| «1978-15» | USA East Grand Prix - XXI United States Grand Prix |
| 1978-10-01 | Watkins Glen - Watkins Glen International - 59 laps × 5.435 km : 320.665 km |
| Pos | Constructor | Points | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 | - | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | - | 86 | |
| 2 | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | 6 | - | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 4 | 9 | - | 53 | |
| 3 | Ferrari • Ferrari | - | 9 | - | 9 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 9 | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 49 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | 36 | |
| 5 | Ligier • Matra | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 19 | |
| 6 | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 17 | |
| 8 | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| 9 | Williams • Ford Cosworth | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | |
| 10 | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | ||
| 11 | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| 12 | Renault • Renault | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||
| 13 | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| - | ATS • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Theodore • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| - | Hesketh • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| - | Martini • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | March • Ford Cosworth | - | - |
Points System
9-6-4-3-2-1 points for the top 6 places.
Best 14 results (7 from first 8 and 7 from last 8) count toward championship.
Only the points of the highest-scoring driver for each constructor at each race (including privateer entries) are counted towards the Constructors' Championship.