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1968 BRDC International Trophy
1968 South African GP
1967 Spanish GP
1968 Spanish GP
1968 Monaco GP
1969 Spanish GP
XIV
Gran Premio de Espaņa
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 12 May 1968
Start time
14:00
Event
Spanish GP
Circuit
Jarama
Event Format
Race of 90 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#2 of
12
in 1968
#163 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
90
Circuit Perimeter
3404 m
Race Distance
3404 × 90 = 306.360 km
Grid Format
3-2-3-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries
14
Qualifiers
14
Finishers
5
Debutants
BRM P133
(
Car Model
),
Brabham BT26
(
Car Model
),
Cooper T86B
(
Car Model
),
Honda RA301
(
Car Model
),
Matra MS10
(
Car Model
),
Gold Leaf Team Lotus
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Elf
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Lubricant Manufacturer
)
Ford
– 50th Race Entry (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Gold Leaf Team Lotus
– 1st Win (
Entrant
)
Matra International
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Entrant
)
Repco
– 50th Race Entry (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Driver
)
Matra
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Car Manufacturer
)
Chris Amon
– 1st Pole Position (
Driver
)
Records Broken
1.
Most 8th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
28
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Cooper
(
128
),
2.
Most Races Led
–
Ferrari
(
110
),
3.
Most Laps Led
–
Ferrari
(
2712
),
4.
Most Race Entries
–
Ferrari
(
510
),
5.
Most Race Entries
–
Jack Brabham
(
97
),
6.
Most Poles
–
Ferrari
(
45
),
7.
Most 12th Place Qualifications
–
Cooper
(
33
),
8.
Most 13th Place Qualifications
–
Cooper
(
32
)
World Championship standings
1
Graham Hill
15
2
Jim Clark
9
3
Denny Hulme
8
4
Jochen Rindt
4
Brian Redman
4
6
Chris Amon
3
Ludovico Scarfiotti
3
8
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
3
1
Lotus
/
Ford
18
2
McLaren
/
Ford
6
3
Cooper
/
BRM
4
Brabham
/
Repco
4
5
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
3
6
Matra
/
Ford
3
7
McLaren
/
BRM
2
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 10
Car 19
Car 6
Entrant
Gold Leaf Team Lotus
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC
Matra International
Driver
Graham Hill
Chris Amon
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Car
Lotus
49
Ferrari
312
Matra
MS10
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Ferrari
3.0 V12
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time
2:15'20.1
1'27.9
1'28.3
Speed
135.823 km/h
139.413 km/h
138.781 km/h
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