Formule France 1968
The new series was completely dominated by the Grac MT5, works drivers Max Jean and Jimmy Mieusset winning the first 13 races between them. Denis Dayan finished third in the championship having started the season in an Élina, built by Jean-Pierre Beltoise before moving over to Marius Dal Bo's prototype Pygmée FF/68 in June. François Lacarrau took over the Pygmée in September and won at Montlhéry in October on his way to fifth in the championship behind the third Grac works driver, François Guerre-Berthelot. Alpine entered two A340s, for Gérard David and Gérard Larrousse and although fast, they were not as reliable as the Gracs.
Grac built 19 MT5s in 1968 and Élina around 14, comfortably more than any other F/France constructor. This compared with just three Pygmées and two Alpines. The grids were completed with a variable selection of one-offs, including at least a few unconvincingly disguised old Lotuses and Brabhams.
The races
31 Mar 1968 > Albi
15 Apr 1968 > Nogaro
21 Apr 1968 > Pau
28 Apr 1968 > Montlhéry
01 May 1968 > Magny Cours
05 May 1968 > Aeroport Dijon-Longvic
12 May 1968 > Montlhéry
09 Jun 1968 > La Châtre
16 Jun 1968 > Magny Cours
07 Jul 1968 > Rouen-les-Essarts
14 Jul 1968 > Magny Cours
11 Aug 1968 > Nogaro
08 Sep 1968 > Montlhéry
12 Sep 1968 > Reims
22 Sep 1968 > Montlhéry
06 Oct 1968 > Montlhéry
21 Oct 1968 > Albi
1968 Critérium de Formule France table
| 1 | Max Jean ("Jean Max") | (works) Motul Grac MT5 | 189 pts | 11 wins |
| 2 | Robert "Jimmy" Mieusset | (works) Elf Grac MT5 | 153 pts | 3 wins |
| 3 | Denis Dayan | Élina '68' | 99 pts | |
| 4 | François Guerre-Berthelot | (works) Motul Grac MT5 | 78 pts | |
| 5 | François Lacarrau | Pygmée FF/68 | 66 pts | 1 win |
| 6 | Christian Ethuin | Élina '68' | 57 pts | |
| 7 | Jacques Crozier | Grac MT5 | 54 pts | |
| 8 | François Peleman | Élina '68' | 45 pts | |
| 9 | Gérard Larrousse | Alpine A340 | 39 pts | 1 win |
| 10= | Marcel Morel | Élina '68' | 36 pts | |
| 10= | "Heink's" | Grac MT5 | 36 pts | |
| 12 | Lionel Noghès | Élina '68' | 33 pts | |
| 13 | Jean-Pierre Moroni | Grac MT5 Élina '68' | 30 pts | 1 win |
| 14 | Jacques Coulon | Grac MT5 | 27 pts | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Tonneline | Élina '68' | 21 pts | |
| 16= | Jean-Louis Durante | Élina '68' | 18 pts | |
| 16= | Giuseppe Pasquale | Élina '68' | 18 pts | |
| 18= | Yves Bevilacqua | Élina '68' | 15 pts | |
| 18= | François Libert | Élina '68' | 15 pts | |
| 20= | Patrick Boitier | Grac MT5 | 12 pts | |
| 20= | Jean Prouzet | Élina '68' | 12 pts | |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Élina '68' | 9 pts | |
| 23= | Jean-Marc Chaillet | Élina '68' | 6 pts | |
| 23= | Jean Chicard | Grac MT5 | 6 pts | |
| 23= | Marius Maison | Pygmée FF/68 | 6 pts | |
| 26 | Jean-Louis Lafosse | Gerca '68' | 3 pts |
Grac won a total of 14 races with single wins for three other marques: Jean-Pierre Moroni won at Reims in September in an Élina, Lacarrau won at Monthlery in October in the Pygmée, and Larrousse won at Albi two weeks later in the Alpine.
The series used the traditional 9-6-4-3-2-1 system but with a coefficient of two for races with up to 12 starters and three for races with more than 12. The series was wildly successful so all races got the higher coeffcient, resulting in a 27-18-12-9-6-3 points system. The best seven results counted so Max Jean had a maximum score quite early and then just had to ensure Mieusset could not match him. Gérard David was excluded from the championship due to non-specification parts being found on his car at Rouen so lost the points he won for finishing fourth at Magny Cours 1 May. The tables widely reproduced also contain one error: Jean-Louis Lafosse scored three points for his sixth place at Albi in March, not one point.