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1968 Canadian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMont-Tremblant, 90 laps
Round10 of 12
Race numbers

The 1968 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 171st World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Mont-Tremblant
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth902hr 27m 11.200s9
2+6(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth89+1 lap6
3+9(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM88+2 laps4
4+1(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth86+4 laps3
5+12(GBR) Vic ElfordCooper-BRM86+4 laps2
6+5(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)83+7 laps1
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra77DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonFerrari72DNF 
R (FRA) Johnny Servoz-GavinMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)71DNF 
NC (BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM56+34 laps 
R (FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra54DNF 
R (AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco39DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco31DNF 
R (CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)29DNF 
R (USA) Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)29DNF 
R (GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)22DNF 
R (CAN) Bill BrackLotus-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesHonda10DNF 
R (SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)0DNF 
Did not start
  (BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari   
  (CAN) Al PeaseEagle-Climax (privateer)   

Notes

  • Chris Amon ended lap 72 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:33.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco
2(NZL) Chris AmonFerrari
3(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
4(USA) Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
5(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth
6(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7(GBR) John SurteesHonda
8(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
9(GBR) Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth
10(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
11(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM
13(FRA) Johnny Servoz-GavinMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14(GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)
15(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
16(GBR) Vic ElfordCooper-BRM
17(SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)
18(BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM
19(FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra
20(CAN) Bill BrackLotus-Ford Cosworth
21  

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill33
2(NZL) Denny Hulme33
3(GBR) Jackie Stewart27
4(BEL) Jacky Ickx27
5(NZL) Bruce McLaren15
6(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez15
7(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise11
8(NZL) Chris Amon10
9(GBR) Jim Clark9
=(CHE) Jo Siffert9
11(GBR) John Surtees8
12(AUT) Jochen Rindt8
13(GBR) Richard Attwood6
=(FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin6
15(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti6
16(BEL) Lucien Bianchi5
17(GBR) Vic Elford5
18(GBR) Brian Redman4
19(GBR) Piers Courage4
20(GBR) Jackie Oliver2
=(CHE) Silvio Moser2
=(AUS) Jack Brabham2
23(SWE) Jo Bonnier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth47
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth40
3Matra-Ford Cosworth36
4Ferrari32
5BRM25
6Cooper-BRM14
7Brabham-Repco10
8Honda8
=Matra8
10McLaren-BRM3

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Bill Brack
Henri Pescarolo
Milestone race start
100th for Jack Brabham & Graham Hill (1st & 2nd drivers to start 100 races, 1st Australian & British drivers respectively)
150th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 150 races)
Wins
4th for Denny Hulme
3rd for McLaren
Race 1-2
1st for McLaren (13th different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
22nd for Bruce McLaren
15th for Denny Hulme
4th for Pedro Rodriguez (last podium until 1970)
52nd for BRM
4th & 5th for McLaren
Poles
2nd for Jochen Rindt (last for Brabham)
9th for Brabham
Fastest laps
2nd for Jo Siffert
37th for Lotus
Front row starts
8th for Chris Amon
5th for Jochen Rindt (last for Brabham)
1st for Jo Siffert (73rd different front row starter, 1st Swiss driver)