The 1968 South African Grand Prix was Round 1 of the 1968 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Kyalami in South Africa on Sunday, 1 January 1968. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and was the race winner.
1968 South African Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 80 | 1:53:56.600 | 1:53:56.600 | - | - | 1:23.700 | 73 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 80 | +25.300 | 1:54:21.900 | +25.300 | +25.300 | 1:24.500 | 42 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 80 | +30.400 | 1:54:27.000 | +30.400 | +5.100 | 1:24.500 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Ferrari | Firestone | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 2 laps | 1:25.300 | 48 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren BRM | Goodyear | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:25.600 | 44 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 21 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Matra Ford | Dunlop | 77 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:28.000 | 70 | 1 | |
| 7 | 19 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Cooper Maserati | 77 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:28.400 | 31 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Honda | Firestone | 75 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 2 laps | 1:26.400 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 17 | John Love | Zimbabwe | Brabham Repco | 75 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 1:28.400 | 2 | ||||
| NCL | 23 | Jackie Pretorius | South Africa | Brabham Climax | 71 | +10 laps | 1:32.200 | 12 | |||||
| DNF | 6 | Dan Gurney | United States | Eagle Weslake | Goodyear | 58 | DNF | 1:26.600 | 3 | ||||
| DNF | 9 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Firestone | 51 | DNF | 1:26.500 | 49 | ||||
| DNF | 20 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Cooper Maserati | 46 | DNF | 1:30.700 | 5 | |||||
| DNF | 16 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Matra Ford | Dunlop | 43 | DNF | 1:24.200 | 40 | ||||
| DNF | 18 | Sam Tingle | Zimbabwe | LDS Repco | 35 | DNF | 1:31.300 | 10 | |||||
| DNF | 25 | Basil van Rooyen | South Africa | Cooper Climax | 22 | DNF | 1:28.900 | 11 | |||||
| DNF | 11 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | BRM | 20 | DNF | 1:28.200 | 12 | |||||
| DNF | 2 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 16 | DNF | 1:24.600 | 4 | ||||
| DNF | 10 | Andrea de Adamich | Italy | Ferrari | Firestone | 13 | DNF | 1:26.500 | 3 | ||||
| DNF | 12 | Mike Spence | Great Britain | BRM | 7 | DNF | 1:28.500 | 2 | |||||
| DNF | 14 | Brian Redman | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | 4 | DNF | 1:28.800 | 4 | |||||
| DNF | 22 | Dave Charlton | South Africa | Brabham Repco | 3 | DNF | 1:29.000 | 2 | |||||
| DNF | 15 | Ludovico Scarfiotti | Italy | Cooper Maserati | 2 | DNF | 1:28.800 | 2 |