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1968 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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+2(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari602hr 25m 40.900s9
2+5(GBR) John SurteesHonda60+1m 58.600s6
3-1(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)59+1 lap4
4+13(GBR) Vic ElfordCooper-BRM58+2 laps3
5-1(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps2
6+8(GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)57+3 laps1
7+5(GBR) Richard AttwoodBRM57+3 laps 
8-2(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth56+4 laps 
9-1(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra56+4 laps 
10-5(NZL) Chris AmonFerrari55+5 laps 
11 (CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)54+6 laps 
NC (MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM53+7 laps 
R (AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco45DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco15DNF 
R (FRA) Johnny Servoz-GavinCooper-BRM14DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (FRA) Jo SchlesserHonda2DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:56.100

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill24
2(BEL) Jacky Ickx16
=(GBR) Jackie Stewart16
4(NZL) Denny Hulme12
5(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez10
6(GBR) Jim Clark9
=(NZL) Bruce McLaren9
8(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
9(GBR) Richard Attwood6
=(GBR) John Surtees6
11(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti6
12(BEL) Lucien Bianchi5
13(AUT) Jochen Rindt4
=(GBR) Brian Redman4
15(NZL) Chris Amon4
16(GBR) Vic Elford3
17(GBR) Jackie Oliver2
=(CHE) Silvio Moser2
19(GBR) Piers Courage1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth29
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth19
3Ferrari19
4Matra-Ford Cosworth19
5BRM17
6Cooper-BRM12
7Matra6
=Honda6
9Brabham-Repco6
10McLaren-BRM2

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)