Automobil-Weltmeisterschaft
Saison | USA East Grand Prix Watkins Glen (Watkins Glen International) |
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| Qualifikation | ||||||||
| Pos | Nr | Fahrer | Nat | Chassis | Motor | Zeit | Abstand | km/h |
| 1 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli |  |
Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 1:33.291 | 209.731 | |
| 2 | 5 | Nelson Piquet |  |
Brabham | Ford Cosworth | 1:34.080 | + 0.789 | 207.972 |
| 3 | 28 | Carlos Reutemann |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:34.111 | + 0.820 | 207.903 |
| 4 | 12 | Elio de Angelis | |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:34.185 | + 0.894 | 207.740 |
| 5 | 27 | Alan Jones |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:34.216 | + 0.925 | 207.672 |
| 6 | 16 | René Arnoux |  |
Renault | Renault | 1:34.839 | + 1.548 | 206.308 |
| 7 | 25 | Didier Pironi | |
Ligier | Ford Cosworth | 1:34.971 | + 1.680 | 206.021 |
| 8 | 6 | Hector Rebaque |  |
Brabham | Ford Cosworth | 1:35.166 | + 1.875 | 205.599 |
| 9 | 7 | John Watson |  |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:35.202 | + 1.911 | 205.521 |
| 10 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | |
Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 1:35.235 | + 1.944 | 205.450 |
| 11 | 11 | Mario Andretti |  |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:35.343 | + 2.052 | 205.217 |
| 12 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | |
Ligier | Ford Cosworth | 1:35.421 | + 2.130 | 205.049 |
| 13 | 8 | Alain Prost | |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:35.988 | + 2.697 | 203.838 |
| 14 | 21 | Keke Rosberg |  |
Fittipaldi | Ford Cosworth | 1:36.332 | + 3.041 | 203.110 |
| 15 | 50 | Rupert Keegan | |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:36.750 | + 3.459 | 202.233 |
| 16 | 31 | Eddie Cheever | |
Osella | Ford Cosworth | 1:36.908 | + 3.617 | 201.903 |
| 17 | 9 | Marc Surer |  |
ATS | Ford Cosworth | 1:37.001 | + 3.710 | 201.709 |
| 18 | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:37.040 | + 3.749 | 201.628 |
| 19 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | |
Fittipaldi | Ford Cosworth | 1:37.088 | + 3.797 | 201.529 |
| 20 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:37.405 | + 4.114 | 200.873 |
| 21 | 4 | Derek Daly |  |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:37.923 | + 4.632 | 199.810 |
| 22 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:37.966 | + 4.675 | 199.722 |
| 23 | 1 | Jody Scheckter |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:38.149 | + 4.858 | 199.350 |
| 24 | 30 | Jochen Mass |  |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:38.526 | + 5.235 | 198.587 |
| 25 | 14 | Jan Lammers |  |
Ensign | Ford Cosworth | 1:38.532 | + 5.241 | 198.575 |
| 26 | 43 | Mike Thackwell |  |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:51.102 | + 17.811 | 176.108 |