United States Grand Prix
Riverside International Raceway
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stirling Moss | Team Lotus |
| 2 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 3 | Dan Gurney | BRM |
| 4 | Jo Bonnier | BRM |
| 5 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus |
| 6 | John Surtees | Team Lotus |
| 7 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus |
| 8 | Olivier Gendebien | Cooper-Climax |
| 9 | Tony Brooks | Cooper-Climax |
| 10 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
| 11 | Graham Hill | BRM |
| 12 | Jim Hall | Team Lotus |
| 13 | Phil Hill | Cooper-Climax |
| 14 | Henry Taylor | Cooper-Climax |
| 15 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax |
| 16 | Wolfgang von Trips | Cooper-Maserati |
| 17 | Brian Naylor | Cooper-Maserati |
| 18 | Chuck Daigh | Scarab |
| 19 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati |
| 20 | Pete Lovely | Cooper-Castellotti |
| 21 | Ron Flockhart | Cooper-Climax |
| 22 | Bob Drake | Maserati |
| 23 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati |