1968 South African Grand Prix
Date | Monday, 1 January 1968 |
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Pole position |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Kyalami, 80 laps |
Round | 1 of 12 |
Race numbers | The 1968 South African Grand Prix was the
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Previous race | 1967 Mexican Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 80 | 1hr 53m 56.600s | 9 | |
2 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 80 | +25.300s | 6 | |
3 | +1 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 80 | +30.400s | 4 |
4 | +4 | ![]() | Ferrari | 78 | +2 laps | 3 |
5 | +4 | ![]() | McLaren-BRM | 78 | +2 laps | 2 |
6 | +12 | ![]() | Matra-Ford Cosworth | 77 | +3 laps | 1 |
7 | +9 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 77 | +3 laps | |
8 | -2 | ![]() | Honda | 75 | +5 laps | |
9 | +8 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco (privateer) | 75 | +5 laps | |
NC | ![]() | Brabham-Climax (privateer) | 70 | +10 laps | ||
R | ![]() | Eagle-Weslake | 58 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 51 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 47 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) | 43 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | LDS-Repco (privateer) | 35 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 22 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 20 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 17 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 13 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 8 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 4 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Repco (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 2 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:21.600
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
2 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford Cosworth |
3 | ![]() | Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer) |
4 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
5 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
6 | ![]() | Honda |
7 | ![]() | Ferrari |
8 | ![]() | Ferrari |
9 | ![]() | McLaren-BRM |
10 | ![]() | BRM |
11 | ![]() | Ferrari |
12 | ![]() | Eagle-Weslake |
13 | ![]() | BRM |
14 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco (privateer) |
15 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati |
16 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco (privateer) |
18 | ![]() | Matra-Ford Cosworth |
19 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
20 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
21 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati |
22 | ![]() | LDS-Repco (privateer) |
23 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1968 South African Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Andrea de Adamich, Jackie Pretorius, Brian Redman, Basil van Rooyen
- Last start
- Jim Clark, Mike Spence
- LDS
- Wins
- 25th and last for Jim Clark NEW RECORD
- 30th for Lotus (2nd constructor to win 30 races)
- Race 1-2
- 3rd for Lotus
- Podiums
- 32nd and last for Jim Clark, 29th for Graham Hill, 4th for Jochen Rindt (first podium since 1966; first for Brabham)
- 47th & 48th for Lotus, 40th for Brabham (5th constructor to score 40 podiums)
- Poles
- 33rd and last for Jim Clark
- 41st for Lotus
- Qualifying 1-2
- 4th for Lotus
- Fastest laps
- 28th and last for Jim Clark
- 34th for Lotus
- Front row starts
- 48th and last for Jim Clark EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio), 37th for Graham Hill, 9th for Jackie Stewart (first for Matra)
- Points finishes
- 40th and last for Jim Clark, 1st for Jean-Pierre Beltoise (144th different point scorer, 11th French driver)
- Pole & win
- 15th and last for Jim Clark EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio)
- Win & fastest lap
- 18th and last for Jim Clark
- Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
- 11th and last for Jim Clark