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Home / Seasons / 1968 F1 World Championship Season / 1968 South African Grand Prix

1968 South African Grand Prix

DateMonday, 1 January 1968
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
CircuitKyalami, 80 laps
Round1 of 12
Race numbers

The 1968 South African Grand Prix was the

  • 162nd World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Kyalami
More 1968 season
More South African Grands Prix
Previous race1967 Mexican Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Ford Cosworth801hr 53m 56.600s9
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth80+25.300s6
3+1Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco80+30.400s4
4+4New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonFerrari78+2 laps3
5+4New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-BRM78+2 laps2
6+12France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps1
7+9Switzerland flag Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati (privateer)77+3 laps 
8-2United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesHonda75+5 laps 
9+8Rhodesia flag lazyload John LoveBrabham-Repco (privateer)75+5 laps 
NC South Africa flag lazyload Jackie PretoriusBrabham-Climax (privateer)70+10 laps 
R USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake58DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari51DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati (privateer)47DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)43DNF 
R Rhodesia flag lazyload Sam TingleLDS-Repco (privateer)35DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Basil van RooyenCooper-Climax (privateer)22DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM20DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco17DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichFerrari13DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike SpenceBRM8DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian RedmanCooper-Maserati4DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Dave CharltonBrabham-Repco (privateer)3DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Ludovico ScarfiottiCooper-Maserati2DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:21.600

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Ford Cosworth
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
4Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco
5Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesHonda
7Italy flag lazyload Andrea de AdamichFerrari
8New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonFerrari
9New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-BRM
10Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM
11Belgium flag lazyload Jacky IckxFerrari
12USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike SpenceBRM
14South Africa flag lazyload Dave CharltonBrabham-Repco (privateer)
15Italy flag lazyload Ludovico ScarfiottiCooper-Maserati
16Switzerland flag Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati (privateer)
17Rhodesia flag lazyload John LoveBrabham-Repco (privateer)
18France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra-Ford Cosworth
19Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati (privateer)
20South Africa flag lazyload Basil van RooyenCooper-Climax (privateer)
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian RedmanCooper-Maserati
22Rhodesia flag lazyload Sam TingleLDS-Repco (privateer)
23South Africa flag lazyload Jackie PretoriusBrabham-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1968 South African Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark9
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill6
3Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt4
4New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon3
5New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme2
6France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth9
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Repco4
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari3
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-BRM2
5France flag lazyload Matra-Ford Cosworth1

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

See also

  • South African Grand Prix
  • Kyalami circuit
  • 1968 World Championship season

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