1968 United States Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 6 October 1968
Winner:	Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:	Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap:	Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:	Watkins Glen, 108 laps
Round:	11 of 12

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford Cosworth (P)	108	1hr 59m 20.290s	9
2	+1	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	108	+24.680s	6
3	+6	John Surtees	Honda	107	+1 lap	4
4	+3	Dan Gurney	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	107	+1 lap	3
5	+7	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (P)	105	+3 laps	2
6	+4	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	103	+5 laps	1
R		Piers Courage	BRM (P)	93	DNF
R		Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	92	DNF
R		Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-BRM	88	DNF
R		Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	77	DNF
R		Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco	73	DNF
R		Vic Elford	Cooper-BRM	71	DNF
R		Pedro Rodriguez	BRM	66	DNF
R		Jo Bonnier	McLaren-BRM (P)	62	DNF
R		Chris Amon	Ferrari	59	DNF
R		Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	44	DNF
R		Bobby Unser	BRM	35	DNF
R		Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	32	DNF
R		Derek Bell	Ferrari	14	DNF
Did not start
		Jackie Oliver	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
		Henri Pescarolo	Matra

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:04.200
2	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford Cosworth (P)
3	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
4	Chris Amon	Ferrari
5	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
6	Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco
7	Dan Gurney	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
8	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
9	John Surtees	Honda
10	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
11	Pedro Rodriguez	BRM
12	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford Cosworth (P)
13	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra
14	Piers Courage	BRM (P)
15	Derek Bell	Ferrari
16
17	Vic Elford	Cooper-BRM
18	Jo Bonnier	McLaren-BRM (P)
19	Bobby Unser	BRM
20	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-BRM
21

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Graham Hill	39
2	Jackie Stewart	36
3	Denny Hulme	33
4	Jacky Ickx	27
5	Bruce McLaren	16
6	Pedro Rodriguez	15
7	John Surtees	12
8	Jo Siffert	11
9	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	11
10	Chris Amon	10
11	Jim Clark	9
12	Jochen Rindt	8
13	Richard Attwood	6
=	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	6
15	Ludovico Scarfiotti	6
16	Lucien Bianchi	5
17	Vic Elford	5
18	Brian Redman	4
19	Piers Courage	4
20	Dan Gurney	3
21	Jackie Oliver	2
=	Silvio Moser	2
=	Jack Brabham	2
24	Jo Bonnier	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	53
2	Matra-Ford Cosworth	45
3	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	43
4	Ferrari	32
5	BRM	25
6	Cooper-BRM	14
7	Honda	12
8	Brabham-Repco	10
9	Matra	8
10	McLaren-BRM	3

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser (only start)

Wins

Driver: 5th for Jackie Stewart

Constructor: 3rd for Matra

Podiums

Driver: 33rd for Graham Hill, 23rd for John Surtees, 12th for Jackie Stewart

Constructor: 53rd for Lotus, 6th for Matra, 5th for Honda

Poles

Driver: 1st for Mario Andretti (34th different polesitter, 14th American driver)

Constructor: 44th for Lotus

Fastest laps

Driver: 2nd for Jackie Stewart

Constructor: 4th for Matra

Front row starts

Driver: 12th for Jackie Stewart, 1st for Mario Andretti (74th different front row starter, 28th American driver)

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 2nd for Jackie Stewart

See also

• United States Grand Prix
• Watkins Glen Circuit
• 1968 World Championship season