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Home / Seasons / 1968 F1 World Championship Season / 1968 United States Grand Prix

1968 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 6 October 1968
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • France flag lazyload Matra-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • USA flag lazyload Mario Andretti
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart
  • France flag lazyload Matra-Ford Cosworth
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
More 1968 season
More United States Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)1081hr 59m 20.290s9
2+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth108+24.680s6
3+6United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesHonda107+1 lap4
4+3USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)107+1 lap3
5+7Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)105+3 laps2
6+4New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth103+5 laps1
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Piers CourageBRM (privateer)93DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth92DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM88DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco77DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco73DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Vic ElfordCooper-BRM71DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM66DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)62DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonFerrari59DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra44DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Bobby UnserBRM35DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek BellFerrari14DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie OliverLotus-Ford Cosworth   
  France flag lazyload Henri PescaroloMatra   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:04.200

PosDriverConstructor
1USA flag lazyload Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford Cosworth
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartMatra-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Ford Cosworth
4New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonFerrari
5New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtBrabham-Repco
7USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
8Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
9United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesHonda
10New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
11Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezBRM
12Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-Ford Cosworth (privateer)
13France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Piers CourageBRM (privateer)
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek BellFerrari
16  
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Vic ElfordCooper-BRM
18Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMcLaren-BRM (privateer)
19USA flag lazyload Bobby UnserBRM
20Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiCooper-BRM
21  

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1968 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill39
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart36
3New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme33
4Belgium flag lazyload Jacky Ickx27
5New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren16
6Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez15
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees12
8Switzerland flag Jo Siffert11
9France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre Beltoise11
10New Zealand flag lazyload Chris Amon10
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark9
12Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt8
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Richard Attwood6
=France flag lazyload Johnny Servoz-Gavin6
15Italy flag lazyload Ludovico Scarfiotti6
16Belgium flag lazyload Lucien Bianchi5
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Vic Elford5
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian Redman4
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Piers Courage4
20USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney3
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Oliver2
=Switzerland flag Silvio Moser2
=Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham2
24Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier1

Constructor

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

Statistics & 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

See also

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

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