F1RACE LAB
FORMULA 1, EXAMINED.
AN INDEPENDENT DATA PROJECT
08 / CIRCUIT DOSSIER

Watkins Glen

Explore Watkins Glen in USA: Grand Prix winners, leading drivers and constructors, the fastest race lap in available data, and every recorded edition.

New York State · USA

Every edition. Every winner. A place in Formula 1 history.

OUTSIDE CURRENT CALENDAR
GRANDS PRIX HELD20Races with recorded winners
FIRST RECORDED RACE1961
LATEST RECORDED RACE1980
DIFFERENT WINNERS13
MOST DRIVER WINS

Graham Hill / Jim Clark

3 Grand Prix wins each · shared record

MOST CONSTRUCTOR WINS

BRM / Ferrari

3 Grand Prix wins each · shared record

WON FROM GRID P1

50%

10 of 20 races with a recorded winner’s grid. Final starting grid, not qualifying position.

The fastest recorded race lap.

THE RECORD IS STILL OPEN

No usable fastest-lap times are recorded for this circuit yet.

Fastest race lap in the available Jolpica data. Race sessions only; qualifying and practice are excluded. Historical coverage is incomplete and circuit layouts may have changed. This is not a certified all-time or current-layout track record.

The names that made it.

ALL RECORDED GRANDS PRIX

Drivers

Most successful drivers at this circuit
RankDriverGP wins
1Graham Hill ↗3
1Jim Clark ↗3
3Carlos Reutemann ↗2
3Jackie Stewart ↗2
3James Hunt ↗2

Constructors

Most successful constructors at this circuit
RankConstructorGP wins
1BRM ↗3
1Ferrari ↗3
3Lotus-Climax ↗2
3Lotus-Ford ↗2
3McLaren ↗2
3Team Lotus ↗2
3Tyrrell ↗2

Every edition.

20 CALENDAR ENTRIES
Circuit Grand Prix archive
SeasonGrand PrixDateWinnerFastest race lapStatusExplore
1980United States Grand Prix5 Oct 1980Alan JonesResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1979United States Grand Prix7 Oct 1979Gilles VilleneuveResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1978United States Grand Prix1 Oct 1978Carlos ReutemannResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1977United States Grand Prix2 Oct 1977James HuntResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1976United States Grand Prix10 Oct 1976James HuntResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1975United States Grand Prix5 Oct 1975Niki LaudaResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1974United States Grand Prix6 Oct 1974Carlos ReutemannResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1973United States Grand Prix7 Oct 1973Ronnie PetersonResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1972United States Grand Prix8 Oct 1972Jackie StewartResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1971United States Grand Prix3 Oct 1971François CevertResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1970United States Grand Prix4 Oct 1970Emerson FittipaldiResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1969United States Grand Prix5 Oct 1969Jochen RindtResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1968United States Grand Prix6 Oct 1968Jackie StewartResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1967United States Grand Prix1 Oct 1967Jim ClarkResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1966United States Grand Prix2 Oct 1966Jim ClarkResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1965United States Grand Prix3 Oct 1965Graham HillResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1964United States Grand Prix4 Oct 1964Graham HillResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1963United States Grand Prix6 Oct 1963Graham HillResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1962United States Grand Prix7 Oct 1962Jim ClarkResults availableRace Explorer ↗
1961United States Grand Prix8 Oct 1961Innes IrelandResults availableRace Explorer ↗

All recorded editions, newest first. — = no usable lap time in the available data. Open Race Explorer for the complete race.

How to read this circuit’s record

Statistics include championship Grands Prix with recorded winners, excluding sprints and future races. Shared winning drives credit each driver, while a constructor is counted once per race. Tied records and ties at the top-five cutoff are retained. Constructor identities follow Jolpica IDs, so some team renames have separate records. One circuit ID can cover different historical layouts: these totals describe the venue’s archive, not an unchanged track configuration. The highlighted lap is the minimum valid time among available race-fastest-lap records for this circuit ID; it is not a certified absolute record. Equal fastest times are all shown. Calendar entries without results are not counted as completed races. Historical championship records may include the Indianapolis 500.