemann
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Michel Leclère
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Lella Lombardi
March
—
0
+0
-
Harald Ertl
Hesketh
—
0
+0
-
Alan Jones
Surtees
NEW
0
+0
-
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Ian Ashley
BRM
—
0
+0
-
Ian Scheckter
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
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Race classification
20 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 1 | 1:53:18.471 | 9 |
| 2 | LAU Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 4 | +42.414 | 6 |
| 3 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 2 | +49.972 | 4 |
| 4 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 12 | +1:12.828 | 3 |
| 5 | MAS Jochen Mass | McLaren | 14 | +1:22.292 | 2 |
| 6 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | 7 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | AMO Chris Amon | Ensign | 17 | 2L | 0 |
| 9 | PAC Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 13 | 3L | 0 |
| 10 | PET Ronnie Peterson | March | 6 | 3L | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Surtees | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | WAT John Watson | Penske | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | SCH Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | PRY Tom Pryce | Shadow | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | AND Mario Andretti | Parnelli | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | — | 0 |
| R | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | March | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | REU Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | NIL Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 8 | — | 0 |