Pit Lane F1
1977 Season - Round 4 - 1977-04-03
Mario Andretti won the 1977 United States Grand Prix West for Team Lotus, with Niki Lauda (Ferrari) second and Jody Scheckter (Wolf) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P12 on the grid to P4 at the flag — a 8-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 12 drivers failing to finish.
22 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1977 United States Grand Prix West, completing round 4 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 3 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Patrick Depailler |
| Tyrrell |
| 12 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 7 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske | 9 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 16 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | Electrical | 0 |
| 10 | Brian Henton | March | 18 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 19 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 10 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 13 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 13 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 17 | Brakes | 0 |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 14 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 16 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 15 | Handling | 0 |
| 17 | John Watson | Brabham | 6 | Disqualified | 0 |
| 18 | Renzo Zorzi | Shadow | 20 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 19 | Alex Ribeiro | March | 22 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 20 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Brett Lunger | March | 21 | Accident | 0 |
| 22 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 11 | Accident | 0 |
