«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)
EntrantsQualyGridRaceLap-by-LapFastest Laps•Driver StandingsConstructor Standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Carlos Reutemann • Ferrari-9-918
2 Mario Andretti • Lotus93-618
3 Ronnie Peterson • Lotus2-9314
4 Patrick Depailler • Tyrrell4-6414
5 Niki Lauda • Brabham64--10
6 Emerson Fittipaldi • Copersucar-6--6
7 John Watson • Brabham--4-4
8 Jacques Laffite • Ligier--224
9 Alan Jones • Williams--3-3
10 James Hunt • McLaren3---3
11 Clay Regazzoni • Shadow-2--2
12 Didier Pironi • Tyrrell-11-2
13 Patrick Tambay • McLaren1---1
14 Riccardo Patrese • Arrows--11
- Arturo Merzario • Merzario-----
- Brett Lunger • McLaren-----
- Vittorio Brambilla • Surtees-----
- Hans Joachim Stuck • Shadow-----
- Lamberto Leoni • Ensign-----
- Gilles Villeneuve • Ferrari-----
- Jean-Pierre Jarier • ATS-----
- Jochen Mass • ATS-----
- Jody Scheckter • Wolf-----
- Hector Rebaque • Lotus-----
- Rupert Keegan • Surtees-----
- Eddie Cheever • Hesketh----
- Danny Ongais • Shadow----
- Divina Galica • Hesketh---
- Rolf Stommelen • Arrows---
- Jean-Pierre Jabouille • Renault---
- Keke Rosberg • Theodore---
- René Arnoux • Martini--
- Derek Daly • Hesketh--

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.