Season 1975 · Round 14

United States Grand Prix

← R13 1975 Season
1975-10-05 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
12 Niki Lauda
Ferrari 1:42:58.175
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
McLaren +4.943
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
2 Jochen Mass
McLaren +47.637
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Tom Pryce L52 Brian Henton L49 Brett Lunger L46 Roelof Wunderink L41 Jean-Pierre Jarier L19 Carlos Reutemann L9 Mario Andretti L9 Tony Brise L5 Michel Leclère L5 Patrick Depailler L2 +1
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 Carlos Reutemann 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P6 James Hunt 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 15 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P16 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Lauda · P1 → P1 1 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Fittipaldi · P2 → P2 2 Fittipaldi FIT 2 Fittipaldi FIT Mass · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Mass MAS 3 Mass MAS Hunt · P15 → P4 · +11 15 Hunt HUN 4 Hunt HUN Peterson · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Peterson PET 5 Peterson PET Scheckter · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Scheckter SCH 6 Scheckter SCH Brambilla · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Brambilla BRA 7 Brambilla BRA Stuck · P13 → P8 · +5 13 Stuck STU 8 Stuck STU Watson · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Watson WAT 9 Watson WAT Fittipaldi · P23 → P10 · +13 23 Fittipaldi FIT 10 Fittipaldi FIT Pryce · P7 → retired L52 Pryce · retired L52 7 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Henton · P19 → retired L49 Henton · retired L49 19 Henton HEN R Henton HEN Lunger · P18 → retired L46 Lunger · retired L46 18 Lunger LUN R Lunger LUN Wunderink · P22 → retired L41 Wunderink · retired L41 22 Wunderink WUN R Wunderink WUN Regazzoni · P11 → P15 · -4 11 Regazzoni REG 15 Regazzoni REG Jarier · P4 → retired L19 Jarier · retired L19 4 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Reutemann · P3 → retired L9 Reutemann · retired L9 3 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU Andretti · P5 → retired L9 Andretti · retired L9 5 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Brise · P17 → retired L5 Brise · retired L5 17 Brise BRI R Brise BRI Leclère · P20 → retired L5 Leclère · retired L5 20 Leclère LEC R Leclère LEC Depailler · P8 → retired L2 Depailler · retired L2 8 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP Pace · P16 → retired L2 Pace · retired L2 16 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Laffite · P21 → P23 · -2 21 Laffite LAF 23 Laffite LAF Lombardi · P24 → P24 24 Lombardi LOM 24 Lombardi LOM
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 1 59 1:42:58.175 9
2 1 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren 2 59 +4.943 6
3 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 9 59 +47.637 4
4 24 James Hunt Hesketh 15 59 +49.475 3
5 5 Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus 14 59 +49.986 2
6 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 10 59 +50.321 1
7 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 6 59 +1:44.031
8 10 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 13 58 +1 Lap
9 28 John Watson Penske 12 57 +2 Laps
10 30 Wilson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 23 55 +4 Laps
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow-Ford 7 52 Not classified
R 6 Brian Henton Team Lotus 19 49 Not classified
R 25 Brett Lunger Hesketh 18 46 Accident
R 31 Roelof Wunderink Ensign 22 41 Gearbox
W 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 11 0 Withdrew
R 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow-Ford 4 19 Wheel bearing
R 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham 3 9 Engine
R 27 Mario Andretti Parnelli 5 9 Suspension
R 23 Tony Brise Embassy Hill 17 5 Accident
R 15 Michel Leclère Tyrrell 20 5 Engine
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 8 2 Accident
R 8 Carlos Pace Brabham 16 2 Accident
W 21 Jacques Laffite Williams 21 0 Physical
W 20 Lella Lombardi Williams 24 0 Ignition
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Niki Lauda
2
1 Emerson Fittipaldi
3
7 Carlos Reutemann
4
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
5
27 Mario Andretti
6
9 Vittorio Brambilla
7
16 Tom Pryce
8
4 Patrick Depailler
9
2 Jochen Mass
10
3 Jody Scheckter
11
11 Clay Regazzoni
12
28 John Watson
13
10 Hans-Joachim Stuck
14
5 Ronnie Peterson
15
24 James Hunt
16
8 Carlos Pace
17
23 Tony Brise
18
25 Brett Lunger
19
6 Brian Henton
20
15 Michel Leclère
21
21 Jacques Laffite
22
31 Roelof Wunderink
23
30 Wilson Fittipaldi
24
20 Lella Lombardi
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