1968 Monaco Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 26 May 1968 |
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Fastest lap |
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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 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 80 | 2hr 00m 32.300s | 9 | |
2 | +4 | ![]() | BRM | 80 | +2.200s | 6 |
3 | +11 | ![]() | Cooper-BRM | 76 | +4 laps | 4 |
4 | +11 | ![]() | Cooper-BRM | 76 | +4 laps | 3 |
5 | +5 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 73 | +7 laps | 2 |
R | ![]() | Honda | 16 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 16 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM (privateer) | 12 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Matra | 11 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 11 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Eagle-Weslake | 9 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 8 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 7 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
2 | ![]() | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
3 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
4 | ![]() | Honda |
5 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
6 | ![]() | BRM |
7 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
8 | ![]() | Matra |
9 | ![]() | BRM |
10 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford Cosworth |
11 | ![]() | BRM (privateer) |
12 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
13 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
14 | ![]() | Cooper-BRM |
15 | ![]() | Cooper-BRM |
16 | ![]() | Eagle-Weslake |
Non-qualifiers
Driver | Constructor |
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![]() | McLaren-BRM (privateer) |
![]() | Brabham-Repco (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1968 Monaco Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 24 |
2 | ![]() | 10 |
3 | ![]() | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 3 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 27 |
2 | ![]() | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 2 |
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)