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

1968 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 8 September 1968
Winner
  • New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees
  • Japan flag lazyload Honda
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Oliver
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
CircuitMonza, 68 laps
Round9 of 12
Race numbers

The 1968 Italian Grand Prix was the

  • 170th World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 19th World Championship race at Monza
More 1968 season
More Italian Grands Prix

Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:26.070

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesHonda
2New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonFerrari
4Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
7New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek BellFerrari
9Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth
12USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake
13France flag lazyload Johnny Servoz-GavinMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14United Kingdom flag lazyload David HobbsHonda
15Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM
16Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Piers CourageBRM (privateer)
18France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
19Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Vic ElfordCooper-BRM

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
Australia flag lazyload Frank GardnerBRM (privateer)
Switzerland flag Silvio MoserBrabham-Repco (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

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

Constructor

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

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

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