Season 1974 · Round 15

United States Grand Prix

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1974-10-06 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
7 Carlos Reutemann
Brabham 1:40:21.439
Team win 17pt P1 · P2 · P5 1-2
8 Carlos Pace
Brabham +10.735
24 James Hunt
Hesketh +1:10.384
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Ronnie Peterson L52 Mike Wilds L50 Tom Pryce L47 Jody Scheckter L44 Arturo Merzario L43 Niki Lauda L38 Jacques Laffite L31 Mark Donohue L27 Vittorio Brambilla L21 Helmuth Koinigg L9 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
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
59Lap 320.670km 20 races held (1961–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Graham Hill 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P6 Carlos Reutemann 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P6 James Hunt 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 15 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P16 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Reutemann · P1 → P1 1 Reutemann REU 1 Reutemann REU Pace · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Pace PAC 2 Pace PAC Hunt · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Hunt HUN 3 Hunt HUN Fittipaldi · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Fittipaldi FIT 4 Fittipaldi FIT Watson · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Watson WAT 5 Watson WAT Depailler · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Depailler DEP 6 Depailler DEP Mass · P20 → P7 · +13 20 Mass MAS 7 Mass MAS Hill · P24 → P8 · +16 24 Hill HIL 8 Hill HIL Amon · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Amon AMO 9 Amon AMO Jarier · P10 → P10 10 Jarier JAR 10 Jarier JAR Regazzoni · P9 → P11 · -2 9 Regazzoni REG 11 Regazzoni REG Stommelen · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Stommelen STO 12 Stommelen STO Peterson · P19 → retired L52 Peterson · retired L52 19 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Wilds · P22 → retired L50 Wilds · retired L50 22 Wilds WIL R Wilds WIL Pryce · P18 → retired L47 Pryce · retired L47 18 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Scheckter · P6 → retired L44 Scheckter · retired L44 6 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Merzario · P15 → retired L43 Merzario · retired L43 15 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Lauda · P5 → retired L38 Lauda · retired L38 5 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Laffite · P11 → retired L31 Laffite · retired L31 11 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Donohue · P14 → retired L27 Donohue · retired L27 14 Donohue DON R Donohue DON Dolhem · P26 → P21 · +5 26 Dolhem DOL 21 Dolhem DOL Brambilla · P25 → retired L21 Brambilla · retired L21 25 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Koinigg · P23 → retired L9 Koinigg · retired L9 23 Koinigg KOI R Koinigg KOI Ickx · P16 → retired L7 Ickx · retired L7 16 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Schenken · P27 → P25 · +2 27 Schenken SCH 25 Schenken SCH Andretti · P3 → P26 · -23 3 Andretti AND 26 Andretti AND Hulme · P17 → retired L4 Hulme · retired L4 17 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 1 59 1:40:21.439 9
2 8 Carlos Pace Brabham 4 59 +10.735 6
3 24 James Hunt Hesketh 2 59 +1:10.384 4
4 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 8 59 +1:17.753 3
5 28 John Watson Brabham 7 59 +1:25.804 2
6 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 13 59 +1:27.506 1
7 33 Jochen Mass McLaren 20 59 +1:30.012
8 26 Graham Hill Lola 24 58 +1 Lap
9 15 Chris Amon BRM 12 57 +2 Laps
10 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 10 57 +2 Laps
11 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 9 55 +4 Laps
12 27 Rolf Stommelen Lola 21 54 +5 Laps
R 1 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 19 52 Fuel system
R 22 Mike Wilds Ensign 22 50 Not classified
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 18 47 Not classified
R 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 6 44 Fuel system
R 20 Arturo Merzario Iso Marlboro 15 43 Electrical
R 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 5 38 Suspension
R 21 Jacques Laffite Iso Marlboro 11 31 Engine
R 66 Mark Donohue Penske 14 27 Suspension
W 18 José Dolhem Surtees 26 25 Withdrew
R 10 Vittorio Brambilla March 25 21 Fuel system
R 19 Helmuth Koinigg Surtees 23 9 Fatal accident
R 2 Jacky Ickx Team Lotus 16 7 Suspension
D 31 Tim Schenken Team Lotus 27 6 Disqualified
D 55 Mario Andretti Parnelli 3 4 Disqualified
R 6 Denny Hulme McLaren 17 4 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Carlos Reutemann
2
24 James Hunt
3
55 Mario Andretti
4
8 Carlos Pace
5
12 Niki Lauda
6
3 Jody Scheckter
7
28 John Watson
8
5 Emerson Fittipaldi
9
11 Clay Regazzoni
10
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
11
21 Jacques Laffite
12
15 Chris Amon
13
4 Patrick Depailler
14
66 Mark Donohue
15
20 Arturo Merzario
16
2 Jacky Ickx
17
6 Denny Hulme
18
16 Tom Pryce
19
1 Ronnie Peterson
20
33 Jochen Mass
21
27 Rolf Stommelen
22
22 Mike Wilds
23
19 Helmuth Koinigg
24
26 Graham Hill
25
10 Vittorio Brambilla
26
18 José Dolhem
27
31 Tim Schenken
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.
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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