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 | ![]() | Ferrari | 60 | 2hr 25m 40.900s | 9 |
2 | +5 | ![]() | Honda | 60 | +1m 58.600s | 6 |
3 | -1 | ![]() | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 59 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | +13 | ![]() | Cooper-BRM | 58 | +2 laps | 3 |
5 | -1 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 58 | +2 laps | 2 |
6 | +8 | ![]() | BRM (privateer) | 57 | +3 laps | 1 |
7 | +5 | ![]() | BRM | 57 | +3 laps | |
8 | -2 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 56 | +4 laps | |
9 | -1 | ![]() | Matra | 56 | +4 laps | |
10 | -5 | ![]() | Ferrari | 55 | +5 laps | |
11 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 54 | +6 laps | ||
NC | ![]() | BRM | 53 | +7 laps | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 45 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 15 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-BRM | 14 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 14 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Honda | 2 | DNF | ||
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![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:56.100
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
2 | ![]() | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
3 | ![]() | Ferrari |
4 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari |
6 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
7 | ![]() | Honda |
8 | ![]() | Matra |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
10 | ![]() | BRM |
11 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
12 | ![]() | BRM |
13 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
14 | ![]() | BRM (privateer) |
15 | ![]() | Cooper-BRM |
16 | ![]() | Honda |
17 | ![]() | Cooper-BRM |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1968 French Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 24 |
2 | ![]() | 16 |
= | ![]() | 16 |
4 | ![]() | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 10 |
6 | ![]() | 9 |
= | ![]() | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 9 |
9 | ![]() | 6 |
= | ![]() | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 5 |
13 | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
15 | ![]() | 4 |
16 | ![]() | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 2 |
= | ![]() | 2 |
19 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 29 |
2 | ![]() | 19 |
3 | ![]() | 19 |
4 | ![]() | 19 |
5 | ![]() | 17 |
6 | ![]() | 12 |
7 | ![]() | 6 |
= | ![]() | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 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)