1968 French Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 7 July 1968 |
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| Circuit | Rouen-les-Essarts, 60 laps |
| Round | 6 of 12 |
| Race numbers | The 1968 French Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +2 |  Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 60 | 2hr 25m 40.900s | 9 |
| 2 | +5 |  John Surtees | Honda | 60 | +1m 58.600s | 6 |
| 3 | -1 | Jackie Stewart | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 59 | +1 lap | 4 |
| 4 | +13 | Vic Elford | Cooper-BRM | 58 | +2 laps | 3 |
| 5 | -1 |  Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 58 | +2 laps | 2 |
| 6 | +8 | Piers Courage | BRM (privateer) | 57 | +3 laps | 1 |
| 7 | +5 | Richard Attwood | BRM | 57 | +3 laps | |
| 8 | -2 | Bruce McLaren | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 56 | +4 laps | |
| 9 | -1 |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 56 | +4 laps | |
| 10 | -5 | Chris Amon | Ferrari | 55 | +5 laps | |
| 11 |  Jo Siffert | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 54 | +6 laps | ||
| NC |  Pedro Rodriguez | BRM | 53 | +7 laps | ||
| R |  Jochen Rindt | Brabham-Repco | 45 | DNF | ||
| R |  Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | 15 | DNF | ||
| R | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | Cooper-BRM | 14 | DNF | ||
| R | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 14 | DNF | ||
| R | Jo Schlesser | Honda | 2 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
| Jackie Oliver | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | |||||
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:56.100
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Jochen Rindt | Brabham-Repco |
| 2 | Jackie Stewart | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 3 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari |
| 4 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 5 | Chris Amon | Ferrari |
| 6 | Bruce McLaren | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 7 | John Surtees | Honda |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra |
| 9 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
| 10 | Pedro Rodriguez | BRM |
| 11 | Jo Siffert | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 12 | Richard Attwood | BRM |
| 13 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco |
| 14 | Piers Courage | BRM (privateer) |
| 15 | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | Cooper-BRM |
| 16 | Jo Schlesser | Honda |
| 17 | Vic Elford | Cooper-BRM |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1968 French Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Graham Hill | 24 |
| 2 | Jacky Ickx | 16 |
| = | Jackie Stewart | 16 |
| 4 | Denny Hulme | 12 |
| 5 | Pedro Rodriguez | 10 |
| 6 | Jim Clark | 9 |
| = | Bruce McLaren | 9 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 9 |
| 9 | Richard Attwood | 6 |
| = | John Surtees | 6 |
| 11 |  Ludovico Scarfiotti | 6 |
| 12 | Lucien Bianchi | 5 |
| 13 | Jochen Rindt | 4 |
| = | Brian Redman | 4 |
| 15 | Chris Amon | 4 |
| 16 | Vic Elford | 3 |
| 17 | Jackie Oliver | 2 |
| = | Silvio Moser | 2 |
| 19 | Piers Courage | 1 |
Constructor
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
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| 1 | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 29 |
| 2 | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 19 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 19 |
| 4 | Matra-Ford Cosworth | 19 |
| 5 | BRM | 17 |
| 6 | Cooper-BRM | 12 |
| 7 | Matra | 6 |
| = |  Honda | 6 |
| 9 | Brabham-Repco | 6 |
| 10 | McLaren-BRM | 2 |
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)