Season 1976 · Round 15

United States Grand Prix

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1976-10-10 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
11 James Hunt
McLaren 1:42:40.742
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
3 Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell +8.030
1 Niki Lauda
Ferrari +1:02.324
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Henri Pescarolo L48 Tom Pryce L45 Vittorio Brambilla L34 Jacques Laffite L34 Carlos Pace L31 Larry Perkins L30 Mario Andretti L23 Jacky Ickx L14 Gunnar Nilsson L13 Ronnie Peterson L12 +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
P6 Carlos Reutemann 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P6 James Hunt 2 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P10 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P8 Emerson Fittipaldi 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P16 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Clay Regazzoni 10 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Hunt · P1 → P1 1 Hunt HUN 1 Hunt HUN Scheckter · P2 → P2 2 Scheckter SCH 2 Scheckter SCH Lauda · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Lauda LAU 3 Lauda LAU Mass · P17 → P4 · +13 17 Mass MAS 4 Mass MAS Stuck · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Stuck STU 5 Stuck STU Watson · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Watson WAT 6 Watson WAT Regazzoni · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Regazzoni REG 7 Regazzoni REG Jones · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Jones JON 8 Jones JON Fittipaldi · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Fittipaldi FIT 9 Fittipaldi FIT Jarier · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Jarier JAR 10 Jarier JAR Lunger · P24 → P11 · +13 24 Lunger LUN 11 Lunger LUN Ribeiro · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Ribeiro RIB 12 Ribeiro RIB Ertl · P21 → P13 · +8 21 Ertl ERT 13 Ertl ERT Brown · P23 → P14 · +9 23 Brown BRO 14 Brown BRO Pescarolo · P26 → retired L48 Pescarolo · retired L48 26 Pescarolo PES R Pescarolo PES Pryce · P9 → retired L45 Pryce · retired L45 9 Pryce PRY R Pryce PRY Brambilla · P12 → retired L34 Brambilla · retired L34 12 Brambilla BRA R Brambilla BRA Laffite · P4 → retired L34 Laffite · retired L34 4 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Pace · P10 → retired L31 Pace · retired L31 10 Pace PAC R Pace PAC Perkins · P13 → retired L30 Perkins · retired L30 13 Perkins PER R Perkins PER Andretti · P11 → retired L23 Andretti · retired L23 11 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Ickx · P19 → retired L14 Ickx · retired L14 19 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Nilsson · P20 → retired L13 Nilsson · retired L13 20 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL Peterson · P3 → retired L12 Peterson · retired L12 3 Peterson PET R Peterson PET Merzario · P25 → retired L9 Merzario · retired L9 25 Merzario MER R Merzario MER Depailler · P7 → retired L7 Depailler · retired L7 7 Depailler DEP R Depailler DEP
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 James Hunt McLaren 1 59 1:42:40.742 9
2 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell 2 59 +8.030 6
3 1 Niki Lauda Ferrari 5 59 +1:02.324 4
4 12 Jochen Mass McLaren 17 59 +1:02.458 3
5 34 Hans-Joachim Stuck March 6 59 +1:07.978 2
6 28 John Watson Penske 8 59 +1:08.190 1
7 2 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 14 58 +1 Lap
8 19 Alan Jones Surtees 18 58 +1 Lap
9 30 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 15 57 +2 Laps
10 17 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 16 57 +2 Laps
11 18 Brett Lunger Surtees 24 57 +2 Laps
12 25 Alex Ribeiro Hesketh 22 57 +2 Laps
13 24 Harald Ertl Hesketh 21 54 +5 Laps
14 21 Warwick Brown Wolf 23 54 +5 Laps
R 38 Henri Pescarolo Surtees 26 48 Not classified
R 16 Tom Pryce Shadow 9 45 Engine
R 9 Vittorio Brambilla March 12 34 Tyre
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 4 34 Tyre
R 8 Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo 10 31 Collision
R 7 Larry Perkins Brabham-Alfa Romeo 13 30 Suspension
R 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 11 23 Suspension
R 22 Jacky Ickx Ensign 19 14 Accident
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 20 13 Engine
R 10 Ronnie Peterson March 3 12 Suspension
R 20 Arturo Merzario Wolf 25 9 Accident
R 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 7 7 Fuel pipe
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
11 James Hunt
2
3 Jody Scheckter
3
10 Ronnie Peterson
4
26 Jacques Laffite
5
1 Niki Lauda
6
34 Hans-Joachim Stuck
7
4 Patrick Depailler
8
28 John Watson
9
16 Tom Pryce
10
8 Carlos Pace
11
5 Mario Andretti
12
9 Vittorio Brambilla
13
7 Larry Perkins
14
2 Clay Regazzoni
15
30 Emerson Fittipaldi
16
17 Jean-Pierre Jarier
17
12 Jochen Mass
18
19 Alan Jones
19
22 Jacky Ickx
20
6 Gunnar Nilsson
21
24 Harald Ertl
22
25 Alex Ribeiro
23
21 Warwick Brown
24
18 Brett Lunger
25
20 Arturo Merzario
26
38 Henri Pescarolo
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