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1968 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 28 laps
Round4 of 12
Race numbers

The 1968 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 165th World Championship race
  • 17th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth281hr 40m 02.100s9
2+6(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM28+12.100s6
3 (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari28+39.600s4
4-2(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)27+1 lap3
5+10(GBR) Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth26DNF2
6+6(BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM26+2 laps1
7+2(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)25DNF 
8+5(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra25+3 laps 
R (GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)22DNF 
R (NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesHonda11DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonFerrari8DNF 
R (GBR) Richard AttwoodBRM6DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco6DNF 
R (GBR) Brian RedmanCooper-BRM6DNF 
R (AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco5DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)1DNF 

Notes

  • Jackie Stewart entered the final lap as the race leader.
  • Jackie Oliver ended lap 26 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jo Siffert ended lap 25 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 3:28.600

PosDriverConstructor
1(NZL) Chris AmonFerrari
2(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
3(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
4(GBR) John SurteesHonda
5(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7(GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)
8(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM
9(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10(GBR) Brian RedmanCooper-BRM
11(GBR) Richard AttwoodBRM
12(BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM
13(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
14(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth
15(GBR) Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth
16(SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)
17(AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco
18(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill24
2(NZL) Denny Hulme10
3(GBR) Jim Clark9
=(NZL) Bruce McLaren9
5(GBR) Richard Attwood6
=(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez6
7(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti6
8(BEL) Lucien Bianchi5
9(AUT) Jochen Rindt4
=(GBR) Brian Redman4
=(BEL) Jacky Ickx4
12(NZL) Chris Amon3
=(GBR) Jackie Stewart3
14(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise3
15(GBR) Jackie Oliver2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth29
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth17
3BRM12
4Cooper-BRM9
5Ferrari7
6Matra-Ford Cosworth6
7Brabham-Repco4
8McLaren-BRM2

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
100th for BRM (3rd constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
4th and last for Bruce McLaren (first win since 1962; only win for McLaren)
1st for McLaren (17th different winner)
Podiums
21st for Bruce McLaren (first podium since 1965; first for McLaren)
2nd for Pedro Rodriguez (first for BRM)
1st for Jacky Ickx (95th different podium finisher, 5th Belgian driver)
156th for Ferrari
50th for BRM (4th constructor to score 50 podiums)
2nd for McLaren
Poles
2nd for Chris Amon
46th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
10th for John Surtees (6th driver to set ten fastest laps, 4th British driver; first since 1966 and last until 1970; only fastest lap for Honda)
2nd and last for Honda
Front row starts
10th for Jackie Stewart (14th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 7th British driver)
3rd for Chris Amon
1st for Jacky Ickx (71st different front row starter, 3rd Belgian driver; first Belgian front row starter since 1963)
Points finishes
3rd and last for Lucien Bianchi
1st for Jackie Oliver (146th different point scorer, 34th British driver)