Season 1977 · Round 15

United States Grand Prix

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1977-10-02 · Watkins Glen · USA · United States Grand Prix · 59Lap · 320.670km
1 James Hunt
McLaren 1:58:23.267
Team win 9pt P1 · P10 · P24
5 Mario Andretti
Team Lotus +2.026
20 Jody Scheckter
Wolf +1:18.879
Fastest Lap
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DNF
7
Jean-Pierre Jabouille L30 Gunnar Nilsson L17 Hans-Joachim Stuck L14 Ian Scheckter L10 Jochen Mass L8 Danny Ongais L6 Alan Jones L3
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 Andretti · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Andretti AND 2 Andretti AND Scheckter · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Scheckter SCH 3 Scheckter SCH Lauda · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Lauda LAU 4 Lauda LAU Regazzoni · P19 → P5 · +14 19 Regazzoni REG 5 Regazzoni REG Reutemann · P6 → P6 6 Reutemann REU 6 Reutemann REU Laffite · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Laffite LAF 7 Laffite LAF Keegan · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Keegan KEE 8 Keegan KEE Jarier · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Jarier JAR 9 Jarier JAR Lunger · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Lunger LUN 10 Lunger LUN Binder · P25 → P11 · +14 25 Binder BIN 11 Binder BIN Watson · P3 → P12 · -9 3 Watson WAT 12 Watson WAT Fittipaldi · P18 → P13 · +5 18 Fittipaldi FIT 13 Fittipaldi FIT Depailler · P8 → P14 · -6 8 Depailler DEP 14 Depailler DEP Ribeiro · P23 → P15 · +8 23 Ribeiro RIB 15 Ribeiro RIB Peterson · P5 → P16 · -11 5 Peterson PET 16 Peterson PET Ashley · P22 → P17 · +5 22 Ashley ASH 17 Ashley ASH Nève · P24 → P18 · +6 24 Nève NÈV 18 Nève NÈV Brambilla · P11 → P19 · -8 11 Brambilla BRA 19 Brambilla BRA Jabouille · P14 → retired L30 Jabouille · retired L30 14 Jabouille JAB R Jabouille JAB Nilsson · P12 → retired L17 Nilsson · retired L17 12 Nilsson NIL R Nilsson NIL Stuck · P2 → retired L14 Stuck · retired L14 2 Stuck STU R Stuck STU Scheckter · P21 → retired L10 Scheckter · retired L10 21 Scheckter SCH R Scheckter SCH Mass · P15 → retired L8 Mass · retired L8 15 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Ongais · P26 → retired L6 Ongais · retired L6 26 Ongais ONG R Ongais ONG Jones · P13 → retired L3 Jones · retired L3 13 Jones JON R Jones JON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 James Hunt McLaren 1 59 1:58:23.267 9
2 5 Mario Andretti Team Lotus 4 59 +2.026 6
3 20 Jody Scheckter Wolf 9 59 +1:18.879 4
4 11 Niki Lauda Ferrari 7 59 +1:40.615 3
5 22 Clay Regazzoni Ensign 19 59 +1:48.138 2
6 12 Carlos Reutemann Ferrari 6 58 +1 Lap 1
7 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 58 +1 Lap
8 24 Rupert Keegan Hesketh 20 58 +1 Lap
9 27 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow 16 58 +1 Lap
10 30 Brett Lunger McLaren 17 57 +2 Laps
11 18 Hans Binder Surtees 25 57 +2 Laps
12 7 John Watson Brabham 3 57 +2 Laps
13 28 Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 18 57 +2 Laps
14 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell 8 56 +3 Laps
15 9 Alex Ribeiro March 23 56 +3 Laps
16 3 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell 5 56 +3 Laps
17 25 Ian Ashley Hesketh 22 55 +4 Laps
18 27 Patrick Nève March 24 55 +4 Laps
19 19 Vittorio Brambilla Surtees 11 54 +5 Laps
R 15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault 14 30 Alternator
R 6 Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus 12 17 Accident
R 8 Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham 2 14 Accident
R 10 Ian Scheckter March 21 10 Accident
R 2 Jochen Mass McLaren 15 8 Fuel pump
R 14 Danny Ongais Penske 26 6 Accident
R 17 Alan Jones Shadow 13 3 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 James Hunt
2
8 Hans-Joachim Stuck
3
7 John Watson
4
5 Mario Andretti
5
3 Ronnie Peterson
6
12 Carlos Reutemann
7
11 Niki Lauda
8
4 Patrick Depailler
9
20 Jody Scheckter
10
26 Jacques Laffite
11
19 Vittorio Brambilla
12
6 Gunnar Nilsson
13
17 Alan Jones
14
15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
15
2 Jochen Mass
16
27 Jean-Pierre Jarier
17
30 Brett Lunger
18
28 Emerson Fittipaldi
19
22 Clay Regazzoni
20
24 Rupert Keegan
21
10 Ian Scheckter
22
25 Ian Ashley
23
9 Alex Ribeiro
24
27 Patrick Nève
25
18 Hans Binder
26
14 Danny Ongais
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.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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