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United States Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 1st October 1978 12:00am Local
Sun 1st October 1978 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1978

Round
Round 15

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Location
Watkins Glen International

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The 1978 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 1, 1978, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. This event was also referred to as the United States Grand Prix East in order to distinguish it from the United States Grand Prix West held on April 2, 1978, in Long Beach, California.
At the preceding Italian Grand Prix, Mario Andretti had secured the driver's championship. At Watkins Glen, Andretti put his Lotus 79 on the pole before a record crowd of over 150,000 fans, but Ferrari's Carlos Reutemann completed a sweep of the two United States races in 1978 by finishing 19 seconds ahead of Australian Alan Jones. Andretti developed brake problems early on and would retire with a blown engine.


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01			Carlos Reutemann	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:40:48.800
02			Alan Jones	Williams Racing	+0:19.739
04			Jean-Christophe Boullion	Renault F1 Team	+1:25.007
05			Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Automotive	+1:28.089
06			Patrick Tambay	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1:50.210
07			James Hunt	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
08			Derek Daly	Ensign Racing	+1 Lap
09			René Arnoux	Martini Racing	+1 Lap
10			Didier Pironi	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
11			Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1 Lap
13			Brett Lunger	Ensign Racing	+1 Lap
14			Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	+3 Laps
15			Jean-Pierre Jarier	Lotus F1	Out of fuel
16			Rolf Stommelen	Arrows Grand Prix International	+5 Laps
17			Arturo Merzario	Merzario	DNF
18			Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	DNF
19			Niki Lauda	Brabham	DNF
20			Mario Andretti	Lotus F1	DNF
21			John Watson	Brabham	DNF
22			Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
23			Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
24			Keke Rosberg	ATS	DNF
25			Hans Stuck	Shadow	DNF
26			Hector Rebaque	Lotus F1	DNF
27			Beppe Gabbiani	Surtees Racing Organisation	Did not qualify

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