Season 1972 · Round 12

United States Grand Prix

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1972-10-08 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
1 Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell 1:41:45.354
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P7 1-2
2 François Cevert
Tyrrell +32.268
19 Denny Hulme
McLaren +37.528
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Carlos Pace L48 Peter Gethin L47 Howden Ganley L44 David Walker L44 Wilson Fittipaldi L43 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L40 Brian Redman L34 Carlos Reutemann L31 Andrea de Adamich L25 Tim Schenken L22 +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
P6 Carlos Reutemann 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 15 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P8 John Surtees 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Stewart · P1 → P1 1 Stewart STE 1 Stewart STE Cevert · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Cevert CEV 2 Cevert CEV Hulme · P3 → P3 3 Hulme HUL 3 Hulme HUL Peterson · P26 → P4 · +22 26 Peterson PET 4 Peterson PET Ickx · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Ickx ICK 5 Ickx ICK Andretti · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Andretti AND 6 Andretti AND Depailler · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Depailler DEP 7 Depailler DEP Regazzoni · P6 → P8 · -2 6 Regazzoni REG 8 Regazzoni REG Scheckter · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Scheckter SCH 9 Scheckter SCH Wisell · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Wisell WIS 10 Wisell WIS Hill · P27 → P11 · +16 27 Hill HIL 11 Hill HIL Posey · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Posey POS 12 Posey POS Beuttler · P20 → P13 · +7 20 Beuttler BEU 13 Beuttler BEU Pescarolo · P21 → P14 · +7 21 Pescarolo PES 14 Pescarolo PES Amon · P7 → P15 · -8 7 Amon AMO 15 Amon AMO Barber · P20 → P16 · +4 20 Barber BAR 16 Barber BAR Hailwood · P14 → P17 · -3 14 Hailwood HAI 17 Hailwood HAI Revson · P2 → P18 · -16 2 Revson REV 18 Revson REV Lauda · P25 → P19 · +6 25 Lauda LAU 19 Lauda LAU Pace · P15 → retired L48 Pace · retired L48 15 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Gethin · P28 → retired L47 Gethin · retired L47 28 Gethin GET R Gethin GET Ganley · P17 → retired L44 Ganley · retired L44 17 Ganley GAN R Ganley GAN Walker · P30 → retired L44 Walker · retired L44 30 Walker WAL R Walker WAL Fittipaldi · P13 → retired L43 Fittipaldi · retired L43 13 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Beltoise · P18 → retired L40 Beltoise · retired L40 18 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Redman · P24 → retired L34 Redman · retired L34 24 Redman RED R Redman RED Reutemann · P5 → retired L31 Reutemann · retired L31 5 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU de Adamich · P19 → retired L25 de Adamich · retired L25 19 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Schenken · P31 → retired L22 Schenken · retired L22 31 Schenken SCH R Schenken SCH Fittipaldi · P9 → retired L17 Fittipaldi · retired L17 9 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Bell · P29 → retired L8 Bell · retired L8 29 Bell BEL R Bell BEL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 1 59 1:41:45.354 9
2 2 François Cevert Tyrrell 4 59 +32.268 6
3 19 Denny Hulme McLaren 3 59 +37.528 4
4 4 Ronnie Peterson March 26 59 +1:22.516 3
5 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 12 59 +1:23.119 2
6 9 Mario Andretti Ferrari 10 58 +1 Lap 1
7 3 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 11 58 +1 Lap
8 8 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 6 58 +1 Lap
9 21 Jody Scheckter McLaren 8 58 +1 Lap
10 12 Reine Wisell Team Lotus 16 57 +2 Laps
11 28 Graham Hill Brabham 27 57 +2 Laps
12 34 Sam Posey Surtees 22 57 +2 Laps
13 6 Mike Beuttler March 20 57 +2 Laps
14 26 Henri Pescarolo March 21 57 +2 Laps
15 18 Chris Amon Matra 7 57 +2 Laps
16 33 Skip Barber March 20 57 +2 Laps
17 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 14 56 Collision
18 20 Peter Revson McLaren 2 54 Electrical
19 5 Niki Lauda March 25 49 Not classified
R 27 Carlos Pace March 15 48 Fuel system
R 14 Peter Gethin BRM 28 47 Engine
R 16 Howden Ganley BRM 17 44 Engine
R 11 David Walker Team Lotus 30 44 Engine
R 30 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 13 43 Engine
R 17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 18 40 Ignition
R 15 Brian Redman BRM 24 34 Engine
R 29 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 5 31 Engine
R 25 Andrea de Adamich Surtees 19 25 Collision
R 24 Tim Schenken Surtees 31 22 Suspension
R 10 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 9 17 Suspension
R 31 Derek Bell Tecno 29 8 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jackie Stewart
2
20 Peter Revson
3
19 Denny Hulme
4
2 François Cevert
5
29 Carlos Reutemann
6
8 Clay Regazzoni
7
18 Chris Amon
8
21 Jody Scheckter
9
10 Emerson Fittipaldi
10
9 Mario Andretti
11
3 Patrick Depailler
12
7 Jacky Ickx
13
30 Wilson Fittipaldi
14
23 Mike Hailwood
15
27 Carlos Pace
16
12 Reine Wisell
17
16 Howden Ganley
18
17 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
19
25 Andrea de Adamich
20
6 Mike Beuttler
20
33 Skip Barber
21
26 Henri Pescarolo
22
34 Sam Posey
24
15 Brian Redman
25
5 Niki Lauda
26
4 Ronnie Peterson
27
28 Graham Hill
28
14 Peter Gethin
29
31 Derek Bell
30
11 David Walker
31
24 Tim Schenken
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