Season 1963 · Round 8

United States Grand Prix

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1963-10-06 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 110Lap · 407.110km
5 Graham Hill
BRM 2:19:22.100
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Richie Ginther
BRM +34.300
1 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Jo Siffert L56 Tony Maggs L44 Rodger Ward L44 Dan Gurney L42 Pedro Rodríguez L36 Trevor Taylor L24 Masten Gregory L14 Hap Sharp L6 Phil Hill L4 Giancarlo Baghetti L0
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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
110Lap 407.110km 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 90 105 L110 Hill · P1 → P1 1 Hill HIL 1 Hill HIL Ginther · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Ginther GIN 2 Ginther GIN Clark · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Clark CLA 3 Clark CLA Brabham · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Brabham BRA 4 Brabham BRA Bandini · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Bandini BAN 5 Bandini BAN de Beaufort · P19 → P6 · +13 19 de Beaufort DE 6 de Beaufort DE Broeker · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Broeker BRO 7 Broeker BRO Bonnier · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Bonnier BON 8 Bonnier BON Surtees · P3 → P9 · -6 3 Surtees SUR 9 Surtees SUR Hall · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Hall HAL 10 Hall HAL McLaren · P11 → P11 11 McLaren MCL 11 McLaren MCL Siffert · P14 → retired L56 Siffert · retired L56 14 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Maggs · P10 → retired L44 Maggs · retired L44 10 Maggs MAG R Maggs MAG Ward · P17 → retired L44 Ward · retired L44 17 Ward WAR R Ward WAR Gurney · P6 → retired L42 Gurney · retired L42 6 Gurney GUR R Gurney GUR Rodríguez · P13 → retired L36 Rodríguez · retired L36 13 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Taylor · P7 → retired L24 Taylor · retired L24 7 Taylor TAY R Taylor TAY Gregory · P8 → retired L14 Gregory · retired L14 8 Gregory GRE R Gregory GRE Sharp · P18 → retired L6 Sharp · retired L6 18 Sharp SHA R Sharp SHA Hill · P15 → retired L4 Hill · retired L4 15 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Baghetti · P20 → retired L0 Baghetti · retired L0 20 Baghetti BAG R Baghetti BAG Hansgen · pit lane → P22 · +3 — Hansgen HAN 22 Hansgen HAN Ireland · pit lane → P23 · +3 — Ireland IRE 23 Ireland IRE de Vos · pit lane → P24 · +3 — de Vos DE 24 de Vos DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Graham Hill BRM 1 110 2:19:22.100 9
2 6 Richie Ginther BRM 4 110 +34.300 6
3 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2 109 +1 Lap 4
4 8 Jack Brabham Brabham 5 108 +2 Laps 3
5 4 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 9 106 +4 Laps 2
6 14 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 19 99 +11 Laps 1
7 21 Peter Broeker Stebro 21 88 +22 Laps
8 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 12 85 +25 Laps
9 3 John Surtees Ferrari 3 82 Engine
10 16 Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 16 76 Gearbox
11 10 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 11 74 Fuel pump
R 14 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 14 56 Gearbox
R 11 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 10 44 Ignition
R 18 Rodger Ward Lotus-BRM 17 44 Gearbox
R 9 Dan Gurney Brabham 6 42 Chassis
R 10 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Climax 13 36 Engine
R 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 7 24 Electrical
R 17 Masten Gregory Lola 8 14 Engine
R 22 Hap Sharp Lotus-BRM 18 6 Retired
R 25 Phil Hill ATS 15 4 Oil pump
R 26 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 20 0 Oil pump
W 7 Walt Hansgen Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 15 Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 0 0 Withdrew
W 19 Ernie de Vos Stebro 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Graham Hill
2
1 Jim Clark
3
3 John Surtees
4
6 Richie Ginther
5
8 Jack Brabham
6
9 Dan Gurney
7
2 Trevor Taylor
8
17 Masten Gregory
9
4 Lorenzo Bandini
10
11 Tony Maggs
11
10 Bruce McLaren
12
12 Jo Bonnier
13
10 Pedro Rodríguez
14
14 Jo Siffert
15
25 Phil Hill
16
16 Jim Hall
17
18 Rodger Ward
18
22 Hap Sharp
19
14 Carel Godin de Beaufort
20
26 Giancarlo Baghetti
21
21 Peter Broeker
PIT
7 Walt Hansgen pit lane start
PIT
15 Innes Ireland pit lane start
PIT
19 Ernie de Vos 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