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1976 USA West Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Long Beach circuit. Full information

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1976 USA West Grand Prix

1976 USA West Grand Prix is 267th Formula 1 race. Passed at the Long Beach circuit. Clay Regazzoni won the pole position and this race. This was his 4th victory. Niki Lauda and Patrick Depailler also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 80 laps (260 km).

Previous race: 1976 South Africa Grand Prix
Next race: 1976 Spain Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1976 USA West Grand Prix

62nd victory for the Ferrari team
4th victory for the Clay Regazzoni
20th podium for the Clay Regazzoni
16th podium for the Niki Lauda
4th podium for the Patrick Depailler

Clay Regazzoni - Winner of the 1976 USA West Grand Prix

1976 USA West Grand Prix

Ferrari 312T #2 - 1976 USA West Grand Prix winner

1976 USA West Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312T, #2	9.00	1h 53m 18.471s ( 137.720 km/h )	80	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
2	Niki Lauda	Ferrari 312T, #1	6.00	1h 54m 00.885s ( +42.414s )	80	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
3	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell 007, #4	4.00	1h 54m 08.443s ( +49.972s )	80	Elf Team Tyrrell
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS5, #26	3.00	1h 54m 31.299s ( +1m 12.828s )	80	Ligier Gitanes
5	Jochen Mass	McLaren M23, #12	2.00	1h 54m 40.763s ( +1m 22.292s )	80	Marlboro Team McLaren
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar FD04, #30	1.00		79	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow DN5B, #17	0		79	Shadow Racing Team
8	Chris Amon	Ensign N174, #22	0		78	Team Ensign
9	Carlos Pace	Brabham BT45, #8	0		77	Martini Racing
10	Ronnie Peterson	March 761, #10	0		77	March Engineering
nc	Alan Jones	Surtees TS19, #19	0		70	Team Surtees
nc	John Watson	Penske PC3, #28	0		69	Citibank Team Penske
ab	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell 007, #3	0	Accident	34	Elf Team Tyrrell
ab	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN5B, #16	0	Transmission	32	Shadow Racing Team
ab	Mario Andretti	Parnelli VPJ4B, #27	0	Water leak	15	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
ab	James Hunt	McLaren M23, #11	0	Collision	3	Marlboro Team McLaren
ab	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March 761, #34	0	Collision	2	March Engineering
nq	Bob Evans	Lotus 77, #5	0			John Player Team Lotus
ab	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus 77, #6	0	Accident	0	John Player Team Lotus
ab	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT45, #7	0	Collision	0	Martini Racing
ab	Vittorio Brambilla	March 761, #9	0	Collision	0	Beta Team March
nq	Brett Lunger	Surtees TS19, #18	0			Team Surtees
nq	Jacky Ickx	Williams FW05, #20	0			Frank Williams Racing Cars
nq	Michel Leclere	Williams FW05, #21	0			Frank Williams Racing Cars
nq	Harald Ertl	Hesketh 308D, #24	0			Hesketh Racing
nq	Ingo Hoffmann	Copersucar FD04, #31	0			Copersucar-Fittipaldi
nq	Arturo Merzario	March 761, #35	0			Ovoro Team March

Qualifying Results for the 1976 USA West Grand Prix on the Long Beach circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312T, #2	1'23''099	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
2	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell 007, #4	1'23''292	Elf Team Tyrrell
3	James Hunt	McLaren M23, #11	1'23''420	Marlboro Team McLaren
4	Niki Lauda	Ferrari 312T, #1	1'23''647	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
5	Tom Pryce	Shadow DN5B, #16	1'23''677	Shadow Racing Team
6	Ronnie Peterson	March 761, #10	1'24''157	March Engineering
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow DN5B, #17	1'24''163	Shadow Racing Team
8	Vittorio Brambilla	March 761, #9	1'24''168	Beta Team March
9	John Watson	Penske PC3, #28	1'24''170	Citibank Team Penske
10	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT45, #7	1'24''265	Martini Racing
11	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell 007, #3	1'24''344	Elf Team Tyrrell
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier JS5, #26	1'24''442	Ligier Gitanes
13	Carlos Pace	Brabham BT45, #8	1'24''472	Martini Racing
14	Jochen Mass	McLaren M23, #12	1'24''541	Marlboro Team McLaren
15	Mario Andretti	Parnelli VPJ4B, #27	1'24''566	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	Copersucar FD04, #30	1'24''779	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
17	Chris Amon	Ensign N174, #22	1'24''803	Team Ensign
18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March 761, #34	1'25''122	March Engineering
19	Alan Jones	Surtees TS19, #19	1'25''214	Team Surtees
20	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus 77, #6	1'25''277	John Player Team Lotus
21	Michel Leclere	Williams FW05, #21	1'25''436	Frank Williams Racing Cars
22	Ingo Hoffmann	Copersucar FD04, #31	1'25''557	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
23	Arturo Merzario	March 761, #35	1'25''737	Ovoro Team March
24	Bob Evans	Lotus 77, #5	1'25''890	John Player Team Lotus
25	Jacky Ickx	Williams FW05, #20	1'26''528	Frank Williams Racing Cars
26	Harald Ertl	Hesketh 308D, #24	1'26''824	Hesketh Racing
27	Brett Lunger	Surtees TS19, #18	1'26''828	Team Surtees