Season 1971 · Round 11

United States Grand Prix

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1971-10-03 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
9 François Cevert
Tyrrell 1:43:51.991
Team win 11pt P1 · P5 · P29
14 Jo Siffert
BRM +40.062
25 Ronnie Peterson
March-Ford +44.070
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
12
Skip Barber L52 Jacky Ickx L49 Emerson Fittipaldi L49 Pete Lovely L49 Denny Hulme L47 Tim Schenken L41 Chris Craft L30 Henri Pescarolo L23 Sam Posey L15 Nanni Galli L11 +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
59Lap 320.670km 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 François Cevert 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Podiums
P5 John Surtees 4 · → Graham Hill -2
P16 Jo Siffert 2 · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 15 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P8 Jo Bonnier 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P8 John Surtees 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Cevert · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Cevert CEV 1 Cevert CEV Siffert · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Siffert SIF 2 Siffert SIF Peterson · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Peterson PET 3 Peterson PET Ganley · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Ganley GAN 4 Ganley GAN Stewart · P1 → P5 · -4 1 Stewart STE 5 Stewart STE Regazzoni · P4 → P6 · -2 4 Regazzoni REG 6 Regazzoni REG Hill · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Hill HIL 7 Hill HIL Beltoise · P10 → P8 · +2 10 Beltoise BEL 8 Beltoise BEL Gethin · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Gethin GET 9 Gethin GET Hobbs · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Hobbs HOB 10 Hobbs HOB de Adamich · P26 → P11 · +15 26 de Adamich DE 11 de Adamich DE Amon · P8 → P12 · -4 8 Amon AMO 12 Amon AMO Marko · P16 → P13 · +3 16 Marko MAR 13 Marko MAR Cannon · P24 → P14 · +10 24 Cannon CAN 14 Cannon CAN Hailwood · P14 → P15 · -1 14 Hailwood HAI 15 Hailwood HAI Bonnier · P28 → P16 · +12 28 Bonnier BON 16 Bonnier BON Surtees · P13 → P17 · -4 13 Surtees SUR 17 Surtees SUR Barber · P25 → retired L52 Barber · retired L52 25 Barber BAR R Barber BAR Ickx · P7 → retired L49 Ickx · retired L49 7 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Fittipaldi · P2 → retired L49 Fittipaldi · retired L49 2 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Lovely · P29 → retired L49 Lovely · retired L49 29 Lovely LOV R Lovely LOV Hulme · P3 → retired L47 Hulme · retired L47 3 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Schenken · P15 → retired L41 Schenken · retired L41 15 Schenken SCH R Schenken SCH Craft · P27 → retired L30 Craft · retired L30 27 Craft CRA R Craft CRA Posey · P17 → retired L15 Posey · retired L15 17 Posey POS R Posey POS Pescarolo · P20 → retired L23 Pescarolo · retired L23 20 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Galli · P23 → retired L11 Galli · retired L11 23 Galli GAL R Galli GAL Wisell · P9 → retired L5 Wisell · retired L5 9 Wisell WIS R Wisell WIS Revson · P19 → retired L1 Revson · retired L1 19 Revson REV R Revson REV
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 9 François Cevert Tyrrell 5 59 1:43:51.991 9
2 14 Jo Siffert BRM 6 59 +40.062 6
3 25 Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 11 59 +44.070 4
4 16 Howden Ganley BRM 12 59 +56.749 3
5 8 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 1 59 +1:00.003 2
6 5 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 4 59 +1:16.426 1
7 22 Graham Hill Brabham 18 58 +1 Lap
8 12 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 10 58 +1 Lap
9 15 Peter Gethin BRM 21 58 +1 Lap
10 31 David Hobbs McLaren 22 58 +1 Lap
11 27 Andrea de Adamich March-Alfa Romeo 26 57 +2 Laps
12 11 Chris Amon Matra 8 57 +2 Laps
13 17 Helmut Marko BRM 16 57 +2 Laps
14 28 John Cannon BRM 24 56 +3 Laps
15 20 Mike Hailwood Surtees 14 54 Accident
16 29 Jo Bonnier McLaren 28 54 Out of fuel
17 18 John Surtees Surtees 13 54 +5 Laps
R 33 Skip Barber March-Ford 25 52 Not classified
R 32 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 7 49 Alternator
R 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Ford 2 49 Not classified
R 30 Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 29 49 Not classified
R 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 3 47 Accident
R 23 Tim Schenken Brabham 15 41 Engine
R 24 Chris Craft Brabham 27 30 Suspension
R 19 Sam Posey Surtees 17 15 Engine
R 21 Henri Pescarolo March-Ford 20 23 Engine
R 26 Nanni Galli March-Ford 23 11 Wheel
R 3 Reine Wisell Lotus-Ford 9 5 Brakes
R 10 Peter Revson Tyrrell 19 1 Clutch
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Jackie Stewart
2
2 Emerson Fittipaldi
3
7 Denny Hulme
4
5 Clay Regazzoni
5
9 François Cevert
6
14 Jo Siffert
7
32 Jacky Ickx
8
11 Chris Amon
9
3 Reine Wisell
10
12 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
11
25 Ronnie Peterson
12
16 Howden Ganley
13
18 John Surtees
14
20 Mike Hailwood
15
23 Tim Schenken
16
17 Helmut Marko
17
19 Sam Posey
18
22 Graham Hill
19
10 Peter Revson
20
21 Henri Pescarolo
21
15 Peter Gethin
22
31 David Hobbs
23
26 Nanni Galli
24
28 John Cannon
25
33 Skip Barber
26
27 Andrea de Adamich
27
24 Chris Craft
28
29 Jo Bonnier
29
30 Pete Lovely
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.
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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