F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | ZAF | ESP | MCO | BEL | NLD | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (GBR) Graham Hill (Lotus) | 2 | 1 | 1 | R | 9R | R | R | 2 | R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 48 |
| 2 | (GBR) Jackie Stewart (Matra) | R | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | R | 6 | 1 | 7 | 36 | ||
| 3 | (NZL) Denny Hulme (McLaren) | 5 | 2 | 5 | R | R | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | R | R | 33 |
| 4 | (BEL) Jacky Ickx (Ferrari) | R | R | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | DNS | R | 27 | ||
| 5 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren (McLaren) | R | R | 1 | R | 8 | 7 | 13 | R | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | |
| 6 | (MEX) Pedro Rodriguez (BRM) | R | R | R | 2 | 3 | NC | R | 6 | R | 3 | R | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | (CHE) Jo Siffert (Cooper, Lotus) | 7 | R | R | 7R | R | 11 | 1 | R | R | R | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| = | (GBR) John Surtees (Honda) | 8 | R | R | R | R | 2 | 5 | R | R | R | 3 | R | 12 |
| 9 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Beltoise (Matra) | 6 | 5 | R | 8 | 2 | 9 | R | R | 5 | R | R | R | 11 |
| 10 | (NZL) Chris Amon (Ferrari) | 4 | R | R | 6 | 10 | 2 | R | R | R | R | R | 10 | |
| 11 | (GBR) Jim Clark (Lotus) | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 12 | (AUT) Jochen Rindt (Brabham) | 3 | R | R | R | R | R | R | 3 | R | R | R | R | 8 |
| 13 | (GBR) Richard Attwood (BRM) | 2 | R | 7 | 7 | R | 14 | 6 | ||||||
| = | (FRA) Johnny Servoz-Gavin (Matra, Cooper) | R | R | 2 | R | R | 6 | |||||||
| = | (GBR) Jackie Oliver (Lotus) | R | 5R | NC | DNS | R | 11 | R | R | DNS | 3 | 6 | ||
| = | (ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti (Cooper) | R | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
| 17 | (BEL) Lucien Bianchi (Cooper) | 3 | 6 | R | R | NC | R | R | 5 | |||||
| = | (GBR) Vic Elford (Cooper) | 4 | R | R | R | 5 | R | 8 | 5 | |||||
| 19 | (GBR) Brian Redman (Cooper) | R | 3 | R | 4 | |||||||||
| = | (GBR) Piers Courage (BRM) | R | R | R | R | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | R | R | R | 4 | |
| 21 | (USA) Dan Gurney (Eagle, Brabham, McLaren) | R | R | R | R | 9 | R | R | 4 | R | 3 | |||
| = | (SWE) Jo Bonnier (Cooper, McLaren, Honda) | R | DNQ | R | 8 | R | 6 | R | R | 5 | 3 | |||
| 23 | (CHE) Silvio Moser (Brabham) | DNQ | 5 | NC | DNQ | 2 | ||||||||
| = | (AUS) Jack Brabham (Brabham) | R | DNS | R | R | R | R | R | 5 | R | R | R | 10R | 2 |
| (FRA) Henri Pescarolo (Matra) | R | DNS | 9 | |||||||||||
| (RHO) John Love (Brabham) | 9 | |||||||||||||
| (DEU) Hubert Hahne (Lola) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| (DEU) Kurt Ahrens (Brabham) | 12 | |||||||||||||
| (ZAF) Jackie Pretorius (Brabham) | NC | |||||||||||||
| (GBR) Derek Bell (Ferrari) | R | R | ||||||||||||
| (USA) Mario Andretti (Lotus) | DNS | R | ||||||||||||
| (USA) Bobby Unser (BRM) | DNS | R | ||||||||||||
| (ITA) Andrea de Adamich (Ferrari) | R | |||||||||||||
| (ZAF) Dave Charlton (Brabham) | R | |||||||||||||
| (GBR) Mike Spence (BRM) | R | |||||||||||||
| (ZAF) Basil van Rooyen (Cooper) | R | |||||||||||||
| (RHO) Sam Tingle (LDS) | R | |||||||||||||
| (FRA) Jo Schlesser (Honda) | R | |||||||||||||
| (GBR) Robin Widdows (Cooper) | R | |||||||||||||
| (GBR) David Hobbs (Honda) | R | |||||||||||||
| (CAN) Bill Brack (Lotus) | R | |||||||||||||
| (MEX) Moises Solana (Lotus) | R | |||||||||||||
| (CAN) Al Pease (Eagle) | DNS | |||||||||||||
| (AUS) Frank Gardner (BRM) | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| # | Driver | ZAF | ESP | MCO | BEL | NLD | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Only the best five results from the first six races and the best five results from the last six races counted towards the championship.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1968.