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United States Grand Prix West

Long Beach, 28 Mar 1976

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 312T [024] - f12
#2 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		80 1h 53m 18.471s
2 Niki Lauda Ferrari 312T [023] - f12
#1 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		80 1h 54m 00.885s
3 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 007 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#4 Elf Team Tyrrell 		80 1h 54m 08.443s
4 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS5 [01] - Matra MS73 V12
#26 Ligier Gitanes 		80 1h 54m 31.299s
5 Jochen Mass McLaren M23 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8
#12 Marlboro Team McLaren 		80 1h 54m 40.763s
6 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi FD04 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#30 Copersucar Fittipaldi 		79 1h 53m 57.738s
7 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN5 [4A] - Cosworth DFV V8
#17 Shadow Racing Team 		79 1h 54m 08.108s
8 Chris Amon Ensign N174 [MN02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#22 Team Ensign 		78 1h 53m 46.216s
9 Carlos Pace Brabham BT45 [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#8 Martini Racing Team Brabham 		77 1h 53m 29.178s
10 Ronnie Peterson March 761 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10 Theodore Racing 		77 1h 54m 27.358s
NC Alan Jones Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#19 Durex Team Surtees 		70 not classified
NC John Watson Penske PC3 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#28 Citibank Team Penske 		69 not classified
R Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 007 [6-4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#3 Elf Team Tyrrell 		34 suspension
R Tom Pryce Shadow DN5 [5B] - Cosworth DFV V8
#16 Shadow Racing Team 		32 halfshaft
R Mario Andretti Parnelli VPJ4B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#27 Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
 		15 water leak
R James Hunt McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8
#11 Marlboro Team McLaren 		3 accident
R Hans-Joachim Stuck March 761 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#34 Theodore Racing 		2 accident
R Vittorio Brambilla March 761 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#9 Beta Team March 		0 accident
R Gunnar Nilsson Lotus 77 [1 JPS11] - Cosworth DFV V8
#6 John Player Team Lotus 		0 accident
R Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT45 [2] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#7 Martini Racing Team Brabham 		0 accident
DNQ Bob Evans Lotus 77 [2 JPS12] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5 John Player Team Lotus 		Did not qualify
DNQ Brett Lunger Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#18 Chesterfield Team Surtees 		Did not qualify
DNQ Jacky Ickx Williams FW05 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#20 Frank Williams Racing Cars 		Did not qualify
DNQ Michel Leclère Williams FW05 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#21 Frank Williams Racing Cars 		Did not qualify
DNQ Harald Ertl Hesketh 308D [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#24 Hesketh Racing 		Did not qualify
DNQ Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi FD04 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#31 Copersucar Fittipaldi 		Did not qualify
DNQ Arturo Merzario March 761 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#35 Ovoro Team March 		Did not qualify
AP Phil Hill Ferrari 312T [022] - f12
#1T Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		Also practiced
T Niki Lauda Ferrari 312T [022] - f12
#1T Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		(Only used in practice)
T Carlos Pace Brabham BT45 [3] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12
#8T Martini Racing Team Brabham
 		(Only used in practice)
T John Watson Penske PC3 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#28 Citibank Team Penske 		(Only used in practice)

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Clay Regazzoni (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T [024] - Ferrari f12 1m 23.099s
2 Patrick Depailler (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 007 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 23.292s
3 James Hunt (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [9] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 23.420s
4 Niki Lauda (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312T [023] - Ferrari f12 1m 23.647s
5 Tom Pryce (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN5 [5B] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 23.677s
6 Ronnie Peterson (F1) 3-litre March 761 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.157s
7 Jean-Pierre Jarier (F1) 3-litre Shadow DN5 [4A] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.163s
8 Vittorio Brambilla (F1) 3-litre March 761 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.168s
9 John Watson (F1) 3-litre Penske PC3 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.170s
10 Carlos Reutemann (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [2] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 24.265s
11 Jody Scheckter (F1) 3-litre Tyrrell 007 [6-4] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.344s
12 Jacques Laffite (F1) 3-litre Ligier JS5 [01] - Matra MS73 V12 1m 24.442s
13 Carlos Pace (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT45 [1] - Alfa Romeo 115-12 f12 1m 24.472s
14 Jochen Mass (F1) 3-litre McLaren M23 [6] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.541s
15 Mario Andretti (F1) 3-litre Parnelli VPJ4B [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.566s
16 Emerson Fittipaldi (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi FD04 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.779s
17 Chris Amon (F1) 3-litre Ensign N174 [MN02] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 24.803s
18 Hans-Joachim Stuck (F1) 3-litre March 761 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 25.122s
19 Alan Jones (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 25.214s
20 Gunnar Nilsson (F1) 3-litre Lotus 77 [1 JPS11] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 25.277s
21 Michel Leclère * (F1) 3-litre Williams FW05 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 25.436s
22 Ingo Hoffmann * (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi FD04 [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 25.557s
23 Arturo Merzario * (F1) 3-litre March 761 [4] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 25.737s
24 Bob Evans * (F1) 3-litre Lotus 77 [2 JPS12] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 25.890s
25 Jacky Ickx * (F1) 3-litre Williams FW05 [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 26.528s
26 Harald Ertl * (F1) 3-litre Hesketh 308D [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 26.824s
27 Brett Lunger * (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS19 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 26.828s
 
* Did not start

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985

These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.