Every United States Grand Prix F1 Winner

The United States Grand Prix has lived many lives. First run in 1908 as the American Grand Prize, it became part of the Formula One World Championship in 1959 and has since travelled across the country, from Sebring and Riverside to Watkins Glen, Phoenix, Indianapolis and now Austin.

Since 2012, its permanent home has been the Circuit of the Americas in Texas, apart from the cancelled 2020 event.

List of Every United States Grand Prix Winner

Year	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start Pos.	Win margin	Race time
2026	Austin	–	–	–	–	–
2025	Austin	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	1	7.959s	1hr 34m 00.161s
2024	Austin	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	8.562s	1hr 35m 09.639s
2023	Austin	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	6	10.730s	1hr 35m 21.362s
2022	Austin	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-RBPT	2	5.023s	1hr 42m 11.687s
2021	Austin	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	1.333s	1hr 34m 36.552s
2019	Austin	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	4.148s	1hr 33m 55.653s
2018	Austin	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	2	1.281s	1hr 34m 18.643s
2017	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	10.143s	1hr 33m 50.991s
2016	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	4.520s	1hr 38m 12.618s
2015	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	2.850s	1hr 50m 52.703s
2014	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	4.314s	1hr 40m 04.785s
2013	Austin	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	6.284s	1hr 39m 17.148s
2012	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	2	0.675s	1hr 35m 55.269s
2007	Indianapolis	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1	1.518s	1hr 31m 09.965s
2006	Indianapolis	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	7.984s	1hr 34m 35.199s
2005	Indianapolis	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	5	1.522s	1hr 29m 43.181s
2004	Indianapolis	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	2.950s	1hr 40m 29.914s
2003	Indianapolis	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	7	18.258s	1hr 33m 35.997s
2002	Indianapolis	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	0.011s	1hr 31m 07.934s
2001	Indianapolis	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	4	11.046s	1hr 32m 42.840s
2000	Indianapolis	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	12.118s	1hr 36m 30.883s
1991	Phoenix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	16.332s	2hr 00m 47.828s
1990	Phoenix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	5	8.685s	1hr 52m 32.829s
1989	Phoenix	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	2	39.696s	2hr 01m 33.133s
1980	Watkins Glen	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford Cosworth	5	4.210s	1hr 34m 36.050s
1979	Watkins Glen	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	48.787s	1hr 52m 17.734s
1978	Watkins Glen	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	2	19.739s	1hr 40m 48.800s
1977	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	2.026s	1hr 58m 23.267s
1976	Watkins Glen	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	8.030s	1hr 42m 40.741s
1975	Watkins Glen	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	1	4.943s	1hr 42m 58.175s
1974	Watkins Glen	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1	10.735s	1hr 40m 21.439s
1973	Watkins Glen	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	0.668s	1hr 41m 15.799s
1972	Watkins Glen	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1	32.268s	1hr 41m 45.354s
1971	Watkins Glen	Francois Cevert	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	5	40.062s	1hr 43m 51.991s
1970	Watkins Glen	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	3	36.210s	1hr 57m 32.790s
1969	Watkins Glen	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	49.990s	1hr 57m 56.840s
1968	Watkins Glen	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford Cosworth	2	24.680s	1hr 59m 20.290s
1967	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	2	6.300s	2hr 03m 13.200s
1966	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-BRM	2	1 lap	2hr 09m 40.100s
1965	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	1	12.500s	2hr 20m 36.100s
1964	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	4	30.500s	2hr 16m 38.000s
1963	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	1	34.300s	2hr 19m 22.100s
1962	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	9.200s	2hr 07m 13.000s
1961	Watkins Glen	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	8	4.300s	2hr 13m 45.800s
1960	Riverside	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1	38.000s	2hr 28m 52.200s
1959	Sebring	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	10	0.600s	2hr 12m 35.700s

United States Grand Prix Winners: 1950s to 1970s

The modern Formula One chapter of the United States Grand Prix began in 1959 at Sebring, where Bruce McLaren became the youngest Formula One winner at the time.

The race quickly settled at Watkins Glen, which became its spiritual home through the 1960s and 1970s. British drivers dominated the early years. Stirling Moss won at Riverside in 1960, while Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart all triumphed at Watkins Glen during Formula One’s golden age.

The 1970s saw the event regularly decide championships. Emerson Fittipaldi secured his first world title with victory in 1970. Niki Lauda and James Hunt added their names during their fierce title battles, while Gilles Villeneuve claimed a memorable Ferrari win in 1979.

Watkins Glen became synonymous with dramatic season finales before financial difficulties ended its run after 1980.

United States Grand Prix Winners: 1980s to 2000s

After a gap in the early 1980s, Formula One returned to the United States in Phoenix. Alain Prost won in 1989, while Ayrton Senna dominated the tight street circuit in 1990 and 1991.

The race disappeared again before re-emerging at Indianapolis in 2000. The famous Brickyard ushered in a new era, largely defined by Michael Schumacher. Schumacher won five times at Indianapolis between 2000 and 2006, underlining Ferrari’s supremacy in the early 2000s.

One of the most controversial moments in Formula One history occurred at Indianapolis in 2005, when tyre issues reduced the field to just six cars. Schumacher took victory in extraordinary circumstances.

The Indianapolis era also saw breakthrough moments. Lewis Hamilton claimed his first United States Grand Prix win in 2007 during his sensational rookie season.

United States Grand Prix Winners: 2010s to Today

The modern home of the race is the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, which debuted in 2012. Hamilton won the inaugural event at the venue and went on to dominate much of the hybrid era there with Mercedes, adding multiple victories between 2014 and 2017.

Sebastian Vettel won in 2013 during Red Bull’s period of supremacy, while Kimi Raikkonen took a popular Ferrari win in 2018.

See also…

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The early 2020s have belonged largely to Max Verstappen. Victories in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025 reinforced Red Bull’s dominance in the ground effect era.

In 2024, Charles Leclerc added his name to the winners’ list, proving that Austin remains a circuit where changing competitive cycles are clearly visible.

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