20 Jul 1968 British Grand Prix
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The 1968 British Grand Prix was Round 7 of the 1968 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Brands Hatch, United Kingdom on 20 July 1968. Graham Hill started on pole position in the Lotus Ford and Jo Siffert was the race winner in a Lotus Ford.
1968 British Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 80 | 2:01:20.300 | 2:01:20.300 | - | - | 1:29.700 | 42 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Ferrari | Firestone | 80 | +4.400 | 2:01:24.700 | +4.400 | +4.400 | 1:29.900 | 73 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Firestone | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:31.300 | 37 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:31.300 | 19 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 7 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Honda | Firestone | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:31.600 | 3 | 2 | |
| 6 | 14 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Matra Ford | Dunlop | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:31.100 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:32.900 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 20 | Piers Courage | Great Britain | BRM | 72 | +8 laps | 8 laps | 5 laps | 1:33.400 | 56 | |||
| DNF | 4 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 55 | DNF | 1:33.900 | 53 | ||||
| DNF | 10 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | BRM | 52 | DNF | 1:31.900 | 50 | |||||
| NCL | 19 | Silvio Moser | Switzerland | Brabham Repco | 52 | +28 laps | 1:37.100 | 27 | |||||
| DNF | 9 | Jackie Oliver | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 43 | DNF | 1:30.300 | 34 | ||||
| DNF | 16 | Robin Widdows | Great Britain | Cooper BRM | 34 | DNF | 1:34.400 | 6 | |||||
| DNF | 8 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 26 | DNF | 1:30.900 | 15 | ||||
| DNF | 15 | Vic Elford | Great Britain | Cooper BRM | 26 | DNF | 1:33.700 | 2 | |||||
| DNF | 18 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Matra | Dunlop | 11 | DNF | 1:33.500 | 5 | ||||
| DNF | 11 | Richard Attwood | Great Britain | BRM | 10 | DNF | 1:32.900 | 5 | |||||
| DNF | 24 | Dan Gurney | United States | Eagle Weslake | Goodyear | 8 | DNF | 1:33.200 | 7 | ||||
| DNF | 23 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | McLaren BRM | 6 | DNF | 1:39.800 | 3 | |||||
| DNF | 3 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | DNF |