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Home / Seasons / 1968 F1 World Championship Season / 1968 French Grand Prix

1968 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 July 1968
Winner
  • Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Repco
Fastest lap
  • Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM
CircuitRouen-les-Essarts, 60 laps
Round6 of 12
Race numbers

The 1968 French Grand Prix was the

  • 167th World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 5th and last World Championship race at Rouen-les-Essarts (first since 1964)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari602hr 25m 40.900s9
2+5United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesHonda60+1m 58.600s6
3-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)59+1 lap4
4+13United Kingdom flag lazyload Vic ElfordCooper-BRM58+2 laps3
5-1New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps2
6+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Piers CourageBRM (privateer)57+3 laps1
7+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Richard AttwoodBRM57+3 laps 
8-2New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth56+4 laps 
9-1France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra56+4 laps 
10-5New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonFerrari55+5 laps 
11 Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54+6 laps 
NC Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM53+7 laps 
R Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco45DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco15DNF 
R France flag lazyload Johnny Servoz-GavinCooper-BRM14DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jo SchlesserHonda2DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:56.100

PosDriverConstructor
1Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
3Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
4New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
5New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonFerrari
6New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesHonda
8France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth
10Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM
11Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Richard AttwoodBRM
13Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Piers CourageBRM (privateer)
15France flag lazyload Johnny Servoz-GavinCooper-BRM
16France flag lazyload Jo SchlesserHonda
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Vic ElfordCooper-BRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1968 French Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill24
2Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx16
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart16
4New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme12
5Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez10
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark9
=New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren9
8France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Richard Attwood6
=United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees6
11Italy flag lazyload Ludovico Scarfiotti6
12Belgium flag lazyload Lucien Bianchi5
13Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt4
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian Redman4
15New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon4
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Vic Elford3
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Oliver2
=Switzerland flag Silvio Moser2
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Piers Courage1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth29
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth19
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari19
4France flag lazyload Matra-Ford Cosworth19
5United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM17
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-BRM12
7France flag lazyload Matra6
=Japan flag lazyload Honda6
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Repco6
10United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-BRM2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Vic Elford, Jo Schlesser (only start)
Wins
1st for Jacky Ickx (40th different winner, 1st Belgian driver)
42nd for Ferrari
Podiums
22nd for John Surtees, 10th for Jackie Stewart (18th driver to score ten podiums, 7th British driver), 2nd for Jacky Ickx
157th for Ferrari, 4th for Honda, 3rd for Matra
Poles
1st for Jochen Rindt (32nd different polesitter, 1st Austrian driver)
8th for Brabham
Fastest laps
1st and only for Pedro Rodriguez (40th different fastest lap setter, 1st Mexican driver; last Mexican driver to set a fastest lap until 2012)
13th for BRM (last until 1971)
Front row starts
11th for Jackie Stewart, 3rd for Jochen Rindt, 2nd for Jacky Ickx
Points finishes
1st for Vic Elford & Piers Courage (148th & 149th different point scorers, 35th & 36th British drivers)

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Rouen-les-Essarts circuit
  • 1968 World Championship season

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