The 1968 Mexican Grand Prix was Round 12 of the 1968 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Mexico City, Mexico on Sunday, 3 November 1968. Jo Siffert started on pole position in a Lotus Ford and Graham Hill was the race winner in the Lotus Ford. The result of this Grand Prix sealed the outcome of the 1968 Drivers’ Championship and Hill won the title for the second and last time.
1968 Mexican 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 | 10 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 65 | 1:56:43.950 | 1:56:43.950 | - | - | 1:45.540 | 34 | 9 |
2 | 2 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 65 | +79.320 | 1:58:03.270 | +1:19.320 | +1:19.320 | 1:46.820 | 49 | 6 |
3 | 11 | Jackie Oliver | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 65 | +100.650 | 1:58:24.600 | +1:40.650 | +21.330 | 1:47.060 | 61 | 4 |
4 | 8 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | BRM | 65 | +101.090 | 1:58:25.040 | +1:41.090 | +0.440 | 1:45.110 | 65 | 3 | |
5 | 17 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Honda | Firestone | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:46.780 | 60 | 2 | |
6 | 16 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:44.230 | 52 | 1 | ||
7 | 15 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | Matra Ford | Dunlop | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:45.880 | 34 | |||
8 | 18 | Vic Elford | Great Britain | Cooper BRM | 63 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:50.580 | 61 | |||
9 | 9 | Henri Pescarolo | France | Matra | 62 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:51.510 | 49 | |||
10 | 3 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 59 | DNF | 6 laps | 3 laps | 1:46.130 | 37 | ||
DNF | 23 | Johnny Servoz-Gavin | France | Matra Ford | 57 | DNF | 1:47.740 | 56 | |||||
DNF | 14 | Dan Gurney | United States | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 28 | DNF | 1:47.730 | 25 | ||||
DNF | 22 | Piers Courage | Great Britain | BRM | 25 | DNF | 1:50.790 | 24 | |||||
DNF | 19 | Lucien Bianchi | Belgium | Cooper BRM | 21 | DNF | 1:49.810 | 18 | |||||
DNF | 5 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Honda | Firestone | 17 | DNF | 1:48.740 | 13 | ||||
DNF | 6 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Ferrari | Firestone | 16 | DNF | 1:48.780 | 14 | ||||
DNF | 12 | Moises Solana | Mexico | Lotus Ford | Firestone | 14 | DNF | 1:51.950 | 11 | ||||
DNF | 1 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 10 | DNF | 1:48.780 | 10 | ||||
DNF | 21 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Matra | Dunlop | 10 | DNF | 1:50.470 | 8 | ||||
DNF | 7 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Ferrari | Firestone | 3 | DNF | 1:51.320 | 3 | ||||
DNF | 4 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 2 | DNF | 1:50.190 | 2 |