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1968 German Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitNurburgring, 14 laps
Round8 of 12
Race numbers

The 1968 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 169th World Championship race
  • 16th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 15th World Championship race at Nurburgring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)142hr 19m 03.200s9
2+2(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth14+4m 03.200s6
3 (AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco14+4m 09.400s4
4-3(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari14+5m 55.200s3
5+10(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco14+6m 21.100s2
6+8(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM14+6m 25.000s1
7+4(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth14+6m 31.000s 
8 (GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)14+7m 56.400s 
9+1(USA) Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake14+8m 13.700s 
10+8(DEU) Hubert HahneLola-BMW (privateer)14+10m 11.400s 
11+2(GBR) Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth13+1 lap 
12+5(DEU) Kurt AhrensBrabham-Repco (privateer)13+1 lap 
13+3(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth13+1 lap 
14+6(GBR) Richard AttwoodBRM13+1 lap 
R (NZL) Chris AmonFerrari11DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra8DNF 
R (BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM6DNF 
R (CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)6DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesHonda3DNF 
R (GBR) Vic ElfordCooper-BRM0DNF 
Did not start
  (CHE) Silvio MoserBrabham-Repco (privateer)   

Notes

  • Silvio Moser withdrew from the Grand Prix due to mechanical issues.

Starting grid

Pole time: 9:04.000

PosDriverConstructor
1(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
2(NZL) Chris AmonFerrari
3(AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco
4(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth
5(GBR) Vic ElfordCooper-BRM
6(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
7(GBR) John SurteesHonda
8(GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)
9(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10(USA) Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake
11(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
13(GBR) Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth
14(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM
15(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
16(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
17(DEU) Kurt AhrensBrabham-Repco (privateer)
18(DEU) Hubert HahneLola-BMW (privateer)
19(BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM
20(GBR) Richard AttwoodBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill30
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart26
3(BEL) Jacky Ickx23
4(NZL) Denny Hulme15
5(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez11
6(NZL) Chris Amon10
7(GBR) Jim Clark9
=(NZL) Bruce McLaren9
=(CHE) Jo Siffert9
10(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise9
11(GBR) John Surtees8
12(AUT) Jochen Rindt8
13(GBR) Richard Attwood6
14(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti6
15(BEL) Lucien Bianchi5
16(GBR) Brian Redman4
17(GBR) Vic Elford3
18(GBR) Jackie Oliver2
=(CHE) Silvio Moser2
=(AUS) Jack Brabham2
21(GBR) Piers Courage1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth44
2Matra-Ford Cosworth29
3Ferrari28
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth22
5BRM18
6Cooper-BRM12
7Brabham-Repco10
8Honda8
9Matra6
10McLaren-BRM2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Kurt Ahrens (only start)
Last start
Hubert Hahne
Milestone race start
100th for Lotus (4th constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
4th for Jackie Stewart
2nd for Matra
Podiums
32nd for Graham Hill
11th for Jackie Stewart
5th for Jochen Rindt (last for Brabham)
52nd for Lotus
41st for Brabham
4th for Matra
Poles
1st for Jacky Ickx (33rd different polesitter, 1st Belgian driver)
48th for Ferrari
1-2 start
23rd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
1st for Jackie Stewart (42nd different fastest lap setter, 9th British driver)
3rd for Matra
Front row starts
6th for Chris Amon
4th for Jochen Rindt
3rd for Jacky Ickx
Win & fastest lap
1st for Jackie Stewart (21st different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 7th British driver)