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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1968

Round 6 of 12Rouen-Les-Essarts, RouenJul 7 196860 laps

Podium

SURHonda
2
ICKFerrari
1
STEMatra
3

Key facts

WinnerICK2:25:40.900 from P3
PoleRIN1:56.100
Fastest lapROD2:11.500 on lap 19
Finishers11 / 18classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lap
1ICKJacky IckxFerrari3▲2602:25:40.9009–
2SURJohn SurteesHonda7▲560+118.600s6–
3STEJackie StewartMatra2▼159+1 lap4–
4ELFVic ElfordCooper17▲1358+2 laps3–
5HULDenny HulmeMcLaren4▼158+2 laps2–
6COUPiers CourageBRM14▲857+3 laps1–
7ATTRichard AttwoodBRM12▲557+3 laps–
8MCLBruce McLarenMcLaren6▼256+4 laps–
9BELJean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra8▼156+4 laps–
10AMOChris AmonFerrari5▼555+5 laps–
11SIFJo SiffertLotus11–54+6 laps–
NCRODPedro RodríguezBRM1053Not classified2:11.500
DNFRINJochen RindtBrabham145Fuel leak–
DNFBRAJack BrabhamBrabham1315Fuel pump–
DNFSERJohnny Servoz-GavinCooper1514Accident–
DNFHILGraham HillLotus914Halfshaft–
DNFSCHJo SchlesserHonda162Fatal accident–
DNSOLIJackie OliverLotus–0Accident in practice–

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamTimeGap to pole
1RINJochen RindtBrabham1:56.100
2STEJackie StewartMatra1:57.300+1.200s
3ICKJacky IckxFerrari1:57.700+1.600s
4HULDenny HulmeMcLaren1:57.700+1.600s
5AMOChris AmonFerrari1:57.800+1.700s
6MCLBruce McLarenMcLaren1:58.000+1.900s
7SURJohn SurteesHonda1:58.200+2.100s
8BELJean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:58.900+2.800s
9HILGraham HillLotus1:59.100+3.000s
10RODPedro RodríguezBRM1:59.300+3.200s
11OLIJackie OliverLotus2:00.200+4.100s
12SIFJo SiffertLotus2:00.300+4.200s
13ATTRichard AttwoodBRM2:00.800+4.700s
14BRAJack BrabhamBrabham2:00.800+4.700s
15COUPiers CourageBRM2:01.100+5.000s
16SERJohnny Servoz-GavinCooper2:01.200+5.100s
17SCHJo SchlesserHonda2:04.500+8.400s
18ELFVic ElfordCooper2:05.500+9.400s

Rouen-Les-Essarts

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1968. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1964Dan GurneyBrabham
1962Dan GurneyPorsche
1957Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
1952Alberto AscariFerrari

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