Season 1973 · Round 15

United States Grand Prix

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1973-10-07 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
2 Ronnie Peterson
Team Lotus 1:41:15.779
Team win 10pt P1 · P6
27 James Hunt
March +0.668
10 Carlos Reutemann
Brabham +22.930
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Wilson Fittipaldi L52 Jody Scheckter L39 Jochen Mass L35 Niki Lauda L35 Mike Hailwood L34 Carlos Pace L32 John Watson L7 Rikky von Opel L0
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 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P16 Clay Regazzoni 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Peterson · P1 → P1 1 Peterson PET 1 Peterson PET Hunt · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Hunt HUN 2 Hunt HUN Reutemann · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Reutemann REU 3 Reutemann REU Hulme · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Hulme HUL 4 Hulme HUL Revson · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Revson REV 5 Revson REV Fittipaldi · P3 → P6 · -3 3 Fittipaldi FIT 6 Fittipaldi FIT Ickx · P23 → P7 · +16 23 Ickx ICK 7 Ickx ICK Regazzoni · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Regazzoni REG 8 Regazzoni REG Beltoise · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Beltoise BEL 9 Beltoise BEL Beuttler · P26 → P10 · +16 26 Beuttler BEU 10 Beuttler BEU Jarier · P17 → P11 · +6 17 Jarier JAR 11 Jarier JAR Ganley · P19 → P12 · +7 19 Ganley GAN 12 Ganley GAN Hill · P18 → P13 · +5 18 Hill HIL 13 Hill HIL Follmer · P20 → P14 · +6 20 Follmer FOL 14 Follmer FOL Oliver · P22 → P15 · +7 22 Oliver OLI 15 Oliver OLI Merzario · P11 → P16 · -5 11 Merzario MER 16 Merzario MER Fittipaldi · P25 → retired L52 Fittipaldi · retired L52 25 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT Scheckter · P10 → retired L39 Scheckter · retired L39 10 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Mass · P16 → retired L35 Mass · retired L35 16 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Lauda · P21 → retired L35 Lauda · retired L35 21 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Hailwood · P6 → retired L34 Hailwood · retired L34 6 Hailwood HAI R Hailwood HAI Pace · P9 → retired L32 Pace · retired L32 9 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Watson · P24 → retired L7 Watson · retired L7 24 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Redman · P13 → P24 · -11 13 Redman RED 24 Redman RED von Opel · P27 → retired L0 von Opel · retired L0 27 von Opel VON R von Opel VON Stewart · P5 → P26 · -21 5 Stewart STE 26 Stewart STE Amon · P12 → P27 · -15 12 Amon AMO 27 Amon AMO Cevert · pit lane → P28 · +1 — Cevert CEV 28 Cevert CEV
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 1 59 1:41:15.779 9
2 27 James Hunt March 4 59 +0.668 6
3 10 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 2 59 +22.930 4
4 7 Denny Hulme McLaren 8 59 +50.226 3
5 8 Peter Revson McLaren 7 59 +1:20.367 2
6 1 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Lotus 3 59 +1:47.945 1
7 26 Jacky Ickx Iso Marlboro 23 58 +1 Lap
8 19 Clay Regazzoni BRM 15 58 +1 Lap
9 20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise BRM 14 58 +1 Lap
10 15 Mike Beuttler March 26 58 +1 Lap
11 18 Jean-Pierre Jarier March 17 57 Accident
12 25 Howden Ganley Iso Marlboro 19 57 +2 Laps
13 12 Graham Hill Shadow 18 57 +2 Laps
14 16 George Follmer Shadow 20 57 +2 Laps
15 17 Jackie Oliver Shadow 22 55 +4 Laps
16 4 Arturo Merzario Ferrari 11 55 +4 Laps
R 11 Wilson Fittipaldi Brabham 25 52 Not classified
R 30 Jody Scheckter McLaren 10 39 Suspension
R 30 Jochen Mass Surtees 16 35 Engine
R 21 Niki Lauda BRM 21 35 Fuel pump
R 23 Mike Hailwood Surtees 6 34 Suspension
R 24 Carlos Pace Surtees 9 32 Suspension
R 9 John Watson Brabham 24 7 Engine
D 31 Brian Redman Shadow 13 5 Disqualified
R 28 Rikky von Opel Ensign 27 0 Throttle
W 5 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell 5 0 Withdrew
W 29 Chris Amon Tyrrell 12 0 Withdrew
W 6 François Cevert Tyrrell 0 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Ronnie Peterson
2
10 Carlos Reutemann
3
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
4
27 James Hunt
5
5 Jackie Stewart
6
23 Mike Hailwood
7
8 Peter Revson
8
7 Denny Hulme
9
24 Carlos Pace
10
30 Jody Scheckter
11
4 Arturo Merzario
12
29 Chris Amon
13
31 Brian Redman
14
20 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
15
19 Clay Regazzoni
16
30 Jochen Mass
17
18 Jean-Pierre Jarier
18
12 Graham Hill
19
25 Howden Ganley
20
16 George Follmer
21
21 Niki Lauda
22
17 Jackie Oliver
23
26 Jacky Ickx
24
9 John Watson
25
11 Wilson Fittipaldi
26
15 Mike Beuttler
27
28 Rikky von Opel
PIT
6 François Cevert 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.
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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