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Circuit · United States of America

Watkins Glen International

20 championship races · 1961–1980

20 championship races between 1961 and 1980. No winner has come from deeper on the grid here than P8 — Innes Ireland in 1961 — across completed seasons (1961–1980). Among constructors, Team Lotus leads with seven wins here across completed seasons (1961–1980).

20
Races hosted
1961
First season
1980
Latest season
3
Most wins
Top constructor: Team Lotus (7)Graham Hill: 3 in a row (1963–1965)
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Most wins here — Graham Hill, 3.

Watkins Glen International (United States of America) has hosted 20 Formula 1 championship races in the covered data, from 1961 to 1980.

Most wins here (through 2026)

DriverWins
Graham Hill3
Jim Clark3
Carlos Reutemann2
Jackie Stewart2
James Hunt2

Win counts are through 2026-07-26; a driver marked "still racing" can extend theirs.

Circuit records (through 1980)

Records cover 1961–1980; a driver marked “still racing” can extend theirs.

Grand Prix winners

YearWinnerConstructor
1961Innes IrelandTeam Lotus
1962Jim ClarkTeam Lotus
1963Graham HillBRM
1964Graham HillBRM
1965Graham HillBRM
1966Jim ClarkTeam Lotus
1967Jim ClarkTeam Lotus
1968Jackie StewartMatra
1969Jochen RindtTeam Lotus
1970Emerson FittipaldiTeam Lotus
1971François CevertTyrrell
1972Jackie StewartTyrrell
1973Ronnie PetersonTeam Lotus
1974Carlos ReutemannBrabham
1975Niki LaudaFerrari
1976James HuntMcLaren
1977James HuntMcLaren
1978Carlos ReutemannFerrari
1979Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
1980Alan JonesWilliams

Data from F1DB (github.com/f1db/f1db), licensed CC BY 4.0 — source

✓ Every fact computed from public race records — F1DB, CC BY 4.0. Not written by anyone.

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