Race · Round 15 of 16 · 1 October 1978

1978 United States Grand Prix

Carlos Reutemann won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Watkins Glen. 10 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Watkins GlenWatkins Glen, New York, United States of America
Winner: Carlos ReutemannFerrari
Pole: Mario Andretti
Fastest lap: Jean-Pierre Jarier
Entries: 2716 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	—	2	59	Finished	9
2	Alan Jones	Williams	FW06	3	59	Finished	6
3	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	—	11	59	Finished	4
4	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	RS01	9	59	Finished	3
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	F5A	13	59	Finished	2
6	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	M26	18	59	Finished	1
7	James Hunt	McLaren	M26	6	58	Finished	0
8	Derek Daly	Ensign	N177	19	58	Finished	0
9	Rene Arnoux	Surtees	TS20	21	58	Finished	0
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	008	16	58	Finished	0
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	—	10	58	Finished	0
12	Bobby Rahal	Walter Wolf Racing	—	20	58	Finished	0
13	Brett Lunger	Ensign	N177	24	58	Finished	0
14	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	—	17	56	Finished	0
15	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Team Lotus	—	8	55	Out of fuel	0	fastest lap
16	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	—	22	54	Finished	0
DNF	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	A1	26	46	Gearbox	0
DNF	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	—	25	43	Oil leak	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	Brabham	—	5	28	Engine	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	—	1	27	Engine	0
DNF	John Watson	Brabham	—	7	25	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	008	12	23	Wheel	0
DNF	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	—	4	22	Engine	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	ATS	—	15	21	Transmission	0
DNF	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	—	14	1	Fuel system	0
DNF	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	78	23	0	Clutch	0
DNQ	Beppe Gabbiani	Surtees	TS20	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout watkins-glen-3 · 5.435 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Carlos Reutemann	2	1	59
Alan Jones	3	2	59
Jody Scheckter	11	3	59
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	9	4	59
Emerson Fittipaldi	13	5	59
Patrick Tambay	18	6	59
James Hunt	6	7	58
Derek Daly	19	8	58
Rene Arnoux	21	9	58
Didier Pironi	16	10	58
Jacques Laffite	10	11	58
Bobby Rahal	20	12	58
Brett Lunger	24	13	58
Clay Regazzoni	17	14	56
Jean-Pierre Jarier	8	15	55
Rolf Stommelen	22	16	54
Arturo Merzario	26	DNF	46
Michael Bleekemolen	25	DNF	43
Niki Lauda	5	DNF	28
Mario Andretti	1	DNF	27
John Watson	7	DNF	25
Patrick Depailler	12	DNF	23
Gilles Villeneuve	4	DNF	22
Keke Rosberg	15	DNF	21
Hans-Joachim Stuck	14	DNF	1
Héctor Rebaque	23	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	5	1:38.114	—	—
2	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	11	1:39.179	+1.065	+1.065
3	Alan Jones	Williams	27	1:39.742	+1.628	+0.563
4	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	12	1:39.820	+1.706	+0.078
5	Niki Lauda	Brabham	1	1:39.892	+1.778	+0.072
6	James Hunt	McLaren	7	1:39.991	+1.877	+0.099
7	John Watson	Brabham	2	1:40.000	+1.886	+0.009
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Team Lotus	55	1:40.034	+1.920	+0.034
9	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	15	1:40.136	+2.022	+0.102
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:40.228	+2.114	+0.092
11	Jody Scheckter	Walter Wolf Racing	20	1:40.762	+2.648	+0.534
12	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	4	1:40.828	+2.714	+0.066
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	14	1:41.007	+2.893	+0.179
14	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow	16	1:41.681	+3.567	+0.674
15	Keke Rosberg	ATS	10	1:41.773	+3.659	+0.092
16	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	3	1:41.815	+3.701	+0.042
17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow	17	1:41.855	+3.741	+0.040
18	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	8	1:41.974	+3.860	+0.119
19	Derek Daly	Ensign	22	1:42.179	+4.065	+0.205
20	Bobby Rahal	Walter Wolf Racing	21	1:42.429	+4.315	+0.250
21	Rene Arnoux	Surtees	18	1:42.541	+4.427	+0.112
22	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows	36	1:42.741	+4.627	+0.200
23	Héctor Rebaque	Team Lotus	25	1:43.028	+4.914	+0.287
24	Brett Lunger	Ensign	23	1:43.067	+4.953	+0.039
25	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS	9	1:43.572	+5.458	+0.505
26	Arturo Merzario	Merzario	37	1:44.286	+6.172	+0.714
27	Beppe Gabbiani	Surtees	19	1:45.155	+7.041	+0.869

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Surtees TS20
SurteesTS20BarryBoor · The original uploader was Scottanon at English Wikipedia . · Attribution

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Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 1978
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 1 Oct 1978
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.