United States Grand Prix West

Date
Sun 3rd April 1977 (UTC)
Sun 3rd April 1977 (Local)

Timestamp
1977-04-03T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1977

Round
4

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Location
Long Beach Street Circuit

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The 1977 United States Grand Prix West (officially the Long Beach Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on April 3, 1977 in Long Beach, California. It was the fourth race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.
The 80-lap race was won by Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford. Andretti held off Niki Lauda in the Ferrari to become the only American to win a Formula One race on home soil, while also giving the ground-effect Lotus 78 its first win. Jody Scheckter finished third in the Wolf-Ford.

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Result Description

1 /Mario Andretti /Lotus-Ford /1:51:35.470
2 /Niki Lauda /Ferrari /+ 0.773
3 /Jody Scheckter /Wolf-Ford /+ 4.857
4 /Patrick Depailler /Tyrrell-Ford /+ 1:14.487
5 /Emerson Fittipaldi /Fittipaldi-Ford /+ 1:20.908
6 /Jean-Pierre Jarier /Penske-Ford /+1 Lap
7 /James Hunt /McLaren-Ford /+1 Lap
8 /Gunnar Nilsson /Lotus-Ford /+1 Lap
9 /Jacques Laffite /Ligier-Matra /+2
10 /Brian Henton /March-Ford /+3 Laps

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