04 Aug 1968 German Grand Prix
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The 1968 German Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1968 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Nürburgring in Germany on Sunday, 4 August 1968. Jacky Ickx started on pole position for Ferrari and Jackie Stewart was the race winner in the Matra Ford.
1968 German Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Matra Ford | Dunlop | 14 | 2:19:03.200 | 2:19:03.200 | - | - | 9:36.000 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 14 | +243.200 | 2:23:06.400 | +4:03.200 | +4:03.200 | 9:51.000 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 14 | +249.400 | 2:23:12.600 | +4:09.400 | +6.200 | 9:57.100 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Firestone | 14 | +355.200 | 2:24:58.400 | +5:55.200 | +1:45.800 | 9:56.300 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 14 | +381.100 | 2:25:24.300 | +6:21.100 | +25.900 | 10:02.700 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | BRM | Goodyear | 14 | +385.000 | 2:25:28.200 | +6:25.000 | +3.900 | 10:05.300 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 14 | +391.000 | 2:25:34.200 | +6:31.000 | +6.000 | 10:08.300 | 7 | |
| 8 | 22 | Piers Courage | Great Britain | BRM | 14 | +476.400 | 2:26:59.600 | +7:56.400 | +1:25.400 | 10:09.200 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 14 | Dan Gurney | United States | Eagle Weslake | Goodyear | 14 | +493.700 | 2:27:16.900 | +8:13.700 | +17.300 | 10:02.000 | 6 | |
| 10 | 18 | Hubert Hahne | Germany | Lola BMW | 14 | +611.400 | |||||||
| 11 | 21 | Jackie Oliver | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 13 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 10:24.000 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 17 | Kurt Ahrens | Germany | Brabham Repco | 13 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 10:36.300 | 3 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 13 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 10:26.600 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 11 | Richard Attwood | Great Britain | BRM | Goodyear | 13 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 10:38.300 | 8 | |||
| DNF | 8 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Ferrari | Firestone | 11 | DNF | 9:51.000 | 8 | ||||
| DNF | 12 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Matra | Dunlop | 8 | DNF | 10:04.800 | 6 | ||||
| DNF | 16 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 6 | DNF | 10:20.300 | 3 | ||||
| DNF | 19 | Lucien Bianchi | Belgium | Cooper BRM | Goodyear | 6 | DNF | 10:35.300 | 5 | ||||
| DNF | 7 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Honda | Firestone | 3 | DNF | 10:42.100 | 1 | ||||
| DNF | 20 | Vic Elford | Great Britain | Cooper BRM | Goodyear |