Race · Round 12 of 12 · 8 October 1972

1972 United States Grand Prix

Sir Jackie Stewart won for Tyrrell from pole at Watkins Glen. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Watkins GlenWatkins Glen, New York, United States of America
Winner: Sir Jackie StewartTyrrell
Pole: Sir Jackie Stewart
Fastest lap: Sir Jackie Stewart
Entries: 3218 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	—	1	59	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell	—	4	59	Finished	6
3	Denny Hulme	McLaren	—	3	59	Finished	4
4	Ronnie Peterson	March	—	26	59	Finished	3
5	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	312B2	12	59	Finished	2
6	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	312B2	10	58	Finished	1
7	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	—	11	58	Finished	0
8	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	312B2	6	58	Finished	0
9	Jody Scheckter	McLaren	—	8	58	Finished	0
10	Reine Wisell	Team Lotus	72D	16	57	Finished	0
11	Graham Hill	Brabham	—	27	57	Finished	0
12	Sam Posey	Surtees	TS9B	23	57	Finished	0
13	Mike Beuttler	March	721G	21	57	Finished	0
14	Henri Pescarolo	March	—	22	57	Finished	0
15	Chris Amon	Matra	—	7	57	Finished	0
16	Skip Barber	March	711	20	57	Finished	0
17	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	TS9B	14	56	Collision	0
18	Peter Revson	McLaren	—	2	54	Electrical	0
NC	Niki Lauda	March	—	25	49	NC	0
DNF	Carlos Pace	March	—	15	48	Fuel system	0
DNF	Peter Gethin	BRM	—	28	47	Engine	0
DNF	Howden Ganley	BRM	—	17	44	Engine	0
DNF	David Walker	Team Lotus	72D	30	44	Engine	0
DNF	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	—	13	43	Engine	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	—	18	40	Ignition	0
DNF	Brian Redman	BRM	—	24	34	Engine	0
DNF	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	—	5	31	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees	TS9B	19	25	Collision	0
DNF	Tim Schenken	Surtees	—	31	22	Suspension	0
DNF	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	72D	9	17	Suspension	0
DNF	Derek Bell	Tecno	PA123/3	29	8	Engine	0
DNS	John Surtees	Surtees	—	—	—	Car raced by Schenken	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout watkins-glen-2 · 5.435 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Jackie Stewart	1	1	59
Francois Cevert	4	2	59
Denny Hulme	3	3	59
Ronnie Peterson	26	4	59
Jacky Ickx	12	5	59
Mario Andretti	10	6	58
Patrick Depailler	11	7	58
Clay Regazzoni	6	8	58
Jody Scheckter	8	9	58
Reine Wisell	16	10	57
Graham Hill	27	11	57
Sam Posey	23	12	57
Mike Beuttler	21	13	57
Henri Pescarolo	22	14	57
Chris Amon	7	15	57
Skip Barber	20	16	57
Mike Hailwood	14	17	56
Peter Revson	2	18	54
Niki Lauda	25	NC	49
Carlos Pace	15	DNF	48
Peter Gethin	28	DNF	47
Howden Ganley	17	DNF	44
David Walker	30	DNF	44
Wilson Fittipaldi	13	DNF	43
Jean-Pierre Beltoise	18	DNF	40
Brian Redman	24	DNF	34
Carlos Reutemann	5	DNF	31
Andrea de Adamich	19	DNF	25
Tim Schenken	31	DNF	22
Emerson Fittipaldi	9	DNF	17
Derek Bell	29	DNF	8

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	1	1:40.481	—	—
2	Peter Revson	McLaren	20	1:40.527	+0.046	+0.046
3	Denny Hulme	McLaren	19	1:41.084	+0.603	+0.557
4	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell	2	1:41.445	+0.964	+0.361
5	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	29	1:41.692	+1.211	+0.247
6	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	8	1:41.951	+1.470	+0.259
7	Chris Amon	Matra	18	1:41.979	+1.498	+0.028
8	Jody Scheckter	McLaren	21	1:42.058	+1.577	+0.079
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus	10	1:42.400	+1.919	+0.342
10	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	9	1:42.482	+2.001	+0.082
11	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell	3	1:42.521	+2.040	+0.039
12	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	7	1:42.597	+2.116	+0.076
13	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham	30	1:42.766	+2.285	+0.169
14	Mike Hailwood	Surtees	23	1:43.204	+2.723	+0.438
15	Carlos Pace	March	27	1:43.319	+2.838	+0.115
16	Reine Wisell	Team Lotus	12	1:43.543	+3.062	+0.224
17	Howden Ganley	BRM	16	1:44.075	+3.594	+0.532
18	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	17	1:44.240	+3.759	+0.165
19	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees	25	1:44.279	+3.798	+0.039
20	Skip Barber	March	33	1:44.280	+3.799	+0.001
21	Mike Beuttler	March	6	1:44.369	+3.888	+0.089
22	Henri Pescarolo	March	26	1:44.433	+3.952	+0.064
23	Sam Posey	Surtees	34	1:44.525	+4.044	+0.092
24	Brian Redman	BRM	15	1:44.925	+4.444	+0.400
25	John Surtees	Surtees	24	1:45.232	+4.751	+0.307
26	Niki Lauda	March	5	1:45.290	+4.809	+0.058
27	Ronnie Peterson	March	4	1:46.142	+5.661	+0.852
28	Graham Hill	Brabham	28	1:46.313	+5.832	+0.171
29	Peter Gethin	BRM	14	1:46.599	+6.118	+0.286
30	Derek Bell	Tecno	31	1:47.023	+6.542	+0.424
31	David Walker	Team Lotus	11	1:50.600	+10.119	+3.577
32	Tim Schenken	Surtees	22	1:57.674	+17.193	+7.074

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 1972
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 8 Oct 1972
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Tyrrell
Entrant: Tyrrell-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.