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1968 United States Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitWatkins Glen, 108 laps
Round11 of 12
Race numbers

The 1968 United States Grand Prix was the:

  • 172nd World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Watkins Glen
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)1081hr 59m 20.290s9
2+1(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth108+24.680s6
3+6(GBR) John SurteesHonda107+1 lap4
4+3(USA) Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)107+1 lap3
5+7(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)105+3 laps2
6+4(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth103+5 laps1
R (GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)93DNF 
R (NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth92DNF 
R (BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM88DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco77DNF 
R (AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco73DNF 
R (GBR) Vic ElfordCooper-BRM71DNF 
R (MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM66DNF 
R (SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)62DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonFerrari59DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra44DNF 
R (USA) Bobby UnserBRM35DNF 
R (USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (GBR) Derek BellFerrari14DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth   
  (FRA) Henri PescaroloMatra   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:04.200

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2(GBR) Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
3(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth
4(NZL) Chris AmonFerrari
5(NZL) Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(AUT) Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco
7(USA) Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
8(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
9(GBR) John SurteesHonda
10(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11(MEX) Pedro RodriguezBRM
12(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
13(FRA) Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
14(GBR) Piers CourageBRM (privateer)
15(GBR) Derek BellFerrari
16  
17(GBR) Vic ElfordCooper-BRM
18(SWE) Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)
19(USA) Bobby UnserBRM
20(BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM
21  

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill39
2(GBR) Jackie Stewart36
3(NZL) Denny Hulme33
4(BEL) Jacky Ickx27
5(NZL) Bruce McLaren16
6(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez15
7(GBR) John Surtees12
8(CHE) Jo Siffert11
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise11
10(NZL) Chris Amon10
11(GBR) Jim Clark9
12(AUT) Jochen Rindt8
13(GBR) Richard Attwood6
=(FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin6
15(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti6
16(BEL) Lucien Bianchi5
17(GBR) Vic Elford5
18(GBR) Brian Redman4
19(GBR) Piers Courage4
20(USA) Dan Gurney3
21(GBR) Jackie Oliver2
=(CHE) Silvio Moser2
=(AUS) Jack Brabham2
24(SWE) Jo Bonnier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Ford Cosworth53
2Matra-Ford Cosworth45
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth43
4Ferrari32
5BRM25
6Cooper-BRM14
7Honda12
8Brabham-Repco10
9Matra8
10McLaren-BRM3

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Mario Andretti
Bobby Unser (only start)
Wins
5th for Jackie Stewart
3rd for Matra
Podiums
33rd for Graham Hill
23rd for John Surtees (last for Honda)
12th for Jackie Stewart
53rd for Lotus
6th for Matra
5th for Honda (last until 2006)
Poles
1st for Mario Andretti (34th different polesitter, 14th American driver; last until 1976; first American polesitter since 1964 and last until 1972)
44th for Lotus
Fastest laps
2nd for Jackie Stewart
4th for Matra
Front row starts
12th for Jackie Stewart
1st for Mario Andretti (74th different front row starter, 28th American driver; last until 1976; last American front row starter until 1972)
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Jackie Stewart