1968 Italian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+6	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	68	1hr 40m 14.800s	9
2	+11	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	68	+1m 28.400s	6
3	+1	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	68	+1m 28.600s	4
4	+13	Piers Courage	BRM (privateer)	67	+1 lap	3
5	+13	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	66	+2 laps	2
6	+13	Jo Bonnier	McLaren-BRM (privateer)	64	+4 laps	1
R		Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	58	DNF
R		Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	56	DNF
R		David Hobbs	Honda	42	DNF
R		Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	42	DNF
R		Jackie Oliver	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	38	DNF
R		Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	34	DNF
R		Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco	33	DNF
R		Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	22	DNF
R		Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	19	DNF
R		Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	10	DNF
R		John Surtees	Honda	8	DNF
R		Chris Amon	Ferrari	8	DNF
R		Derek Bell	Ferrari	4	DNF
R		Vic Elford	Cooper-BRM	2	DNF
Did not start
		Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
		Bobby Unser	BRM

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:26.070

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	John Surtees	Honda
2	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
3	Chris Amon	Ferrari
4	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
5	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
6	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
7	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
8	Derek Bell	Ferrari
9	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10	Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco
11	Jackie Oliver	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
12	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake
13	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14	David Hobbs	Honda
15	Pedro Rodriguez	BRM
16	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
17	Piers Courage	BRM (privateer)
18	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra
19	Jo Bonnier	McLaren-BRM (privateer)
20	Vic Elford	Cooper-BRM

Non-qualifiers

Driver	Constructor
Frank Gardner	BRM (privateer)
Silvio Moser	Brabham-Repco (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1968 Italian Grand Prix.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Graham Hill	30
2	Jacky Ickx	27
3	Jackie Stewart	26
4	Denny Hulme	24
5	Pedro Rodriguez	11
6	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	11
7	Chris Amon	10
8	Jim Clark	9
=	Bruce McLaren	9
=	Jo Siffert	9
11	John Surtees	8
12	Jochen Rindt	8
13	Richard Attwood	6
=	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	6
15	Ludovico Scarfiotti	6
16	Lucien Bianchi	5
17	Brian Redman	4
18	Piers Courage	4
19	Vic Elford	3
20	Jackie Oliver	2
=	Silvio Moser	2
=	Jack Brabham	2
23	Jo Bonnier	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	44
2	Matra-Ford Cosworth	35
3	Ferrari	32
4	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	31
5	BRM	21
6	Cooper-BRM	12
7	Brabham-Repco	10
8	Honda	8
=	Matra	8
10	McLaren-BRM	3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Derek Bell

Wins

3rd for Denny Hulme (first for McLaren)

2nd for McLaren

Podiums

14th for Denny Hulme, 4th for Jacky Ickx, 1st and only for Johnny Servoz-Gavin (97th different podium finisher, 6th French driver)

160th for Ferrari, 5th for Matra, 3rd for McLaren

Poles

8th and last for John Surtees (first since 1966; only pole for Honda)

1st for Honda (18th different polesitter, last until 2006)

Fastest laps

1st and only for Jackie Oliver (43rd different fastest lap setter, 10th British driver)

36th for Lotus

Front row starts

21st and last for John Surtees (first since 1966; only front row start for Honda), 7th and last for Bruce McLaren, 7th for Chris Amon

Points finishes

1st for Johnny Servoz-Gavin (150th different point scorer, 12th French driver)

See also

• Italian Grand Prix
• Monza circuit
• 1968 World Championship season