Automobil-Weltmeisterschaft
Saison | USA West Grand Prix Long Beach (Long Beach Street Circuit) |
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| Qualifikation | ||||||||
| Pos | Nr | Fahrer | Nat | Chassis | Motor | Zeit | Abstand | km/h |
| 1 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:20.636 | 145.141 | |
| 2 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:20.836 | + 0.200 | 144.782 |
| 3 | 1 | Niki Lauda |  |
Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 1:20.937 | + 0.301 | 144.601 |
| 4 | 5 | Mario Andretti |  |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:21.188 | + 0.552 | 144.154 |
| 5 | 2 | John Watson |  |
Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 1:21.244 | + 0.608 | 144.055 |
| 6 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson |  |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:21.474 | + 0.838 | 143.648 |
| 7 | 7 | James Hunt | |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:21.738 | + 1.102 | 143.184 |
| 8 | 27 | Alan Jones |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:21.935 | + 1.299 | 142.840 |
| 9 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese |  |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:22.006 | + 1.370 | 142.716 |
| 10 | 20 | Jody Scheckter |  |
Wolf | Ford Cosworth | 1:22.163 | + 1.527 | 142.444 |
| 11 | 8 | Patrick Tambay |  |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:22.234 | + 1.598 | 142.321 |
| 12 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:22.414 | + 1.778 | 142.010 |
| 13 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | |
Renault | Renault | 1:22.491 | + 1.855 | 141.877 |
| 14 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | |
Ligier | Matra | 1:22.630 | + 1.994 | 141.639 |
| 15 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi |  |
Copersucar | Ford Cosworth | 1:22.790 | + 2.154 | 141.365 |
| 16 | 9 | Jochen Mass |  |
ATS | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.106 | + 2.470 | 140.827 |
| 17 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | |
Surtees | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.212 | + 2.576 | 140.648 |
| 18 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.291 | + 2.655 | 140.515 |
| 19 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | |
ATS | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.419 | + 2.783 | 140.299 |
| 20 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni |  |
Shadow | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.454 | + 2.818 | 140.240 |
| 21 | 37 | Arturo Merzario | |
Merzario | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.589 | + 2.953 | 140.014 |
| 22 | 18 | Rupert Keegan | |
Surtees | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.677 | + 3.041 | 139.866 |
| 23 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | |
Shadow | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.733 | + 3.097 | 139.773 |
| 24 | 3 | Didier Pironi | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.792 | + 3.156 | 139.674 |