Round 4 · 2 April 1978
United States Grand Prix West
Long Beach · California, USA
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
30 drivers
After Round 3
1
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
12
pts
2
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
11
pts
3
Niki Lauda
Brabham
10
pts
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
10
pts
5
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
9
pts
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6
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
6
pts
7
John Watson
Brabham
4
pts
8
Alan Jones
Williams
3
pts
9
James Hunt
McLaren
3
pts
10
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
2
pts
11
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
2
pts
12
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
2
pts
13
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
1
pts
-
Jochen Mass
ATS
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jarier
ATS
0
pts
-
Gilles Villeneuve
Ferrari
0
pts
-
Rolf Stommelen
Arrows
0
pts
-
Hector Rebaque
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
0
pts
-
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
0
pts
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
0
pts
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
0
pts
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
0
pts
-
Danny Ongais
Ensign
0
pts
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
0
pts
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
0
pts
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
0
pts
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
0
pts
-
Keke Rosberg
Theodore
0
pts
-
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh
0
pts
After the race
30 drivers
After Round 4
1
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
↑4
18
+9
2
Mario Andretti
Team Lotus
↓1
18
+6
3
Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus
↓1
14
+3
4
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
—
14
+4
5
Niki Lauda
Brabham
↓2
10
+0
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6
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
—
6
+0
7
John Watson
Brabham
—
4
+0
8
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↑2
4
+2
9
Alan Jones
Williams
↓1
3
+0
10
James Hunt
McLaren
↓1
3
+0
11
Clay Regazzoni
Shadow
—
2
+0
12
Didier Pironi
Tyrrell
—
2
+0
13
Riccardo Patrese
Arrows
↑986
1
+1
14
Patrick Tambay
McLaren
↓1
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
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Jody Scheckter
Wolf
—
0
+0
-
Brett Lunger
McLaren
—
0
+0
-
Vittorio Brambilla
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Renault
—
0
+0
-
Arturo Merzario
Merzario
—
0
+0
-
Danny Ongais
Shadow
—
0
+0
-
Rupert Keegan
Surtees
—
0
+0
-
Lamberto Leoni
Ensign
—
0
+0
-
Keke Rosberg
Theodore
—
0
+0
-
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh
—
0
+0
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Race classification
24 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1 | 1:52:01.301 | 9 |
| 2 | AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | +11.061 | 6 |
| 3 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | +28.951 | 4 |
| 4 | PET Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 6 | +45.603 | 3 |
| 5 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 14 | +1:22.884 | 2 |
| 6 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 8 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 18 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 20 | 1L | 0 |
| 11 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 19 | 5L | 0 |
| 12 | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 11 | 6L | 0 |
| R | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | — | 0 |
| R | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | MAS Jochen Mass | ATS | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 7 | — | 0 |
| W | KEE Rupert Keegan | Surtees | Pit | — | 0 |
| W | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | Pit | — | 0 |