United States Grand Prix West
1977 · Round 4 · California, United States · Apr 3, 1977Race summary
Andretti won the race from 2nd on the grid, 0.773s ahead of Lauda. Depailler was the standout mover, climbing from 12th to 4th. Laffite lost the most ground, from 5th on the grid down to 9th (down 4 places).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 80 | 1:51:35.470 | 9 |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1 | 80 | +0.773 | 6 |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 3 | 80 | +4.857 | 4 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | 80 | +1:14.487 | 3 |
| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 7 | 80 | +1:20.908 | 2 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske | 9 | 79 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 16 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 78 | Electrical | 0 |
| 10 | Brian Henton | March | 18 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 19 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| – | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 10 | 62 | Fuel system | 0 |
| – | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 13 | 57 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 17 | 53 | Brakes | 0 |
| – | Alan Jones | Shadow | 14 | 40 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 15 | 39 | Handling | 0 |
| – | John Watson | Brabham | 6 | 33 | Disqualified | 0 |
| – | Renzo Zorzi | Shadow | 20 | 27 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Alex Ribeiro | March | 22 | 15 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 4 | 5 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Brett Lunger | March | 21 | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 11 | 0 | Accident | 0 |