| Race details | ||
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| Race 8 of 12 in the 1968 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | August 4, 1968 | |
| Official name | XXX Großer Preis von Deutschland XXVIII Grand Prix d'Europe | |
| Location | Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 22.835 km (14.189 mi) | |
| Distance | 14 laps, 319.690 km (198.646 mi) | |
| Weather | Hazy, Wet | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari |
| Time | 9:04.0 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Jackie Stewart
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Matra-Ford |
| Time | 9:36.0 on lap 8 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Jackie Stewart
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Matra-Ford |
| Second | Graham Hill
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Lotus-Ford |
| Third |  Jochen Rindt
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Brabham-Repco |
Winner Jackie Stewart in a Matra MS10
Pedro Rodriguez in a BRM P133
The 1968 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring on August 4, 1968. It was the eighth round of the 1968 Formula One season. The race was held in extremely wet and foggy conditions, and British driver Jackie Stewart, racing with a broken wrist, won the race by a margin of four minutes in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest victories in the history of Formula One.
The race is also notable for Dan Gurney's choice of a full face helmet, making him the first driver to do so in Grand Prix racing at this Grand Prix.[1]
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Jackie Stewart
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Matra-Ford | 14 | 2:19:03.2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | Graham Hill
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Lotus-Ford | 14 | + 4:03.2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Jochen Rindt
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Brabham-Repco | 14 | + 4:09.4 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Jacky Ickx
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Ferrari | 14 | + 5:55.2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 |  Jack Brabham
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Brabham-Repco | 14 | + 6:21.1 | 15 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 |  Pedro Rodríguez
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BRM | 14 | + 6:25.0 | 14 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 |  Denny Hulme
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McLaren-Ford | 14 | + 6:31.0 | 11 | |
| 8 | 22 | Piers Courage
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BRM | 14 | + 7:56.4 | 8 | |
| 9 | 14 |  Dan Gurney
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Eagle-Weslake | 14 | + 8:13.7 | 10 | |
| 10 | 18 |  Hubert Hahne
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Lola-BMW | 14 | + 10:11.4 | 18 | |
| 11 | 21 | Jackie Oliver
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Lotus-Ford | 13 | + 1 Lap | 13 | |
| 12 | 17 | Kurt Ahrens, Jr.
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Brabham-Repco | 13 | + 1 Lap | 17 | |
| 13 | 2 | Bruce McLaren
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McLaren-Ford | 13 | + 1 Lap | 16 | |
| 14 | 11 | Richard Attwood
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BRM | 13 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
| Ret | 8 | Chris Amon
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Ferrari | 11 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 12 |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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Matra | 8 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 16 |  Jo Siffert
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Lotus-Ford | 6 | Ignition | 9 | |
| Ret | 19 | Lucien Bianchi
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Cooper-BRM | 6 | Fuel Leak | 19 | |
| Ret | 7 | John Surtees
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Honda | 3 | Ignition | 7 | |
| Ret | 20 | Vic Elford
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Cooper-BRM | 0 | Accident | 5 |
Standings after the race[]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [[Commons:Category: Category:1968 German Grand Prix | 1968 German Grand Prix
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- Lang, Mike (1982). Grand Prix! Vol 2. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 74–75.
- "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/555/. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- "Formula One World". http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1968/germany.html. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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