1968 Monaco Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 26 May 1968 |
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| Circuit | Monte Carlo, 80 laps |
| Round | 3 of 12 |
| Race numbers | The 1968 Monaco Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 |  Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 80 | 2hr 00m 32.300s | 9 | |
| 2 | +4 | Richard Attwood | BRM | 80 | +2.200s | 6 |
| 3 | +11 |  Lucien Bianchi | Cooper-BRM | 76 | +4 laps | 4 |
| 4 | +11 |  Ludovico Scarfiotti | Cooper-BRM | 76 | +4 laps | 3 |
| 5 | +5 |  Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 73 | +7 laps | 2 |
| R | John Surtees | Honda | 16 | DNF | ||
| R |  Pedro Rodriguez | BRM | 16 | DNF | ||
| R | Piers Courage | BRM (privateer) | 12 | DNF | ||
| R |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 11 | DNF | ||
| R |  Jo Siffert | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 11 | DNF | ||
| R |  Dan Gurney | Eagle-Weslake | 9 | DNF | ||
| R |  Jochen Rindt | Brabham-Repco | 8 | DNF | ||
| R |  Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | 7 | DNF | ||
| R | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
| R | Jackie Oliver | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
| R | Bruce McLaren | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
Notes
- Johnny Servoz-Gavin ended lap 3 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:28.200
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
| 2 | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 3 | Jo Siffert | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
| 4 | John Surtees | Honda |
| 5 | Jochen Rindt | Brabham-Repco |
| 6 | Richard Attwood | BRM |
| 7 | Bruce McLaren | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra |
| 9 | Pedro Rodriguez | BRM |
| 10 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
| 11 | Piers Courage | BRM (privateer) |
| 12 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco |
| 13 | Jackie Oliver | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
| 14 | Lucien Bianchi | Cooper-BRM |
| 15 | Ludovico Scarfiotti | Cooper-BRM |
| 16 | Dan Gurney | Eagle-Weslake |
Non-qualifiers
| Driver | Constructor |
|---|---|
 Jo Bonnier | McLaren-BRM (privateer) |
| Silvio Moser | Brabham-Repco (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Graham Hill | 24 |
| 2 | Denny Hulme | 10 |
| 3 | Jim Clark | 9 |
| 4 | Richard Attwood | 6 |
| 5 | Ludovico Scarfiotti | 6 |
| 6 | Jochen Rindt | 4 |
| = | Brian Redman | 4 |
| = | Lucien Bianchi | 4 |
| 9 | Chris Amon | 3 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 3 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Jackie Oliver
- Last start
- Ludovico Scarfiotti
- Wins
- 12th for Graham Hill
- 32nd for Lotus
- Podiums
- 31st for Graham Hill
- 1st and only for Richard Attwood (93rd different podium finisher, 22nd British driver)
- 1st and only for Lucien Bianchi (94th different podium finisher, 4th Belgian driver; first Belgian driver to finish on the podium since 1960)
- 58th and last for Cooper
- 50th for Lotus (3rd constructor to score 50 podiums)
- 49th for BRM
- Poles
- 12th for Graham Hill
- 42nd for Lotus
- Fastest laps
- 1st and only for Richard Attwood (39th different fastest lap setter, 8th British driver)
- 12th for BRM (first since 1965)
- Front row starts
- 38th for Graham Hill
- 1st and only for Johnny Servoz-Gavin (70th different front row starter, 4th French driver; first French front row starter since 1959)
- Points finishes
- 5th and last for Ludovico Scarfiotti
- Pole & win
- 4th and last for Graham Hill (first since 1965; only win from pole for Lotus)