The 1966 United States Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1966 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Watkins Glen, United States on Sunday, 2 October 1966. Jack Brabham started on pole position in the Brabham Repco and Jim Clark was the race winner in the Lotus Climax.
1966 United States Grand Prix Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
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1 | 1 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus BRM | Firestone | 108 | 2:09:40.110 | 2:09:40.110 | - | - | 184.980 | 9 | ||
2 | 8 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Cooper Maserati | Firestone | 107 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 6 | ||||
3 | 7 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | Firestone | 107 | +1 lap | 2:10:33.700 | 1 lap | +2:10:33.700 | 1:09.670 | 31 | 182.000 | 4 |
4 | 19 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Cooper Maserati | 105 | +3 laps | 2:10:08.800 | 3 laps | 2 laps | 179.200 | 3 | |||
5 | 17 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Firestone | 105 | +3 laps | 2:10:08.900 | 3 laps | +0.100 | 179.200 | 2 | ||
6 | 2 | Peter Arundell | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Firestone | 101 | +7 laps | 2:09:44.100 | 7 laps | 4 laps | 172.900 | 1 | ||
DNF | 10 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | BRM | 96 | DNF | ||||||||
NC | 12 | Richie Ginther | United States | Honda | Goodyear | 81 | +27 laps | 2:10:43.200 | 137.600 | |||||
DNF | 18 | Mike Spence | Great Britain | Lotus BRM | 74 | DNF | ||||||||
DNF | 14 | Ronnie Bucknum | United States | Honda | Goodyear | 58 | DNF | |||||||
NC | 22 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Cooper Maserati | 57 | +51 laps | ||||||||
DNF | 5 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 55 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 4 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 53 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 3 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 52 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 9 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | Ferrari | Firestone | 34 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 6 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 18 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 11 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | Lotus BRM | Firestone | 13 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 15 | Dan Gurney | United States | Eagle Weslake | Goodyear | 13 | DNF | |||||||
DSQ | 16 | Bob Bondurant | United States | Eagle Weslake | Goodyear | 5 | DSQ |