Season 1962 · Round 8

United States Grand Prix

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1962-10-07 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 100Lap · 378.000km
1 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax 2:07
Team win 9pt P1 · P8 · P9 · P10 · P12 · P15 · P20
3 Graham Hill
BRM +9.200
8 Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
Fastest Lap
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DNF
5
Richie Ginther L35 Maurice Trintignant L32 Timmy Mayer L31 John Surtees L19 Carel Godin de Beaufort L9
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 Bruce McLaren 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 Clark · P1 → P1 1 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Hill · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Hill HIL 2 Hill HIL McLaren · P6 → P3 · +3 6 McLaren MCL 3 McLaren MCL Brabham · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Brabham BRA 4 Brabham BRA Gurney · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Gurney GUR 5 Gurney GUR Gregory · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Gregory GRE 6 Gregory GRE Maggs · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Maggs MAG 7 Maggs MAG Ireland · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Ireland IRE 8 Ireland IRE Penske · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Penske PEN 9 Penske PEN Schroeder · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Schroeder SCH 10 Schroeder SCH Sharp · P15 → P11 · +4 15 Sharp SHA 11 Sharp SHA Taylor · P8 → P12 · -4 8 Taylor TAY 12 Taylor TAY Bonnier · P9 → P13 · -4 9 Bonnier BON 13 Bonnier BON Ginther · P2 → retired L35 Ginther · retired L35 2 Ginther GIN R Ginther GIN Trintignant · P19 → retired L32 Trintignant · retired L32 19 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Mayer · P12 → retired L31 Mayer · retired L31 12 Mayer MAY R Mayer MAY Surtees · P20 → retired L19 Surtees · retired L19 20 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR de Beaufort · P14 → retired L9 de Beaufort · retired L9 14 de Beaufort DE R de Beaufort DE Salvadori · pit lane → P19 · +2 — Salvadori SAL 19 Salvadori SAL Hall · pit lane → P20 · +2 — Hall HAL 20 Hall HAL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 100 2:07 9
2 3 Graham Hill BRM 3 100 +9.200 6
3 8 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 6 99 +1 Lap 4
4 10 Jack Brabham Brabham 5 99 +1 Lap 3
5 10 Dan Gurney Porsche 4 99 +1 Lap 2
6 16 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM 7 99 +1 Lap 1
7 9 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 10 97 +3 Laps
8 11 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 16 96 +4 Laps
9 14 Roger Penske Lotus-Climax 13 96 +4 Laps
10 26 Rob Schroeder Lotus-Climax 17 93 +7 Laps
11 24 Hap Sharp Cooper-Climax 15 91 +9 Laps
12 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 8 85 +15 Laps
13 11 Jo Bonnier Porsche 9 79 +21 Laps
R 4 Richie Ginther BRM 2 35 Engine
R 6 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 19 32 Brakes
R 23 Timmy Mayer Cooper-Climax 12 31 Ignition
R 6 John Surtees Lola 20 19 Engine
R 15 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 14 9 Accident
W 7 Roy Salvadori Lola 0 0 Withdrew
W 25 Jim Hall Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jim Clark
2
4 Richie Ginther
3
3 Graham Hill
4
10 Dan Gurney
5
10 Jack Brabham
6
8 Bruce McLaren
7
16 Masten Gregory
8
2 Trevor Taylor
9
11 Jo Bonnier
10
9 Tony Maggs
12
23 Timmy Mayer
13
14 Roger Penske
14
15 Carel Godin de Beaufort
15
24 Hap Sharp
16
11 Innes Ireland
17
26 Rob Schroeder
19
6 Maurice Trintignant
20
6 John Surtees
PIT
7 Roy Salvadori pit lane start
PIT
25 Jim Hall 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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
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 14:15