| «1978-04» | USA West Grand Prix - IV Grand Prix of Long Beach |
| 1978-04-02 | Long Beach - 80 laps × 3.251 km : 261.705 km (offset 1625 m) |
| Pos | Constructor | Points | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ferrari • Ferrari | - | 9 | - | 9 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ligier • Matra | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Williams • Ford Cosworth | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| - | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| - | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| - | ATS • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| - | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| - | Theodore • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| - | Hesketh • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| - | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| - | Renault • Renault | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| - | Martini • 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.