April 2, 1978 Long Beach Street Circuit | Lap distance 3.251 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (4) | 1978 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 80 | 1:52'01.301 | 1 | 1'20.636 | 2 | 1'22.323 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 80 | 1:52'12.362 | +11.061 | 4 | 1'21.188 | 8 | 1'22.835 | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 80 | 1:52'30.252 | +28.951 | 12 | 1'22.414 | 10 | 1'22.871 | |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 80 | 1:52'46.904 | +45.603 | 6 | 1'21.474 | 5 | 1'22.626 | |
| 5 | 2 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS7/9 | Matra MS78 | Goodyear | 80 | 1:53'24.185 | +1'22.884 | 14 | 1'22.630 | 3 | 1'22.569 | |
| 6 | 1 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 79 | 1:52'21.327 | +1 lap | 9 | 1'22.006 | 6 | 1'22.655 | |
| 7 | 27 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 79 | 1:53'02.221 | +1 lap | 8 | 1'21.935 | 1 | 1'22.215 | (27) | |
| 8 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 79 | 1:53'06.821 | +1 lap | 15 | 1'22.790 | 9 | 1'22.868 | ||
| 9 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen (GER) | Arrows FA1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 79 | 1:53'08.585 | +1 lap | 18 | 1'23.291 | 13 | 1'23.330 | ||
| 10 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 79 | 1:53'10.681 | +1 lap | 20 | 1'23.454 | 15 | 1'23.641 | ||
| 11 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 75 | 1:52'50.193 | +5 laps | 19 | 1'23.419 | 19 | 1'24.703 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 74 | +6 laps | 11 | 1'22.234 | 11 | 1'22.915 | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| accident | 20 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 59 | 10 | 1'22.163 | 12 | 1'23.070 | ||||
| transmission | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 50 | 17 | 1'23.212 | 18 | 1'24.242 | ||||
| turbo | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille (FRA) | Renault RS01 | Renault EF1 | Michelin | 43 | 13 | 1'22.491 | 16 | 1'23.732 | ||||
| accident | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 312B | Michelin | 38 | 2 | 1'20.836 | 4 | 1'22.575 | ||||
| ignition | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 27 | 3 | 1'20.937 | 7 | 1'22.727 | ||||
| gearbox | 3 | Didier Pironi (FRA) | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 25 | 22 | 1'23.792 | 21 | 1'25.232 | ||||
| gearbox | 37 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 17 | 21 | 1'23.589 | 22 | 1'26.756 | ||||
| brakes | 9 | Jochen Mass (GER) | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 11 | 16 | 1'23.106 | 20 | 1'24.734 | ||||
| gearbox | 2 | John Watson (GBR) | Brabham BT46 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 9 | 5 | 1'21.244 | 14 | 1'23.454 | ||||
| accident | 7 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 5 | 7 | 1'21.738 | 17 | 1'24.203 | ||||
| Not started | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 18 | Rupert Keegan (GBR) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'23.677 | ||||||||
| -- | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'23.733 | ||||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 30 | Brett Lunger (USA) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'23.795 | ||||||||
| -- | 22 | Lamberto Leoni (ITA) | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'24.008 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 32 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Theodore TR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'25.785 | ||||||||
| -- | 25 | Hector Rebaque (MEX) | Team Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'26.128 | ||||||||
| -- | 39 | Danny Ongais (USA) | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'26.150 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Derek Daly (IRL) | Hesketh 308E | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'26.635 | ||||||||
