Season 1961 · Round 8

United States Grand Prix

← R7 1961 Season
1961-10-08 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 100Lap · 378.000km
15 Innes Ireland
Lotus-Climax 2:13:45.800
Team win 9pt P1 · P7 · P9 · P11 · P13 · P14 · P15 · P17 · P20
12 Dan Gurney
Porsche +4.300
5 Tony Brooks
BRM +49.000
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Roy Salvadori L96 Jim Hall L76 Lloyd Ruby L76 Stirling Moss L58 Jack Brabham L57 Masten Gregory L23 Walt Hansgen L14 John Surtees L0
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
100Lap 378.000km 20 races held (1961–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Graham Hill 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P4 Jim Clark 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P10 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Podiums
P5 Jim Clark 4 · → Graham Hill -2
P5 John Surtees 4 · → Graham Hill -2
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 L100 Ireland · P8 → P1 · +7 8 Ireland IRE 1 Ireland IRE Gurney · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Gurney GUR 2 Gurney GUR Brooks · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Brooks BRO 3 Brooks BRO McLaren · P4 → P4 4 McLaren MCL 4 McLaren MCL Hill · P2 → P5 · -3 2 Hill HIL 5 Hill HIL Bonnier · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Bonnier BON 6 Bonnier BON Clark · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Clark CLA 7 Clark CLA Penske · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Penske PEN 8 Penske PEN Ryan · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Ryan RYA 9 Ryan RYA Sharp · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Sharp SHA 10 Sharp SHA Gendebien · P15 → P11 · +4 15 Gendebien GEN 11 Gendebien GEN Salvadori · P12 → retired L96 Salvadori · retired L96 12 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Hall · P18 → retired L76 Hall · retired L76 18 Hall HAL R Hall HAL Ruby · P19 → retired L76 Ruby · retired L76 19 Ruby RUB R Ruby RUB Moss · P3 → retired L58 Moss · retired L58 3 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Brabham · P1 → retired L57 Brabham · retired L57 1 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Gregory · P11 → retired L23 Gregory · retired L23 11 Gregory GRE R Gregory GRE Hansgen · P14 → retired L14 Hansgen · retired L14 14 Hansgen HAN R Hansgen HAN Surtees · P9 → retired L0 Surtees · retired L0 9 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Miles · pit lane → P20 · +1 — Miles MIL 20 Miles MIL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 15 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 8 100 2:13:45.800 9
2 12 Dan Gurney Porsche 7 100 +4.300 6
3 5 Tony Brooks BRM 5 100 +49.000 4
4 2 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 4 100 +58.000 3
5 4 Graham Hill BRM 2 99 +1 Lap 2
6 11 Jo Bonnier Porsche 10 98 +2 Laps 1
7 14 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 6 96 +4 Laps
8 6 Roger Penske Cooper-Climax 16 96 +4 Laps
9 16 Peter Ryan Lotus-Climax 13 96 +4 Laps
10 3 Hap Sharp Cooper-Climax 17 93 +7 Laps
11 21 Olivier Gendebien Lotus-Climax 15 92 +8 Laps
R 19 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 12 96 Engine
R 17 Jim Hall Lotus-Climax 18 76 Fuel leak
R 26 Lloyd Ruby Lotus-Climax 19 76 Magneto
R 7 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 3 58 Engine
R 1 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 1 57 Overheating
R 22 Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax 11 23 Gearbox
R 60 Walt Hansgen Cooper-Climax 14 14 Accident
R 18 John Surtees Cooper-Climax 9 0 Engine
W 23 Ken Miles Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jack Brabham
2
4 Graham Hill
3
7 Stirling Moss
4
2 Bruce McLaren
5
5 Tony Brooks
6
14 Jim Clark
7
12 Dan Gurney
8
15 Innes Ireland
9
18 John Surtees
10
11 Jo Bonnier
11
22 Masten Gregory
12
19 Roy Salvadori
13
16 Peter Ryan
14
60 Walt Hansgen
15
21 Olivier Gendebien
16
6 Roger Penske
17
3 Hap Sharp
18
17 Jim Hall
19
26 Lloyd Ruby
PIT
23 Ken Miles pit lane start
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 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 14:15