Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York
Course
Permanent road course
Course length
5.435 km (3.377 miles)
Distance
59 laps, 320.67 km (199.24 miles)
Weather
Cloudy, dry
Pole position
Driver
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford
Time
1:38.114
Fastest lap
Driver
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Lotus-Ford
Time
1:39.557 on lap 55
Podium
First
Carlos Reutemann
Ferrari
Second
Alan Jones
Williams-Ford
Third
Jody Scheckter
Wolf-Ford
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1978 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 1, 1978, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.[1] This event was also referred to as the United States Grand Prix East in order to distinguish it from the United States Grand Prix West held on April 2, 1978, in Long Beach, California.
At the preceding Italian Grand Prix, Mario Andretti had secured the driver's championship. At Watkins Glen, Andretti put his Lotus 79 on the pole before a record crowd of over 150,000 fans, but Ferrari's Carlos Reutemann completed a sweep of the two United States races in 1978 by finishing 19 seconds ahead of Australian Alan Jones. Andretti developed brake problems early on and would retire with a blown engine.
^"1978 United States Grand Prix Entry list".
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Jean-Pierre Jarier
