The 1968 United States Grand Prix was Round 11 of the 1968 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Watkins Glen, United States on Sunday, 6 October 1968. Mario Andretti started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and Jackie Stewart was the race winner in the Matra Ford.
1968 United States Grand Prix Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
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1 | 15 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Matra Ford | Dunlop | 108 | 1:59:20.290 | 1:59:20.290 | - | - | 1:05.220 | 52 | 9 |
2 | 10 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 108 | +24.680 | 1:59:44.970 | +24.680 | +24.680 | 1:05.440 | 80 | 6 |
3 | 5 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Honda | Firestone | 107 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:05.650 | 55 | 4 | |
4 | 14 | Dan Gurney | United States | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 107 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:05.610 | 61 | 3 | ||
5 | 16 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 105 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2 laps | 1:06.070 | 59 | 2 | |
6 | 2 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 103 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 2 laps | 1:06.680 | 38 | 1 | |
DNF | 22 | Piers Courage | Great Britain | BRM | 93 | DNF | 1:08.720 | 53 | |||||
DNF | 1 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 92 | DNF | 1:05.980 | 72 | ||||
NCL | 19 | Lucien Bianchi | Belgium | Cooper BRM | 88 | DNF | 1:11.530 | 43 | |||||
DNF | 3 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 77 | DNF | 1:06.490 | 57 | ||||
DNF | 4 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 73 | DNF | 1:05.500 | 62 | ||||
DNF | 18 | Vic Elford | Great Britain | Cooper BRM | 71 | DNF | 1:09.480 | 41 | |||||
DNF | 8 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | BRM | 66 | DNF | 1:06.620 | 62 | |||||
NCL | 17 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | McLaren BRM | 62 | DNF | 1:10.230 | 41 | |||||
DNF | 6 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Ferrari | Firestone | 59 | DNF | 1:05.700 | 36 | ||||
DNF | 21 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Matra | Dunlop | 44 | DNF | 1:09.290 | 41 | ||||
DNF | 9 | Bobby Unser | United States | BRM | 35 | DNF | 1:08.570 | 29 | |||||
DNF | 12 | Mario Andretti | United States | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 32 | DNF | 1:05.550 | 28 | ||||
DNF | 7 | Derek Bell | Great Britain | Ferrari | Firestone | 14 | DNF | 1:08.090 | 12 | ||||
DNS | 11 | Jackie Oliver | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone |