1968 South African Grand Prix

Date	Monday, 1 January 1968
Winner	Jim Clark Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Pole position	Jim Clark Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap	Jim Clark Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Circuit	Kyalami, 80 laps
Round	1 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
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Previous race	1967 Mexican Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(GBR) Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	80	1hr 53m 56.600s	9
2		(GBR) Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	80	+25.300s	6
3	+1	(AUT) Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco	80	+30.400s	4
4	+4	(NZL) Chris Amon	Ferrari	78	+2 laps	3
5	+4	(NZL) Denny Hulme	McLaren-BRM	78	+2 laps	2
6	+12	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra-Ford Cosworth	77	+3 laps	1
7	+9	(CHE) Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	77	+3 laps
8	-2	(GBR) John Surtees	Honda	75	+5 laps
9	+8	(RHO) John Love	Brabham-Repco (privateer)	75	+5 laps
NC		(ZAF) Jackie Pretorius	Brabham-Climax (privateer)	70	+10 laps
R		(USA) Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	58	DNF
R		(BEL) Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	51	DNF
R		(SWE) Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	47	DNF
R		(GBR) Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)	43	DNF
R		(RHO) Sam Tingle	LDS-Repco (privateer)	35	DNF
R		(ZAF) Basil van Rooyen	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	22	DNF
R		(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	20	DNF
R		(AUS) Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	17	DNF
R		(ITA) Andrea de Adamich	Ferrari	13	DNF
R		(GBR) Mike Spence	BRM	8	DNF
R		(GBR) Brian Redman	Cooper-Maserati	4	DNF
R		(ZAF) Dave Charlton	Brabham-Repco (privateer)	3	DNF
R		(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti	Cooper-Maserati	2	DNF

Pole time: 1:21.600

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	(GBR) Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
2	(GBR) Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
3	(GBR) Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
4	(AUT) Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco
5	(AUS) Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
6	(GBR) John Surtees	Honda
7	(ITA) Andrea de Adamich	Ferrari
8	(NZL) Chris Amon	Ferrari
9	(NZL) Denny Hulme	McLaren-BRM
10	(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez	BRM
11	(BEL) Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
12	(USA) Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake
13	(GBR) Mike Spence	BRM
14	(ZAF) Dave Charlton	Brabham-Repco (privateer)
15	(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti	Cooper-Maserati
16	(CHE) Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
17	(RHO) John Love	Brabham-Repco (privateer)
18	(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra-Ford Cosworth
19	(SWE) Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
20	(ZAF) Basil van Rooyen	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
21	(GBR) Brian Redman	Cooper-Maserati
22	(RHO) Sam Tingle	LDS-Repco (privateer)
23	(ZAF) Jackie Pretorius	Brabham-Climax (privateer)

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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
1-2 start: 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