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United States Grand Prix Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen October 8, 1961

Lap distance 3.702 km

Race

	Pos	Driver		Team	Laps	Pits
	1	Ireland FL		Team Lotus	100
	2	Gurney FL		Porsche	100
	3	Brooks FL		BRM	100
	4	McLaren FL		Cooper	100
	5	Hill FL		BRM	99
	6	Bonnier FL		Porsche	98
	7	Clark FL		Team Lotus	96
	8	Penske FL		Cooper	96
	9	Ryan FL		Team Lotus	96
	10	Sharp FL		Cooper	93
	11	Gendebien FL		Team Lotus	92
Retirement
engine		Salvadori		Cooper	96
fuel leak		Hall		Team Lotus	76
magneto		Ruby		Team Lotus	76
engine		Moss		Team Lotus	58
overheating		Brabham FL		Cooper	57
gearbox		Gregory		Team Lotus	23
accident		Hansgen		Cooper	14
engine		Surtees		Cooper	0

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	Pos	Driver		No.		Team	Laps	Last five	Pits	Best (Laps)		Worst (Laps)
	1	Innes Ireland FL		15		Team Lotus	100	1
	2	Dan Gurney FL		12		Porsche	100	2
	3	Tony Brooks FL		5		BRM	100	3
	4	Bruce McLaren FL		2		Cooper	100	4
	5	Graham Hill FL		4		BRM	99	5
	6	Jo Bonnier FL		11		Porsche	98	6
	7	Jim Clark FL		14		Team Lotus	96	7
	8	Roger Penske FL		6		Cooper	96	8
	9	Peter Ryan FL		16		Team Lotus	96	9
	10	Hap Sharp FL		3		Cooper	93	10
	11	Olivier Gendebien FL		21		Team Lotus	92	11
Retirement
engine		Roy Salvadori		19		Cooper	96
fuel leak		Jim Hall		17		Team Lotus	76
magneto		Lloyd Ruby		26		Team Lotus	76
engine		Stirling Moss		7		Team Lotus	58
overheating		Jack Brabham FL		1		Cooper	57
gearbox		Masten Gregory		22		Team Lotus	23
accident		Walt Hansgen		60		Cooper	14
engine		John Surtees		18		Cooper	0

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Pos	Driver		Today	Points
1.	Phil Hill			34
2.	Wolfgang von Trips			33
3.	Stirling Moss			21
4.	Dan Gurney		6	21
5.	Richie Ginther			16
6.	Innes Ireland		9	12
7.	Jim Clark			11
8.	Bruce McLaren		3	11
9.	Giancarlo Baghetti			9
10.	Tony Brooks		4	6
11.	Jack Brabham			4
12.	John Surtees			4
13.	Jackie Lewis			3
14.	Olivier Gendebien			3
15.	Jo Bonnier		1	3
16.	Graham Hill		2	3
17.	Roy Salvadori			2
	Maurice Trintignant			[7]
	Carel Godin de Beaufort			[7]
	Lorenzo Bandini			[8]
	Cliff Allison			[8]
	Roger Penske			[8]
	Hans Herrmann			[9]
	Peter Ryan			[9]
	Masten Gregory			[10]
	Henry Taylor			[10]
	Tim Parnell			[10]
	Hap Sharp			[10]
	Tony Maggs			[11]
	Michael May			[11]
	Ian Burgess			[12]
	Renato Pirocchi			[12]
	Trevor Taylor			[13]
	Keith Greene			[15]
	Tony Marsh			[15]
	Gerry Ashmore			[16]
	Wolfgang Seidel			[17]
	Lucien Bianchi			--
	Roberto Bussinello			--
	Bernard Collomb			--
	Jack Fairman			--
	Jim Hall			--
	Walt Hansgen			--
	Roberto Lippi			--
	Willy Mairesse			--
	Massimo Natili			--
	Brian Naylor			--
	André Pilette			--
	Ricardo Rodríguez			--
	Lloyd Ruby			--
	Giorgio Scarlatti			--
	Gaetano Starrabba			--
	Nino Vaccarella			--

Pos	Constructor	Today	Points
1.	Ferrari		40
2.	Team Lotus / Climax	8	32
3.	Porsche	6	22
4.	Cooper / Climax	3	14
5.	BRM / Climax	4	7
	Cooper / Maserati		[7]
	Gilby / Climax		[15]
	De Tomaso / Alfa Romeo		--
	De Tomaso / Osca		--
	Emeryson / Climax		--
	Emeryson / Maserati		--
	Ferguson / Climax		--
	JBW / Climax		--
	Team Lotus / Maserati		--

1 Jack Brabham 1'17.0
2 Graham Hill 1'18.1
3 Stirling Moss 1'18.2
4 Bruce McLaren 1'18.2
5 Jim Clark 1'18.3
6 Tony Brooks 1'18.3
7 Dan Gurney 1'18.6
8 Innes Ireland 1'18.8
9 John Surtees 1'18.9
10 Jo Bonnier 1'18.9
11 Masten Gregory 1'19.1
12 Roy Salvadori 1'19.2
13 Peter Ryan 1'20.0
14 Walt Hansgen 1'20.4
15 Olivier Gendebien 1'20.5
16 Roger Penske 1'20.6
17 Hap Sharp 1'21.0
18 Jim Hall 1'21.8
19 Lloyd Ruby 1'21.8

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Watkins Glen, United States

Circuit type
Road
Circuit Length
5.430 km
Circuit Turns
11
Circuit Direction
Clockwise
Capacity
41,000
Established
1953