Season 1970 · Round 12

United States Grand Prix

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1970-10-04 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 108Lap · 408.200km
24 Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1:57:32.790
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 · P16 1-3
19 Pedro Rodríguez
BRM +36.390
23 Reine Wisell
Team Lotus +45.170
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Jackie Stewart L82 Graham Hill L72 François Cevert L62 Tim Schenken L61 Jo Bonnier L50 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L27 Gus Hutchison L21 Jackie Oliver L14 George Eaton L10 John Surtees L6
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 10/20 50%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Watkins Glen New York State, USA
108Lap 408.200km 20 races held (1961–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Graham Hill 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P6 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P10 Bruce McLaren 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 15 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P6 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P8 Jo Bonnier 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 L108 Fittipaldi · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Fittipaldi FIT 1 Fittipaldi FIT Rodríguez · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Rodríguez ROD 2 Rodríguez ROD Wisell · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Wisell WIS 3 Wisell WIS Ickx · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Ickx ICK 4 Ickx ICK Amon · P5 → P5 5 Amon AMO 5 Amon AMO Bell · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Bell BEL 6 Bell BEL Hulme · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Hulme HUL 7 Hulme HUL Pescarolo · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Pescarolo PES 8 Pescarolo PES Siffert · P23 → P9 · +14 23 Siffert SIF 9 Siffert SIF Brabham · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Brabham BRA 10 Brabham BRA Peterson · P15 → P11 · +4 15 Peterson PET 11 Peterson PET Stommelen · P19 → P12 · +7 19 Stommelen STO 12 Stommelen STO Regazzoni · P6 → P13 · -7 6 Regazzoni REG 13 Regazzoni REG Gethin · P21 → P14 · +7 21 Gethin GET 14 Gethin GET Stewart · P2 → retired L82 Stewart · retired L82 2 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Hill · P10 → retired L72 Hill · retired L72 10 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Cevert · P17 → retired L62 Cevert · retired L62 17 Cevert CEV R Cevert CEV Schenken · P20 → retired L61 Schenken · retired L61 20 Schenken SCH R Schenken SCH Bonnier · P24 → retired L50 Bonnier · retired L50 24 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Beltoise · P18 → retired L27 Beltoise · retired L27 18 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Hutchison · P22 → retired L21 Hutchison · retired L21 22 Hutchison HUT R Hutchison HUT Oliver · P7 → retired L14 Oliver · retired L14 7 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI Eaton · P14 → retired L10 Eaton · retired L10 14 Eaton EAT R Eaton EAT Surtees · P8 → retired L6 Surtees · retired L6 8 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 24 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 3 108 1:57:32.790 9
2 19 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 4 108 +36.390 6
3 23 Reine Wisell Team Lotus 9 108 +45.170 4
4 3 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1 107 +1 Lap 3
5 12 Chris Amon March 5 107 +1 Lap 2
6 18 Derek Bell Surtees 13 107 +1 Lap 1
7 8 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 11 106 +2 Laps
8 7 Henri Pescarolo Matra 12 105 +3 Laps
9 11 Jo Siffert March 23 105 +3 Laps
10 15 Jack Brabham Brabham 16 105 +3 Laps
11 29 Ronnie Peterson March 15 104 +4 Laps
12 16 Rolf Stommelen Brabham 19 104 +4 Laps
13 4 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 6 101 +7 Laps
14 9 Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 21 100 +8 Laps
R 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 2 82 Oil leak
R 14 Graham Hill Team Lotus 10 72 Clutch
R 2 François Cevert March 17 62 Wheel
R 30 Tim Schenken De Tomaso 20 61 Suspension
R 27 Jo Bonnier McLaren-Ford 24 50 Water pipe
R 6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 18 27 Handling
R 31 Gus Hutchison Brabham 22 21 Fuel leak
R 20 Jackie Oliver BRM 7 14 Engine
R 21 George Eaton BRM 14 10 Engine
R 17 John Surtees Surtees 8 6 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
3 Jacky Ickx
2
1 Jackie Stewart
3
24 Emerson Fittipaldi
4
19 Pedro Rodríguez
5
12 Chris Amon
6
4 Clay Regazzoni
7
20 Jackie Oliver
8
17 John Surtees
9
23 Reine Wisell
10
14 Graham Hill
11
8 Denny Hulme
12
7 Henri Pescarolo
13
18 Derek Bell
14
21 George Eaton
15
29 Ronnie Peterson
16
15 Jack Brabham
17
2 François Cevert
18
6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
19
16 Rolf Stommelen
20
30 Tim Schenken
21
9 Peter Gethin
22
31 Gus Hutchison
23
11 Jo Siffert
24
27 Jo Bonnier
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 22:20