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British Grand Prix

Brands Hatch, 20 Jul 1968

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Jo Siffert Lotus 49B [R7] - Cosworth DFV V8
#22 Rob Walker & Jack Durlacher Racing
 		80 2h 01m 20.3s
2 Chris Amon Ferrari 312/68 [0011] - 60° 4-valve V12
#5 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		80 2h 01m 24.7s
3 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 312/68 [0009] - 60° 4-valve V12
#6 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		79 2h 02m 04.3s
4 Denis Hulme McLaren M7A [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#1 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 		79 2h 02m 51.8s
5 John Surtees Honda RA301 [F-801] - V12
#7 Honda R&D Company 		78 2h 01m 30.1s
6 Jackie Stewart Matra MS10 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#14 Matra International 		78 2h 01m 30.2s
7 Bruce McLaren McLaren M7A [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#2 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 		77 2h 02m 37.2s
8 Piers Courage BRM P126 [01] - P101 V12
#20 Reg Parnell Racing 		72 2h 01m 24.1s
NC Silvio Moser Brabham BT20 [F1-2-66] - Repco 620 V8
#19 Charles Vogele Racing 		52 not classified
R Jochen Rindt Brabham BT26 [2] - Repco 860 V8
#4 Brabham Racing Organisation 		55 fuel leak
R Pedro Rodriguez BRM P133 [01] - P101 V12
#10 Owen Racing Organisation 		52 engine
R Jackie Oliver Lotus 49 [R2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#9 Gold Leaf Team Lotus 		43 transmission
R Robin Widdows Cooper T86B [F1-1-68] - BRM P101 V12
#16 Cooper Car Company 		35 ignition
R Graham Hill Lotus 49B [R5] - Cosworth DFV V8
#8 Gold Leaf Team Lotus 		26 halfshaft
R Vic Elford Cooper T86B [F1-4-68] - BRM P101 V12
#15 Cooper Car Company 		26 engine
R Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra MS11 [02] - MS9 V12
#18 Matra Sports 		11 engine
R Richard Attwood BRM P126 [03] - P101 V12
#11 Owen Racing Organisation 		10 radiator leak
R Dan Gurney Eagle 'T1G' [104] - Weslake 58 V12
#24 Anglo-American Racers 		8 fuel pump
R Jo Bonnier McLaren M5A [1] - BRM P101 V12
#23 Jo Bonnier Racing Team 		6 engine
R Jack Brabham Brabham BT26 [1] - Repco 860 V8
#3 Brabham Racing Organisation 		0 engine
T Jochen Rindt Brabham BT24 [3] - Repco 740 V8
#31 Brabham Racing Organisation
 		(Only used in practice)
T Chris Amon Ferrari 312/68 [0007] - 60° 4-valve V12
#32 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 		(Only used in practice)
T Pedro Rodriguez BRM P126 [02] - P101 V12
#33 Owen Racing Organisation 		(Only used in practice)
T Bruce McLaren McLaren M7A [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#34 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 		(Only used in practice)
T/S Jackie Stewart Matra MS10 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#30 Matra International 		(Spare - not used in practice)
DNA Tony Lanfranchi BRM - P101 V12
#12 Owen Racing Organisation 		Did not arrive
DNA Lucien Bianchi Cooper T86C [F1-3-68] - Alfa Romeo T33/3 V8
#17 Cooper Car Company 		Did not arrive
DNA Thomas C. Jones Cooper T86 [F1-2-67] - Maserati Tipo 10 V12
#21 T. Jones 		Did not arrive

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Graham Hill (F1) 3-litre Lotus 49B [R5] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 28.9s
2 Jackie Oliver (F1) 3-litre Lotus 49 [R2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 29.4s
3 Chris Amon (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312/68 [0011] - Ferrari 60° 4-valve V12 1m 29.5s
4 Jo Siffert (F1) 3-litre Lotus 49B [R7] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 29.7s
5 Jochen Rindt (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT26 [2] - Repco 860 V8 1m 29.9s
6 Dan Gurney (F1) 3-litre Eagle 'T1G' [104] - Weslake 58 V12 1m 30.0s
7 Jackie Stewart (F1) 3-litre Matra MS10 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 30.0s
8 Jack Brabham (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT26 [1] - Repco 860 V8 1m 30.2s
9 John Surtees (F1) 3-litre Honda RA301 [F-801] - Honda V12 1m 30.3s
10 Bruce McLaren (F1) 3-litre McLaren M7A [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 30.4s
11 Denis Hulme (F1) 3-litre McLaren M7A [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 30.4s
12 Jacky Ickx (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312/68 [0009] - Ferrari 60° 4-valve V12 1m 31.0s
13 Pedro Rodriguez (F1) 3-litre BRM P133 [01] - BRM P101 V12 1m 31.6s
14 Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F1) 3-litre Matra MS11 [02] - Matra MS9 V12 1m 31.6s
15 Richard Attwood (F1) 3-litre BRM P126 [03] - BRM P101 V12 1m 31.7s
16 Piers Courage (F1) 3-litre BRM P126 [01] - BRM P101 V12 1m 32.3s
17 Vic Elford (F1) 3-litre Cooper T86B [F1-4-68] - BRM P101 V12 1m 33.0s
18 Robin Widdows (F1) 3-litre Cooper T86B [F1-1-68] - BRM P101 V12 1m 34.0s
19 Silvio Moser (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT20 [F1-2-66] - Repco 620 V8 1m 35.4s
20 Jo Bonnier (F1) 3-litre McLaren M5A [1] - BRM P101 V12 1m 36.8s

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985

These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.

Individual sources for this event

Autosport 26 Jul 1968 pp24-33. Motor Sport August 1968 pp692-693. Motoring News 25 Jul 1968 pp1,16,18-20. Speedworld International preview 20 Jul 1968 pp28-29 and report 27 July 1968 pp14-24. As SWI was published on a Saturday, its preview came out on the morning of the GP and said that the Cooper-Alfa had been withdrawn on the Monday. It also omitted the BRM that John Webb had been trying to negotiate for Tony Lanfranchi and the Cooper T86 that American Tom Jones had been trying to buy. T cars were given their own numbers, starting from 30, and Motor Sport listed Stewart's usual spare Matra MS10, the usual spare Brabham BT24, Chris Amon's spare Ferrari, and then a spare BRM V12 and a spare McLaren M7A, none of which raced. Autosport and SWI mentioned all of these except the Matra, which was the only one not to record a practice time.