Round 4 · 3 April 1977
United States Grand Prix West
Long Beach · California, USA
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
25 drivers
After Round 3
1
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
15
pts
2
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
13
pts
3
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
13
pts
4
James Hunt
McLaren
9
pts
5
Carlos Pace
Brabham
6
pts
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6
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
6
pts
7
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
4
pts
8
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
2
pts
9
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
2
pts
10
Jochen Mass
McLaren
2
pts
11
Clay Regazzoni
Ensign
1
pts
12
John Watson
Brabham
1
pts
13
Renzo Zorzi
Shadow
1
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
0
pts
-
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
0
pts
-
Hans Binder
Surtees
0
pts
-
Brett Lunger
March
0
pts
-
Larry Perkins
BRM
0
pts
-
Ian Scheckter
March
0
pts
-
Tom Pryce
Shadow
0
pts
-
Alex Ribeiro
March
0
pts
-
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
0
pts
-
Ronnie Peterson
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March
0
pts
-
Boy Lunger
March
0
pts
After the race
28 drivers
After Round 4
1
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
↑2
19
+6
2
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
↓1
19
+4
3
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
↓1
13
+0
4
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
↑5
11
+9
5
James Hunt
McLaren
↓1
9
+0
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6
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
—
8
+2
7
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
—
7
+3
8
Carlos Pace
Brabham
↓3
6
+0
9
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
↓1
2
+0
10
Jochen Mass
McLaren
—
2
+0
11
Clay Regazzoni
Ensign
—
1
+0
12
John Watson
Brabham
—
1
+0
13
Renzo Zorzi
Shadow
—
1
+0
14
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Penske
NEW
1
+1
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
—
0
+0
-
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
—
0
+0
-
Brian Henton
March
NEW
0
+0
-
Hans Binder
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Brett Lunger
March
—
0
+0
-
Larry Perkins
BRM
—
0
+0
-
Ian Scheckter
March
—
0
+0
-
Tom Pryce
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Alex Ribeiro
March
—
0
+0
-
Ronnie Peterson
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Brabham
—
0
+0
-
Alan Jones
Shadow
NEW
0
+0
-
Boy Lunger
March
—
0
+0
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Race classification
22 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:51:35.470 | 9 |
| 2 | LAU Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1 | +0.773 | 6 |
| 3 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 3 | +4.857 | 4 |
| 4 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | +1:14.487 | 3 |
| 5 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 7 | +1:20.908 | 2 |
| 6 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske | 9 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | NIL Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 16 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 2L | 0 |
| 10 | HEN Brian Henton | March | 18 | 3L | 0 |
| 11 | BIN Hans Binder | Surtees | 19 | 3L | 0 |
| R | PET Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | REG Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Shadow | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | MAS Jochen Mass | McLaren | 15 | — | 0 |
| D | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | ZOR Renzo Zorzi | Shadow | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | RIB Alex Ribeiro | March | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | LUN Brett Lunger | March | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 11 | — | 0 |