1968 German Grand Prix

  1968 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 12 in the 1968 Formula One season
Date	August 4, 1968
Official name	XXX Großer Preis von Deutschland XXVIII Grand Prix d'Europe
Location	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 22.835 km (14.189 mi)
Distance	14 laps, 319.690 km (198.646 mi)
Weather	Hazy, Wet
Pole position
Driver	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time	9:04.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford
Time	9:36.0 on lap 8
Podium
First	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford
Second	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford
Third	Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco

Winner Jackie Stewart in a Matra MS10

Pedro Rodriguez in a BRM P133

The 1968 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring on August 4, 1968. It was the eighth round of the 1968 Formula One season. The race was held in extremely wet and foggy conditions, and British driver Jackie Stewart, racing with a broken wrist, won the race by a margin of four minutes in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest victories in the history of Formula One.^{[citation needed]}

The race is also notable for Dan Gurney's choice of a full face helmet, making him the first driver to do so in Grand Prix racing at this Grand Prix.^[1]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	14	2:19:03.2	6	9
2	3	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	14	+ 4:03.2	4	6
3	5	Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco	14	+ 4:09.4	3	4
4	9	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	14	+ 5:55.2	1	3
5	4	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	14	+ 6:21.1	15	2
6	10	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	14	+ 6:25.0	14	1
7	1	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	14	+ 6:31.0	11
8	22	Piers Courage	BRM	14	+ 7:56.4	8
9	14	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	14	+ 8:13.7	10
10	18	Hubert Hahne	Lola-BMW	14	+ 10:11.4	18
11	21	Jackie Oliver	Lotus-Ford	13	+ 1 Lap	13
12	17	Kurt Ahrens, Jr.	Brabham-Repco	13	+ 1 Lap	17
13	2	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	13	+ 1 Lap	16
14	11	Richard Attwood	BRM	13	+ 1 Lap	20
Ret	8	Chris Amon	Ferrari	11	Accident	2
Ret	12	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	8	Accident	12
Ret	16	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford	6	Ignition	9
Ret	19	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-BRM	6	Fuel Leak	19
Ret	7	John Surtees	Honda	3	Ignition	7
Ret	20	Vic Elford	Cooper-BRM	0	Accident	5

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Graham Hill 30 2 Jackie Stewart 26 3 Jacky Ickx 23 4 Denny Hulme 15 5 Pedro Rodríguez 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Ford 44 2 Matra-Ford 29 3 Ferrari 28 4 McLaren-Ford 22 5 BRM 18

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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• Lang, Mike (1982). Grand Prix! Vol 2. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 74–75. ISBN 0-85429-321-3. 
• "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/555/. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
• "Formula One World". Archived from the original on 5 February 2008. http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1968/germany.html. Retrieved 2008-01-17.