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 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:18.825 | 148.476 | |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann |  |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:18.886 | + 0.061 | 148.361 |
| 3 | 11 | Jody Scheckter |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:18.911 | + 0.086 | 148.314 |
| 4 | 25 | Patrick Depailler |  |
Ligier | Ford Cosworth | 1:19.025 | + 0.200 | 148.100 |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | |
Ligier | Ford Cosworth | 1:19.032 | + 0.207 | 148.087 |
| 6 | 1 | Mario Andretti |  |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:19.454 | + 0.629 | 147.300 |
| 7 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:19.580 | + 0.755 | 147.067 |
| 8 | 20 | James Hunt |  |
Wolf | Ford Cosworth | 1:19.643 | + 0.818 | 146.951 |
| 9 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |  |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:19.727 | + 0.902 | 146.796 |
| 10 | 27 | Alan Jones |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:19.910 | + 1.085 | 146.460 |
| 11 | 5 | Niki Lauda |  |
Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 1:20.041 | + 1.216 | 146.220 |
| 12 | 6 | Nelson Piquet |  |
Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 1:20.456 | + 1.631 | 145.466 |
| 13 | 30 | Jochen Mass |  |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:20.608 | + 1.783 | 145.192 |
| 14 | 17 | Jan Lammers |  |
Shadow | Ford Cosworth | 1:20.740 | + 1.915 | 144.954 |
| 15 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:20.768 | + 1.943 | 144.904 |
| 16 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | |
Copersucar | Ford Cosworth | 1:21.033 | + 2.208 | 144.430 |
| 17 | 3 | Didier Pironi | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:21.192 | + 2.367 | 144.147 |
| 18 | 7 | John Watson | |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:21.304 | + 2.479 | 143.949 |
| 19 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:21.411 | + 2.586 | 143.759 |
| 20 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | |
Renault | Renault | 1:21.635 | + 2.810 | 143.365 |
| 21 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | |
Shadow | Ford Cosworth | 1:21.961 | + 3.136 | 142.795 |
| 22 | 16 | René Arnoux | |
Renault | Renault | 1:22.088 | + 3.263 | 142.574 |
| 23 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | |
ATS | Ford Cosworth | 1:22.828 | + 4.003 | 141.300 |
| 24 | 24 | Arturo Merzario | |
Merzario | Ford Cosworth | 1:22.938 | + 4.113 | 141.113 |
| 25 | 31 | Hector Rebaque |  |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:22.990 | + 4.165 | 141.024 |
| 26 | 22 | Derek Daly |  |
Ensign | Ford Cosworth | 1:23.888 | + 5.063 | 139.515 |