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Home / Seasons / 1968 F1 World Championship Season / 1968 Italian Grand Prix

1968 Italian Grand Prix

170th World Championship race, 19th World Championship Italian Grand Prix, 19th World Championship race at Monza

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1967 Italian Grand Prix

1969 Italian Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 8 September 1968
Winner:New Zealand flag Denny Hulme
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:United Kingdom flag John Surtees
Japan flag Honda
Fastest lap:United Kingdom flag Jackie Oliver
United Kingdom flag Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:Monza, 68 laps
Round:9 of 12

Race Result

  • (P): privateer entry
Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6New Zealand flag Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth681hr 40m 14.800s9
2+11France flag Johnny Servoz-GavinMatra-Ford Cosworth (P)68+1m 28.400s6
3+1Belgium flag Jacky IckxFerrari68+1m 28.600s4
4+13United Kingdom flag Piers CourageBRM (P)67+1 lap3
5+13France flag Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra66+2 laps2
6+13Sweden flag Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (P)64+4 laps1
R Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (P)58DNF 
R Australia flag Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco56DNF 
R United Kingdom flag David HobbsHonda42DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (P)42DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R New Zealand flag Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R Austria flag Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco33DNF 
R Mexico flag Pedro RodriguezBRM22DNF 
R USA flag Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake19DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R United Kingdom flag John SurteesHonda8DNF 
R New Zealand flag Chris AmonFerrari8DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Derek BellFerrari4DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Vic ElfordCooper-BRM2DNF 
Did not start
  USA flag Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth   
  USA flag Bobby UnserBRM   

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTime
1United Kingdom flag John SurteesHonda1:26.070
2New Zealand flag Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:26.110
3New Zealand flag Chris AmonFerrari1:26.210
4Belgium flag Jacky IckxFerrari1:26.410
5United Kingdom flag Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth1:26.540
6United Kingdom flag Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (P)1:26.600
7New Zealand flag Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:26.610
8United Kingdom flag Derek BellFerrari1:26.900
9Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (P)1:26.960
10Austria flag Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco1:27.300
11United Kingdom flag Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth1:27.400
12USA flag Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake1:27.610
13France flag Johnny Servoz-GavinMatra-Ford Cosworth (P)1:27.630
14United Kingdom flag David HobbsHonda1:27.700
15Mexico flag Pedro RodriguezBRM1:28.200
16Australia flag Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco1:28.800
17United Kingdom flag Piers CourageBRM (P)1:29.100
18France flag Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:29.300
19Sweden flag Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (P)1:30.550
20United Kingdom flag Vic ElfordCooper-BRM1:31.300

Qualifying Result

  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1United Kingdom flag John SurteesHonda1:26.070 
2New Zealand flag Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:26.1100.040
3New Zealand flag Chris AmonFerrari1:26.2100.140
4Belgium flag Jacky IckxFerrari1:26.4100.340
5United Kingdom flag Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth1:26.5400.470
6United Kingdom flag Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (P)1:26.6000.530
7New Zealand flag Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:26.6100.540
8United Kingdom flag Derek BellFerrari1:26.9000.830
9Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (P)1:26.9600.890
10USA flag Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth1:27.2001.130
11Austria flag Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco1:27.3001.230
12United Kingdom flag Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth1:27.4001.330
13USA flag Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake1:27.6101.540
14France flag Johnny Servoz-GavinMatra-Ford Cosworth (P)1:27.6301.560
15United Kingdom flag David HobbsHonda1:27.7001.630
16Mexico flag Pedro RodriguezBRM1:28.2002.130
17Australia flag Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco1:28.8002.730
18United Kingdom flag Piers CourageBRM (P)1:29.1003.030
19France flag Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:29.3003.230
20Sweden flag Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (P)1:30.5504.480
21USA flag Bobby UnserBRM1:30.5604.490
22United Kingdom flag Vic ElfordCooper-BRM1:31.3005.230
Did not qualify
23Australia flag Frank GardnerBRM (P)1:31.4005.330
24Switzerland flag Silvio MoserBrabham-Repco (P)1:33.7007.630

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag Graham Hill30
2Belgium flag Jacky Ickx27
3United Kingdom flag Jackie Stewart26
4New Zealand flag Denny Hulme24
5Mexico flag Pedro Rodriguez11
6France flag Jean-Pierre Beltoise11
7New Zealand flag Chris Amon10
8United Kingdom flag Jim Clark9
=New Zealand flag Bruce McLaren9
=Switzerland flag Jo Siffert9
11United Kingdom flag John Surtees8
12Austria flag Jochen Rindt8
13United Kingdom flag Richard Attwood6
=France flag Johnny Servoz-Gavin6
15Italy flag Ludovico Scarfiotti6
16Belgium flag Lucien Bianchi5
17United Kingdom flag Brian Redman4
18United Kingdom flag Piers Courage4
19United Kingdom flag Vic Elford3
20United Kingdom flag Jackie Oliver2
=Switzerland flag Silvio Moser2
=Australia flag Jack Brabham2
23Sweden flag Jo Bonnier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag Lotus-Ford Cosworth44
2France flag Matra-Ford Cosworth35
3Italy flag Ferrari32
4United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth31
5United Kingdom flag BRM21
6United Kingdom flag Cooper-BRM12
7United Kingdom flag Brabham-Repco10
8Japan flag Honda8
=France flag Matra8
10United Kingdom flag McLaren-BRM3

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut
Driver: Derek Bell
Wins
Driver: 3rd for Denny Hulme
Constructor: 2nd for McLaren
Podiums
Driver: 14th for Denny Hulme, 4th for Jacky Ickx, 1st and only for Johnny Servoz-Gavin (97th different podium finisher, 6th French driver)
Constructor: 160th for Ferrari, 5th for Matra, 3rd for McLaren
Poles
Driver: 8th and last for John Surtees
Constructor: 1st for Honda (18th different polesitter)
Fastest laps
Driver: 1st and only for Jackie Oliver (43rd different fastest lap setter, 10th British driver)
Constructor: 36th for Lotus
Front row starts
Driver: 21st and last for John Surtees, 7th and last for Bruce McLaren, 7th for Chris Amon
Points finishes
Driver: 1st for Johnny Servoz-Gavin (150th different point scorer, 12th French driver)

See also

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

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