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