Season 1969 · Round 10

United States Grand Prix

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1969-10-05 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 108Lap · 408.200km
2 Jochen Rindt
Lotus-Ford 1:57:56.840
18 Piers Courage
Brabham-Ford +46.990
Team win 10pt P2 · P4 · P6 · P9
14 John Surtees
BRM
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Johnny Servoz-Gavin L92 Graham Hill L90 Jacky Ickx L77 George Eaton L76 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L72 Denny Hulme L52 Jackie Stewart L35 Pete Lovely L25 Jackie Oliver L23 Jo Siffert L3 +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
P6 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P10 Bruce McLaren 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
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 Rindt · P1 → P1 1 Rindt RIN 1 Rindt RIN Courage · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Courage COU 2 Courage COU Surtees · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Surtees SUR 3 Surtees SUR Brabham · P18 → P4 · +14 18 Brabham BRA 4 Brabham BRA Rodríguez · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Rodríguez ROD 5 Rodríguez ROD Moser · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Moser MOS 6 Moser MOS Servoz-Gavin · P15 → retired L92 Servoz-Gavin · retired L92 15 Servoz-Gavin SER R Servoz-Gavin SER Hill · P4 → retired L90 Hill · retired L90 4 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Ickx · P8 → retired L77 Ickx · retired L77 8 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Eaton · P9 → retired L76 Eaton · retired L76 9 Eaton EAT R Eaton EAT Beltoise · P7 → retired L72 Beltoise · retired L72 7 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Hulme · P2 → retired L52 Hulme · retired L52 2 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Stewart · P3 → retired L35 Stewart · retired L35 3 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Lovely · P16 → retired L25 Lovely · retired L25 16 Lovely LOV R Lovely LOV Oliver · P14 → retired L23 Oliver · retired L23 14 Oliver OLI R Oliver OLI Siffert · P13 → retired L3 Siffert · retired L3 13 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Andretti · P5 → retired L3 Andretti · retired L3 5 Andretti AND R Andretti AND McLaren · P6 → retired L0 McLaren · retired L0 6 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1 108 1:57:56.840 9
2 18 Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 9 108 +46.990 6
3 14 John Surtees BRM 11 106 +2 Laps 4
4 8 Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 18 106 +2 Laps 3
5 12 Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 12 101 +7 Laps 2
6 19 Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 17 98 +10 Laps 1
R 16 Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 15 92 Not classified
R 1 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 4 90 Accident
R 7 Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 8 77 Engine
R 22 George Eaton BRM 9 76 Engine
R 4 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 7 72 Engine
R 5 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 2 52 Gearbox
R 3 Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 3 35 Engine
R 21 Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 16 25 Halfshaft
R 15 Jackie Oliver BRM 14 23 Engine
R 10 Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 13 3 Fuel system
R 9 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 5 3 Suspension
R 6 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 6 0 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Jochen Rindt
2
5 Denny Hulme
3
3 Jackie Stewart
4
1 Graham Hill
5
9 Mario Andretti
6
6 Bruce McLaren
7
4 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
8
7 Jacky Ickx
9
18 Piers Courage
9
22 George Eaton
11
14 John Surtees
12
12 Pedro Rodríguez
13
10 Jo Siffert
14
15 Jackie Oliver
15
16 Johnny Servoz-Gavin
16
21 Pete Lovely
17
19 Silvio Moser
18
8 Jack Brabham
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