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 |