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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 Grand Prix. 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 Grand Prix: 1976 South Africa Grand Prix
Next Grand Prix: 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 - 1976 USA West Grand Prix winner

1976 USA West Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Clay Regazzoni	9.00	1h 53m 18.471s ( 137.720 km/h )	80	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
2	Niki Lauda	6.00	1h 54m 00.885s ( +42.414s )	80	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
3	Patrick Depailler	4.00	1h 54m 08.443s ( +49.972s )	80	Elf Team Tyrrell
4	Jacques Laffite	3.00	1h 54m 31.299s ( +1m 12.828s )	80	Ligier Gitanes
5	Jochen Mass	2.00	1h 54m 40.763s ( +1m 22.292s )	80	Marlboro Team McLaren
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	1.00		79	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	0		79	Shadow Racing Team
8	Chris Amon	0		78	Team Ensign
9	Carlos Pace	0		77	Martini Racing
10	Ronnie Peterson	0		77	March Engineering
nc	Alan Jones	0		70	Team Surtees
nc	John Watson	0		69	Citibank Team Penske
ab	Jody Scheckter	0	Accident	34	Elf Team Tyrrell
ab	Tom Pryce	0	Transmission	32	Shadow Racing Team
ab	Mario Andretti	0	Water leak	15	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
ab	James Hunt	0	Collision	3	Marlboro Team McLaren
ab	Hans Joachim Stuck	0	Collision	2	March Engineering
nq	Bob Evans	0			John Player Team Lotus
ab	Gunnar Nilsson	0	Accident	0	John Player Team Lotus
ab	Carlos Reutemann	0	Collision	0	Martini Racing
ab	Vittorio Brambilla	0	Collision	0	Beta Team March
nq	Brett Lunger	0			Team Surtees
nq	Jacky Ickx	0			Frank Williams Racing Cars
nq	Michel Leclere	0			Frank Williams Racing Cars
nq	Harald Ertl	0			Hesketh Racing
nq	Ingo Hoffmann	0			Copersucar-Fittipaldi
nq	Arturo Merzario	0			Ovoro Team March

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

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Clay Regazzoni	1'23''099	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
2	Patrick Depailler	1'23''292	Elf Team Tyrrell
3	James Hunt	1'23''420	Marlboro Team McLaren
4	Niki Lauda	1'23''647	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
5	Tom Pryce	1'23''677	Shadow Racing Team
6	Ronnie Peterson	1'24''157	March Engineering
7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1'24''163	Shadow Racing Team
8	Vittorio Brambilla	1'24''168	Beta Team March
9	John Watson	1'24''170	Citibank Team Penske
10	Carlos Reutemann	1'24''265	Martini Racing
11	Jody Scheckter	1'24''344	Elf Team Tyrrell
12	Jacques Laffite	1'24''442	Ligier Gitanes
13	Carlos Pace	1'24''472	Martini Racing
14	Jochen Mass	1'24''541	Marlboro Team McLaren
15	Mario Andretti	1'24''566	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	1'24''779	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
17	Chris Amon	1'24''803	Team Ensign
18	Hans Joachim Stuck	1'25''122	March Engineering
19	Alan Jones	1'25''214	Team Surtees
20	Gunnar Nilsson	1'25''277	John Player Team Lotus
21	Michel Leclere	1'25''436	Frank Williams Racing Cars
22	Ingo Hoffmann	1'25''557	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
23	Arturo Merzario	1'25''737	Ovoro Team March
24	Bob Evans	1'25''890	John Player Team Lotus
25	Jacky Ickx	1'26''528	Frank Williams Racing Cars
26	Harald Ertl	1'26''824	Hesketh Racing
27	Brett Lunger	1'26''828	Team Surtees