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1977 USA West Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Long Beach circuit. Full information

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1977 USA West Grand Prix

1977 USA West Grand Prix is 284th Formula 1 Grand Prix. Passed at the Long Beach circuit. Niki Lauda won the pole position, Mario Andretti won this race. This was his 3rd victory. Niki Lauda and Jody Scheckter also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 80 laps (260 km).

Previous Grand Prix: 1977 South Africa Grand Prix
Next Grand Prix: 1977 Spain Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1977 USA West Grand Prix

59th victory for the Lotus team
3rd victory for the Mario Andretti
6th podium for the Mario Andretti
25th podium for the Niki Lauda
17th podium for the Jody Scheckter

Mario Andretti - Winner of the 1977 USA West Grand Prix

1977 USA West Grand Prix

Lotus 78 - 1977 USA West Grand Prix winner

1977 USA West Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Mario Andretti	9.00	1h 51m 35.470s ( 139.839 km/h )	80	John Player Team Lotus
2	Niki Lauda	6.00	1h 51m 36.243s ( +00.773s )	80	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
3	Jody Scheckter	4.00	1h 51m 40.327s ( +04.857s )	80	Walter Wolf Racing
4	Patrick Depailler	3.00	1h 52m 49.957s ( +1m 14.487s )	80	Elf Team Tyrrell
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	2.00	1h 52m 56.378s ( +1m 20.908s )	80	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
6	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1.00		79	ATS Racing Team
7	James Hunt	0		79	Marlboro Team McLaren
8	Gunnar Nilsson	0		79	John Player Team Lotus
9	Jacques Laffite	0	Electrics	78	Ligier Gitanes
10	Brian Henton	0		77	Team Rothmans Internationnal
11	Hans Binder	0		77	Durex Team Surtees
ab	Ronnie Peterson	0	Fuel line	62	Elf Team Tyrrell
ab	Clay Regazzoni	0	Gearbox	57	Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol
ab	Hans Joachim Stuck	0	Brakes	53	Martini Racing
ab	Alan Jones	0	Gearbox	40	Shadow Racing Team
ab	Jochen Mass	0	Vibration	39	Marlboro Team McLaren
dsq	John Watson	0	Push start	33	Martini Racing
ab	Renzo Zorzi	0	Gearbox	27	Shadow Racing Team
ab	Alex Ribeiro	0	Gearbox	15	Hollywood March Racing
ab	Carlos Reutemann	0	Collision	5	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
ab	Brett Lunger	0	Collision	4	Chesterfield Racing
f	Larry Perkins	0	Car unavailable		Stanley BRM
ab	Vittorio Brambilla	0	Accident	0	Beta Team Surtees
f	Rupert Keegan	0	Not present		Penthouse Rizla Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1977 USA West Grand Prix on the Long Beach circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Niki Lauda	1'21''630	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
2	Mario Andretti	1'21''868	John Player Team Lotus
3	Jody Scheckter	1'21''887	Walter Wolf Racing
4	Carlos Reutemann	1'22''260	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
5	Jacques Laffite	1'22''296	Ligier Gitanes
6	John Watson	1'22''372	Martini Racing
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	1'22''382	Copersucar-Fittipaldi
8	James Hunt	1'22''529	Marlboro Team McLaren
9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1'22''611	ATS Racing Team
10	Ronnie Peterson	1'22''655	Elf Team Tyrrell
11	Vittorio Brambilla	1'22''659	Beta Team Surtees
12	Patrick Depailler	1'22''675	Elf Team Tyrrell
13	Clay Regazzoni	1'22''762	Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol
14	Alan Jones	1'23''056	Shadow Racing Team
15	Jochen Mass	1'23''231	Marlboro Team McLaren
16	Gunnar Nilsson	1'23''384	John Player Team Lotus
17	Hans Joachim Stuck	1'23''811	Martini Racing
18	Brian Henton	1'24''036	Team Rothmans Internationnal
19	Hans Binder	1'24''163	Durex Team Surtees
20	Renzo Zorzi	1'24''357	Shadow Racing Team
21	Brett Lunger	1'24''979	Chesterfield Racing
22	Alex Ribeiro	1'25''080	Hollywood March Racing
0	Larry Perkins	0	Stanley BRM
0	Rupert Keegan	0	Penthouse Rizla Racing