The 1968 French Grand Prix was Round 6 of the 1968 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Rouen les Essarts, France on Sunday, 7 July 1968. Jochen Rindt started on pole position in the Brabham Repco and Jacky Ickx was the race winner for the Ferrari.
1968 French 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 | 26 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Firestone | 60 | 2:25:40.900 | 2:25:40.900 | - | - | 2:13.900 | 19 | 9 |
2 | 16 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Honda | Firestone | 60 | +118.600s | 2:27:39.500 | +1:58.600 | +1:58.600 | 2:11.800 | 19 | 6 |
3 | 28 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Matra Ford | Dunlop | 59 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 2:11.800 | 18 | 4 | |
4 | 30 | Vic Elford | Great Britain | Cooper BRM | 58 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 2:17.200 | 57 | 3 | ||
5 | 8 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 58 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 2:12.800 | 58 | 2 | ||
6 | 36 | Piers Courage | Great Britain | BRM | 57 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 2:14.000 | 18 | 1 | ||
7 | 22 | Richard Attwood | Great Britain | BRM | 57 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2:18.600 | 56 | ||||
8 | 10 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 56 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | 2:13.600 | 18 | ||
9 | 6 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Matra | Dunlop | 56 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 2:22.000 | 53 | |||
10 | 24 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Ferrari | Firestone | 55 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 1 lap | 2:16.600 | 54 | ||
11 | 34 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 54 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 1 lap | 2:18.600 | 17 | ||
NCL | 20 | Pedro Rodriguez | Mexico | BRM | Goodyear | 53 | +7 laps | 2:11.500 | 19 | ||||
DNF | 2 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 45 | DNF | 2:13.800 | 16 | ||||
DNF | 4 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 15 | DNF | 2:32.200 | 2 | ||||
DNF | 12 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 14 | DNF | 2:15.200 | 6 | ||||
DNF | 32 | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | France | Cooper BRM | 14 | DNF | 2:19.100 | 6 | |||||
DNF | 18 | Jo Schlesser | France | Honda | Firestone | 2 | DNF | 2:31.300 | 2 | ||||
DNS | 14 | Jackie Oliver | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | DNS |