Season 1966 · Round 8

United States Grand Prix

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1966-10-02 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 108Lap · 408.200km
1 Jim Clark
Lotus-BRM 2:09:40.110
8 Jochen Rindt
Cooper-Maserati
Team win 13pt P2 · P3 · P4 · P11 2-3
7 John Surtees
Cooper-Maserati
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
12
Innes Ireland L96 Richie Ginther L81 Mike Spence L74 Ronnie Bucknum L58 Jo Bonnier L57 Jack Brabham L55 Jackie Stewart L53 Graham Hill L52 Lorenzo Bandini L34 Denny Hulme L18 +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
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
P4 Jim Clark 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P6 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Jim Clark -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 L108 Clark · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Rindt · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Rindt RIN 2 Rindt RIN Surtees · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Surtees SUR 3 Surtees SUR Siffert · P13 → P4 · +9 13 Siffert SIF 4 Siffert SIF McLaren · P11 → P5 · +6 11 McLaren MCL 5 McLaren MCL Arundell · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Arundell ARU 6 Arundell ARU Ireland · P17 → retired L96 Ireland · retired L96 17 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Ginther · P8 → retired L81 Ginther · retired L81 8 Ginther GIN R Ginther GIN Spence · P12 → retired L74 Spence · retired L74 12 Spence SPE R Spence SPE Bucknum · P18 → retired L58 Bucknum · retired L58 18 Bucknum BUC R Bucknum BUC Bonnier · P15 → retired L57 Bonnier · retired L57 15 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Brabham · P1 → retired L55 Brabham · retired L55 1 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Stewart · P6 → retired L53 Stewart · retired L53 6 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Hill · P5 → retired L52 Hill · retired L52 5 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Bandini · P3 → retired L34 Bandini · retired L34 3 Bandini BAN R Bandini BAN Hulme · P7 → retired L18 Hulme · retired L18 7 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Rodríguez · P10 → retired L13 Rodríguez · retired L13 10 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Gurney · P14 → retired L13 Gurney · retired L13 14 Gurney GUR R Gurney GUR Bondurant · P16 → P19 · -3 16 Bondurant BON 19 Bondurant BON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 2 108 2:09:40.110 9
2 8 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 9 107 Out of fuel 6
3 7 John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 4 107 +1 Lap 4
4 19 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 13 105 +3 Laps 3
5 17 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 11 105 +3 Laps 2
6 2 Peter Arundell Lotus-Climax 19 101 +7 Laps 1
R 10 Innes Ireland BRM 17 96 Alternator
R 12 Richie Ginther Honda 8 81 Not classified
R 18 Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 12 74 Ignition
R 14 Ronnie Bucknum Honda 18 58 Engine
R 22 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 15 57 Not classified
R 5 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1 55 Engine
R 4 Jackie Stewart BRM 6 53 Engine
R 3 Graham Hill BRM 5 52 Differential
R 9 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 3 34 Engine
R 6 Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 7 18 Engine
R 11 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-BRM 10 13 Retired
R 15 Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 14 13 Clutch
D 16 Bob Bondurant Eagle-Climax 16 5 Disqualified
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Jack Brabham
2
1 Jim Clark
3
9 Lorenzo Bandini
4
7 John Surtees
5
3 Graham Hill
6
4 Jackie Stewart
7
6 Denny Hulme
8
12 Richie Ginther
9
8 Jochen Rindt
10
11 Pedro Rodríguez
11
17 Bruce McLaren
12
18 Mike Spence
13
19 Jo Siffert
14
15 Dan Gurney
15
22 Jo Bonnier
16
16 Bob Bondurant
17
10 Innes Ireland
18
14 Ronnie Bucknum
19
2 Peter Arundell
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