1976 United States Grand Prix West

Race 3 of 16

Long Beach
80 laps
Time of race: 1:53:18.471
Average speed of winner: 137.716 kph
Margin of victory: 42.414 sec
Lead changes: 0
Fastest lap: Clay Regazzoni 1:23.076
Lap leaders: Regazzoni 1-80

Race notes: Last pole for Clay Regazzoni.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Owner	Qualifying Time	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Clay Regazzoni	2	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312T	Ferrari 015	Goodyear	Ferrari	1:23.099	80	1	80	1:53:18.471	9
2	4	Niki Lauda	1	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312T	Ferrari 015	Goodyear	Ferrari	1:23.647	80	0	0	+42.414	6
3	2	Patrick Depailler	4	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 007	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Tyrrell	1:23.292	80	0	0	+49.972	4
4	12	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS5	Matra MS73	Goodyear	Ligier	1:24.442	80	0	0	+72.828	3
5	14	Jochen Mass	12	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	McLaren	1:24.541	80	0	0	+82.292	2
6	16	Emerson Fittipaldi	30	Copersucar-Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi FD04	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Fittipaldi	1:24.779	79	0	0	+1 lap	1
7	7	Jean-Pierre Jarier	17	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5B	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Shadow	1:24.163	79	0	0	+1 lap	0
8	17	Chris Amon	22	Team Ensign	Ensign N174	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Ensign	1:24.803	78	0	0	+2 laps	0
9	13	Carlos Pace	8	Martini Racing	Brabham BT45	Alfa Romeo 115-12	Goodyear	Brabham	1:24.472	77	0	0	+3 laps	0
10	6	Ronnie Peterson	10	March Engineering	March 761	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	March	1:24.157	77	0	0	+3 laps	0
11	19	Alan Jones	19	Durex Team Surtees	Surtees TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Surtees	1:25.214	70	0	0	+10 laps (not classified)	0
12	9	John Watson	28	Citibank Team Penske	Penske PC3	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Penske	1:24.170	69	0	0	+11 laps (not classified)	0
13	11	Jody Scheckter	3	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 007	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Tyrrell	1:24.344	34	0	0	suspension	0
14	5	Tom Pryce	16	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5B	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Shadow	1:23.677	32	0	0	halfshaft	0
15	15	Mario Andretti	27	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Parnelli VPJ4B	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Parnelli	1:24.566	15	0	0	water leak	0
16	3	James Hunt	11	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	McLaren	1:23.420	3	0	0	accident	0
17	18	Hans-Joachim Stuck	34	March Engineering	March 761	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	March	1:25.122	2	0	0	accident	0
18	20	Vittorio Brambilla	9	Beta Team March	March 761	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	March	1:25.277	0	0	0	accident	0
19	10	Carlos Reutemann	7	Martini Racing	Brabham BT45	Alfa Romeo 115-12	Goodyear	Brabham	1:24.265	0	0	0	accident	0
20	8	Gunnar Nilsson	6	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 77	Ford Cosworth DFV	Goodyear	Lotus	1:24.168	0	0	0	suspension	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Niki Lauda	24	3	0	2	3
2	Patrick Depailler	10	3	0	0	2
3	Clay Regazzoni	9	3	1	1	1
4	Jochen Mass	7	3	0	0	1
5	James Hunt	6	3	2	0	1
6	Jody Scheckter	5	3	0	0	0
7	Tom Pryce	4	3	0	0	1
8	Hans-Joachim Stuck	3	3	0	0	0
9	Jacques Laffite	3	3	0	0	0
10	John Watson	2	3	0	0	0
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	3	0	0	0
12	Mario Andretti	1	3	0	0	0
13	Jean-Pierre Jarier	0	3	0	0	0
14	Jacky Ickx	0	2	0	0	0
15	Vittorio Brambilla	0	3	0	0	0
16	Chris Amon	0	2	0	0	0
17	Renzo Zorzi	0	1	0	0	0
18	Carlos Pace	0	3	0	0	0
19	Ronnie Peterson	0	3	0	0	0
20	Bob Evans	0	1	0	0	0
21	Ingo Hoffmann	0	1	0	0	0
22	Brett Lunger	0	1	0	0	0
23	Alan Jones	0	1	0	0	0
24	Carlos Reutemann	0	3	0	0	0
25	Michel Leclère	0	1	0	0	0