Kammala wannan jumla: Gasar ta gaba ita ce ta farko daga cikin biyu da za a gudanar a Amurka,
United States Grand Prix West, wanda aka gudanar a Long Beach, California. Tambay ya fara tseren daga pole, kuma ya jagoranci har zuwa lap 25. A wannan zagayen, Rosberg yayi kokarin wucewa, amma motocin biyu sun taɓa kuma sun wuce. Tambay ya yi ritaya, amma Rosberg ya ci gaba da jagoranci. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, Laffite ya jagoranci, ya tura Rosberg cikin haɗari kamar yadda ya yi. McLaren biyu na John Watson da Niki Lauda sun fara daga 22nd da 23rd a kan grid, amma duka Laffite da Patrese suna fama da taya mai lalacewa, kuma McLarens sun kama su da sauri. Patrese yayi kokarin wuce Laffite a zagaye na 44 amma ya zamewa gaba daya, kuma McLaren biyu sun wuce shi. Dukansu biyu sun sami hanyar wuce Laffite a zagaye na gaba. Daga can Watson ya bar ya jagoranci abokin aikinsa zuwa gida don nasarar 1<unk>2, kuma wanda har yanzu yana tsaye a matsayin nasara daga mafi ƙarancin matsayi na cancanta. Patrese ya sami matsalar injin zagaye uku daga ƙarshe, yana barin matsayi na uku ga Arnoux, tare da Laffite yana biye da gida, zagaye a baya a karo na huɗu. An kammala maki ta hanyar Surer a cikin Arrows da Johnny Cecotto a cikin Theodore. An maye gurbin Chico Serra a tseren Arrows na biyu da Gwarzon Duniya na 1980 Alan Jones, amma dawowar Australiya zuwa F1 bai yi nasara ba, kuma Serra zai dawo cikin motar don tseren na gaba.