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1977 United States Grand Prix West
Race 4 of 17 in the 1977 Formula One season
Race details
Date April 3, 1977
Official name Long Beach Grand Prix
Location Long Beach, California
Course Temporary street course
Course length 3.251 km (2.02 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 260.08 km (161.60 miles)
Weather Temperatures of 68 °F (20 °C); winds of 10.9 miles per hour (17.5 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver
  • Austria Niki Lauda
Ferrari
Time 1:21.650
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari
Time 1:22.753 on lap 62
Podium
First
  • United States Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford
Second
  • Austria Niki Lauda
Ferrari
Third
  • South Africa Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1977 United States Grand Prix West (officially the Long Beach Grand Prix[2]) was a Formula One motor race held on April 3, 1977 in Long Beach, California. It was the fourth race of the 1977 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1977 International Cup for F1 Constructors.

The 80-lap race was won by Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford. Andretti held off Niki Lauda in the Ferrari to become the only American to win a Formula One race on home soil, while also giving the ground-effect Lotus 78 its first win. Jody Scheckter finished third in the Wolf-Ford.

  1. ^ "Weather information for the 1977 United States Grand Prix West". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "1977 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes". The Programme Covers Project.

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