| Race details | ||
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| Race 4 of 12 in the 1968 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | 9 June 1968 | |
| Official name | XXVIII Grand Prix de Belgique | |
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 14.100 km (8.761 mi) | |
| Distance | 28 laps, 394.800 km (245.317 mi) | |
| Weather | Overcast, Dry | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Chris Amon
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Ferrari |
| Time | 3:28.6 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  John Surtees
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Honda |
| Time | 3:30.5 on lap 5 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Bruce McLaren
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McLaren-Ford |
| Second |  Pedro Rodríguez
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BRM |
| Third |  Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari |
The 1968 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit on June 9, 1968. It was the fourth round of the 1968 Formula One season. On his return to racing after suffering a broken wrist, Jackie Stewart was leading the race going into the final lap, but ran out of fuel.
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |  Bruce McLaren
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McLaren-Ford | 28 | 1:40:02.1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 | Pedro Rodríguez
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BRM | 28 | + 12.1 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 23 | Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari | 28 | + 39.6 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | Jackie Stewart
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Matra-Ford | 27 | Out of fuel | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Jackie Oliver
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Lotus-Ford | 26 | Transmission | 15 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Lucien Bianchi
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Cooper-BRM | 26 | + 2 Laps | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 |  Jo Siffert
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Lotus-Ford | 25 | Oil Pressure | 9 | |
| 8 | 10 |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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Matra | 25 | + 3 Laps | 13 | |
| Ret | 14 | Piers Courage
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BRM | 22 | Engine | 7 | |
| Ret | 6 | Denny Hulme
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McLaren-Ford | 18 | Halfshaft | 5 | |
| Ret | 20 | John Surtees
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Honda | 11 | Suspension | 4 | |
| Ret | 22 | Chris Amon
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Ferrari | 8 | Radiator | 1 | |
| Ret | 16 | Brian Redman
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Cooper-BRM | 6 | Spun Off | 11 | |
| Ret | 12 | Richard Attwood
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BRM | 6 | Oil Pipe | 18 | |
| Ret | 18 |  Jack Brabham
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Brabham-Repco | 6 | Throttle | 10 | |
| Ret | 1 | Graham Hill
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Lotus-Ford | 5 | Halfshaft | 14 | |
| Ret | 19 |  Jochen Rindt
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Brabham-Repco | 5 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Jo Bonnier
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McLaren-BRM | 1 | Wheel | 16 |
Notes[]
- This was the first race where wings were used on an F1 car. Ferrari added wings to their lead driver Chris Amon's car and he nabbed pole position, and was 4 seconds faster in qualifying than the next fastest car of Jackie Stewart. Amon's teammate Jacky Ickx did not have wings on his car.[1] The Brabham team also fitted a rear wing to Jack Brabham's car, paired with dive planes on the nose to counteract lift; he qualified 10th.[2] Wings were added to Ickx's car (and many other teams copied the idea for their cars) for the next race at Zandvoort.
- On the seventh lap Brian Redman went off the circuit when his suspension failed and he crashed into and over a concrete barrier and into a parked car. His Cooper caught fire but Redman escaped with only a broken right arm and a few minor burns.
- Records:
- Fastest Fastest Lap Speed - John Surtees (241.140 km/h)
- Most Races Contested - Jack Brabham (100)
- Fastest Average Race Speed - Bruce McLaren (236.797 km/h)
- Milestones:
- 100th Race Entry Jack Brabham (Driver)
- 10th Fastest Lap John Surtees (Driver)
- 1st Win - McLaren (Car Manufacturer)
- Last win: Bruce McLaren
Standings after the race[]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
- Lang, Mike (1982). Grand Prix! Vol 2. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 66–67.
- Lawrence, Mike (1999). Brabham+Ralt+Honda: The Ron Tauranac story. Motor Racing Publications.
- Nye, Doug (1986). Autocourse history of the Grand Prix car 1966–85. Hazleton publishing.
- "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/552/. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
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