Season 1968 · Round 11

United States Grand Prix

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1968-10-06 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 108Lap · 408.200km
15 Jackie Stewart
Matra-Ford 1:59:20.290
Team win 9pt P1
10 Graham Hill
Lotus-Ford +24.680
5 John Surtees
Honda
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Piers Courage L93 Denny Hulme L92 Lucien Bianchi L88 Jack Brabham L77 Jochen Rindt L73 Vic Elford L71 Pedro Rodríguez L66 Jo Bonnier L62 Chris Amon L59 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L44 +3
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 Stewart · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Stewart STE 1 Stewart STE Hill · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Hill HIL 2 Hill HIL Surtees · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Surtees SUR 3 Surtees SUR Gurney · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Gurney GUR 4 Gurney GUR Siffert · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Siffert SIF 5 Siffert SIF McLaren · P10 → P6 · +4 10 McLaren MCL 6 McLaren MCL Courage · P14 → retired L93 Courage · retired L93 14 Courage COU R Courage COU Hulme · P5 → retired L92 Hulme · retired L92 5 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Bianchi · P20 → retired L88 Bianchi · retired L88 20 Bianchi BIA R Bianchi BIA Brabham · P8 → retired L77 Brabham · retired L77 8 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Rindt · P6 → retired L73 Rindt · retired L73 6 Rindt RIN R Rindt RIN Elford · P17 → retired L71 Elford · retired L71 17 Elford ELF R Elford ELF Rodríguez · P11 → retired L66 Rodríguez · retired L66 11 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Bonnier · P18 → retired L62 Bonnier · retired L62 18 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Amon · P4 → retired L59 Amon · retired L59 4 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Beltoise · P13 → retired L44 Beltoise · retired L44 13 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Unser · P19 → retired L35 Unser · retired L35 19 Unser UNS R Unser UNS Andretti · P1 → retired L32 Andretti · retired L32 1 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Bell · P15 → retired L14 Bell · retired L14 15 Bell BEL R Bell BEL Oliver · pit lane → P20 · +1 — Oliver OLI 20 Oliver OLI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 15 Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 2 108 1:59:20.290 9
2 10 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 3 108 +24.680 6
3 5 John Surtees Honda 9 107 +1 Lap 4
4 14 Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 7 107 +1 Lap 3
5 16 Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 12 105 +3 Laps 2
6 2 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 10 103 +5 Laps 1
R 22 Piers Courage BRM 14 93 Out of fuel
R 1 Denny Hulme McLaren 5 92 Accident
R 19 Lucien Bianchi Cooper-BRM 20 88 Not classified
R 3 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 8 77 Engine
R 4 Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 6 73 Engine
R 18 Vic Elford Cooper-BRM 17 71 Engine
R 8 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 11 66 Suspension
R 17 Jo Bonnier McLaren-BRM 18 62 Not classified
R 6 Chris Amon Ferrari 4 59 Water pump
R 21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 13 44 Transmission
R 9 Bobby Unser BRM 19 35 Engine
R 12 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1 32 Clutch
R 7 Derek Bell Ferrari 15 14 Engine
W 11 Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Mario Andretti
2
15 Jackie Stewart
3
10 Graham Hill
4
6 Chris Amon
5
1 Denny Hulme
6
4 Jochen Rindt
7
14 Dan Gurney
8
3 Jack Brabham
9
5 John Surtees
10
2 Bruce McLaren
11
8 Pedro Rodríguez
12
16 Jo Siffert
13
21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
14
22 Piers Courage
15
7 Derek Bell
17
18 Vic Elford
18
17 Jo Bonnier
19
9 Bobby Unser
20
19 Lucien Bianchi
PIT
11 Jackie Oliver 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.
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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: 2026-10-21 14:15