Season
1966
Race
8. United States Grand Prix
1966 United States Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 42.3369, -76.9272
- Altitude
- 485 m
- Race number
- 149
Race winner
Winning driver
Top team
Leader Team
Cooper-Maserati
13.0 pts
- Race
- 13.0 pts
Drivers
- Jochen Rindt 6.0 pts
- John Surtees 4.0 pts
- Jo Siffert 3.0 pts
- Jo Bonnier 0.0 pts
Driver standings before the race
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | 39 | 4 |
| 2 | Jochen Rindt | Cooper-Maserati | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | Graham Hill | BRM | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | John Surtees | Cooper-Maserati | 15 | 1 |
| 5 | Jackie Stewart | BRM | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | Denny Hulme | Brabham-Repco | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | Mike Parkes | — | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | Ludovico Scarfiotti | — | 9 | 1 |
| 10 | Jim Clark | Lotus-BRM | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | Mike Spence | Lotus-BRM | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Bob Bondurant | Eagle-Climax | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Dan Gurney | Eagle-Weslake | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Richie Ginther | Honda | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Bob Anderson | — | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | John Taylor | — | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Bruce McLaren | McLaren-Ford | 1 | 0 |
| — | Jo Bonnier | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| — | Chris Irwin | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Peter Arundell | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| — | Chris Amon | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Guy Ligier | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Giacomo Russo | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Chris Lawrence | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jo Siffert | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| — | Pedro Rodríguez | Lotus-BRM | 0 | 0 |
| — | Giancarlo Baghetti | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Vic Wilson | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Trevor Taylor | — | 0 | 0 |
Constructor standings before the race
| Position | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brabham-Repco | 40 | 4 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 31 | 2 |
| 3 | BRM | 22 | 1 |
| 4 | Cooper-Maserati | 20 | 0 |
| 5 | Lotus-Climax | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Lotus-BRM | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Eagle-Climax | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Brabham-Climax | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Brabham-BRM | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | McLaren-Serenissima | 1 | 0 |
| — | Cooper-Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| — | McLaren-Ford | 0 | 0 |
| — | Honda | 0 | 0 |
| — | Eagle-Weslake | 0 | 0 |
| — | Shannon | 0 | 0 |