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1968 Italian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:26.070

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) John SurteesHonda
2(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
3(NZL) Chris AmonFerrari
4(BEL) Jacky IckxFerrari
5(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth
6(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
7(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
8(GBR) Derek BellFerrari
9(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
10(AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco
11(GBR) Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth
12(USA) Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake
13(FRA) Johnny Servoz-GavinMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
14(GBR) David HobbsHonda
15(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM
16(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
17(GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
19(SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)
20(GBR) Vic ElfordCooper-BRM

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(AUS) Frank GardnerBRM (privateer)
(CHE) Silvio MoserBrabham-Repco (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill30
2(BEL) Jacky Ickx27
3(GBR) Jackie Stewart26
4(NZL) Denny Hulme24
5(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez11
6(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise11
7(NZL) Chris Amon10
8(GBR) Jim Clark9
=(NZL) Bruce McLaren9
=(CHE) Jo Siffert9
11(GBR) John Surtees8
12(AUT) Jochen Rindt8
13(GBR) Richard Attwood6
=(FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin6
15(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti6
16(BEL) Lucien Bianchi5
17(GBR) Brian Redman4
18(GBR) Piers Courage4
19(GBR) Vic Elford3
20(GBR) Jackie Oliver2
=(CHE) Silvio Moser2
=(AUS) Jack Brabham2
23(SWE) Jo Bonnier1

Constructor

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

Stats & 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)