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 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |  |
Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.316 | 141.335 | |
| 2 | 8 | Niki Lauda |  |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:27.436 | + 0.120 | 141.141 |
| 3 | 16 | René Arnoux |  |
Renault | Renault | 1:27.763 | + 0.447 | 140.615 |
| 4 | 15 | Alain Prost | |
Renault | Renault | 1:27.979 | + 0.663 | 140.270 |
| 5 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | |
Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 1:28.087 | + 0.771 | 140.098 |
| 6 | 1 | Nelson Piquet |  |
Brabham | Ford Cosworth | 1:28.276 | + 0.960 | 139.798 |
| 7 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:28.476 | + 1.160 | 139.482 |
| 8 | 6 | Keke Rosberg |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:28.576 | + 1.260 | 139.324 |
| 9 | 28 | Didier Pironi | |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:28.680 | + 1.364 | 139.161 |
| 10 | 31 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | |
Osella | Ford Cosworth | 1:28.708 | + 1.392 | 139.117 |
| 11 | 7 | John Watson |  |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:28.885 | + 1.569 | 138.840 |
| 12 | 3 | Michele Alboreto | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:29.027 | + 1.711 | 138.619 |
| 13 | 25 | Eddie Cheever |  |
Ligier | Matra | 1:29.336 | + 2.020 | 138.139 |
| 14 | 5 | Mario Andretti | |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:29.468 | + 2.152 | 137.935 |
| 15 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | |
Ligier | Matra | 1:29.587 | + 2.271 | 137.752 |
| 16 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:29.694 | + 2.378 | 137.588 |
| 17 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:29.758 | + 2.442 | 137.490 |
| 18 | 2 | Riccardo Patrese | |
Brabham | Ford Cosworth | 1:29.948 | + 2.632 | 137.199 |
| 19 | 14 | Roberto Guerrero |  |
Ensign | Ford Cosworth | 1:30.186 | + 2.870 | 136.837 |
| 20 | 29 | Brian Henton | |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:30.474 | + 3.158 | 136.402 |
| 21 | 17 | Jochen Mass |  |
March | Ford Cosworth | 1:30.476 | + 3.160 | 136.399 |
| 22 | 33 | Derek Daly |  |
Theodore | Ford Cosworth | 1:30.919 | + 3.603 | 135.734 |
| 23 | 18 | Raul Boesel | |
March | Ford Cosworth | 1:30.977 | + 3.661 | 135.647 |
| 24 | 4 | Slim Borgudd |  |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:31.033 | + 3.717 | 135.564 |
| 25 | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock | |
ATS | Ford Cosworth | 1:31.593 | + 4.277 | 134.735 |
| 26 | 10 | Eliseo Salazar |  |
ATS | Ford Cosworth | 1:31.825 | + 4.509 | 134.395 |