1977 Long Beach Grand Prix

Date 03.04.1977 Category Formula 1
Circuit Long Beach Street Circuit Championship World Drivers Championship
Race title Long Beach Grand Prix Round 4
Distance 80 laps = 260.08 km Country USA
Winner's speed: 139.839 kmh
Pole's speed: 143.373 kmh
Fastest lap speed: 141.428 kmh
Rank Pos. # Driver Entrant Car Laps Laps
lead
Time Status Pts FL
time
FL
rank
Grid Row Qual
time
1 1 5 Mario Andretti John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 80 4 1:51'35.470 finished 9 1'22.916 3 2 1 1'21.868
2 2 11 Niki Lauda Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T2 3.0 F12 80 1:51'36.243 finished 6 1'22.753 1 1 1 1'21.630
3 3 20 Jody Scheckter Walter Wolf Racing Wolf WR1 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 80 76 1:51'40.327 finished 4 1'22.855 2 3 2 1'21.887
4 4 4 Patrick Depailler Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell P34 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 80 1:52'49.957 finished 3 1'23.523 6 12 6 1'22.675
5 5 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Copersucar-Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 80 1:52'56.378 finished 2 1'23.664 8 7 4 1'22.382
6 6 34 Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS Racing Team Penske PC4 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 79 1:52'01.294 finished 1 1'23.526 7 9 5 1'22.611
7 7 1 James Hunt Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 79 1:52'03.367 finished 1'22.928 4 8 4 1'22.529
8 8 6 Gunnar Nilsson John Player Team Lotus Lotus 78 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 79 1:52'44.042 finished 1'23.990 12 16 8 1'23.384
9 9 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS7 Matra 3.0 V12 78 DNF, electrical 1'23.131 5 5 3 1'22.296
10 10 10 Brian Henton Team Rothmans International March 761B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 77 1:51'41.993 finished 1'25.233 18 18 9 1'24.036
11 11 18 Hans Binder Durex Team Surtees Surtees TS19 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 77 1:53'01.037 finished 1'25.069 17 19 10 1'24.173
12 3 Ronnie Peterson Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell P34 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 62 DNF, fuel system 1'24.007 13 10 5 1'22.655
13 22 Clay Regazzoni Team Tissot Ensign with Castrol Ensign N177 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 57 DNF, gearbox 1'24.389 14 13 7 1'22.762
14 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Martini Racing Brabham BT45B Alfa Romeo 3.0 F12 53 DNF, brakes 1'24.705 16 17 9 1'23.811
15 17 Alan Jones Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN8 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 40 DNF, gearbox 1'23.730 10 14 7 1'23.056
16 2 Jochen Mass Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 39 DNF, handling 1'23.701 9 15 8 1'23.231
17 7 John Watson Martini Racing Brabham BT45B Alfa Romeo 3.0 F12 33 DSQ 1'23.806 11 6 3 1'22.372
18 16 Renzo Zorzi Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN8 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 27 DNF, gearbox 1'25.475 19 20 10 1'24.357
19 9 Alex Ribeiro Hollywood March Racing March 761B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 15 DNF, gearbox 1'25.935 20 22 11 1'25.080
20 12 Carlos Reutemann Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312T2 3.0 F12 5 DNF, accident 1'24.417 15 4 2 1'22.260
21 30 Brett Lunger Chesterfield Racing March 761 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 4 DNF, accident 1'27.150 21 21 11 1'24.979
22 19 Vittorio Brambilla Beta Team Surtees Surtees TS19 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 0 DNF, accident 11 6 1'22.659