1962 US GP

## Track Facts

* Name – Watkins Glen
* Location – USA
* Corners – 8
* Laps – 100
* Base (Worst) Lap Time – 1:45.000
* Lap Record (Real Life) – 1:17.000 (Jack Brabham)
* Lap Record (F1R) – 1:09.252 (W von Trips – T Wagner)
* Pit Lane Length – 30 seconds
* Fuel Consumption – Medium
* Tyre Wear – Low

## Qualifying & Grid

No Porsche in the USA, as the German manufacturer appear to have accepted their fate as the 10th placed team in the standings, while it's a reduced grid as many drivers don't make the trip to the USA...most surprisingly home favourite Masten Gregory in the Ferrari, leaving von Trips solo to fly the flag for the Prancing Horse!

All of that means that Bonnier claims Pole Position from Gurney in the Lotus, with the latter team looking on form here - as Siffert lines up 4th, though race pace has been their challenge all season long! Another team who look to be on top form is Emeryson, who have announced they will not be taking part next season - so Baghetti's 3rd place and Collomb's 10th place gives them real hope of an exciting penultimate race!

Meanwhile, the Championship battle sees Graham Hill line up 6th and Vaccarella 8th (while team-mate Love is 5th), with the latter surely needing a win to keep his hopes alive! Brabham look competitive here, as they bring a 3rd car to the grid - with Phil Hill 7th, Maggs 13th and Penske 15th on debut!

McLaren and Rodríguez cannot quite find the pace of their pole-sitting team-mate Bonnier in 9th and 12th respectively. Surtees is the lone BRM here in 14th with Greene the lone LDS in 16th, while the Lola duo of Mairesse and Ireland are 17th and 18th overall on this reduced grid.

## Race Link

https://race.f1revisited.co.uk/results/watkins-glen/1962/9a3dbe43-7314-4dd1-901a-c3ea7f4afa16

## Race Results

Over the line Gurney claims the race victory (his 2nd of the season) to take charge of the 3rd place battle, while Love's 2nd place sees him join that same battle!

Rodríguez's Podium finish is his best result of the season to move inside the Championship Top 10. Von Trips' 4th place is hard-won, while Surtees does hold off Hill for 5th, meaning the Gilby has to postpone his title celebrations for one race more.

Collomb comes home 7th for his best finish of the season, with Bonnier 8th ahead of Maggs in a respectable 9th place from Baghetti in 10th.

Siffert finishes 11th from McLaren 12th, while Penske gets his fuel all wrong in the final stint to see him drop to 15th...although not before his team-mate Phil Hill trips over him - thankfully not with any loss of positions. Hill can at least comfort himself with the Fastest Lap he recorded all the way back on Lap 33! Vaccarella moves up to 14th thanks to the Brabham's fuel difficulties on the final lap, while Penske's debut ends with him pushing his car over the line in 15th place.

Greene finishes 16th in the lone LDS, while Ireland and Mairesse's long race ends with them in 17th and 18th overall.

The final race of the season will be at Prince George circuit in South Africa, where the Drivers' Championship will be decided!

## Milestones

* von Trips moves up to 3rd for Most Race Starts ever, at the expense of Stirling Moss
* Phil Hill makes his 30th race start here at his home track!
* Gurney wins to move up to 9th for Most Wins at the expense of Ken Wharton and Graham Hill
* Previous winners in the USA are Brabham in 1959, Bonnier in 1960 & Rodríguez in 1961
* 1 point for Graham Hill takes him over 50 career points – and a points finish is his 10th points finish ever
* Gurney finishes in the points and moves up to 10th for Most Races Finished in the Points ever at the expense of Toulo de Graffenried
* Surtees is into the Top 10 for Most Points without a win, at the expense of Cesare Perdisa
* A points finish for or Graham Hill makes it his 6th consecutive points finish
* A points finish for Love makes it his 4th consecutive points finish
* A points finish for Rodríguez makes it his 2nd consecutive points finish
* FL for Phil Hill is his 1st ever Fastest Lap!
* Fastest Laps at the US GP previously were taken by Graham Hill (1959), Horace Gould (1960) and von Trips (1961)
* Bonnier claims his 2nd ever US GP Pole Position here!
* Pole at the US GP in 1959 was taken by Gregory, while in 1960 it was Bonnier on Pole – and last season it was Gurney at his home race, which means 2/3 of all US GP Poles have been claimed by Americans