1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 20th
Nations Grand Prix on 15 September. As the sidecar race was cancelled at the Nations Grand Prix, it was announced that a replacement race would be held at Hockenheimring in October alongside the German national championship.[1]
Season summary
With the departure of
50cc championship for Suzuki
.
1968 Grand Prix season calendar
- Footnotes
- ^ The sidecar race at the 1968 Nations Grand Prix was cancelled and so a replacement race was held alongside the German national championship at the Hockenheimring in October.[1]
Standings
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of three were counted on 50cc championships, best of five in 125cc championships, best of six in 250cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars and 350cc, the best of four races were counted.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc final standings
350cc Standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Giacomo Agostini | Italy | MV Agusta | 32 | 7 | |
2 | Renzo Pasolini | Italy | Benelli | 18 | 0 | |
3 | Kel Carruthers | Australia | Aermacchi | 17 | 0 | |
4 | Heinz Rosner | East Germany | MZ | 12 | 0 | |
= | Ginger Molloy | New Zealand | Bultaco | 12 | 0 | |
6 | Derek Woodman | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 9 | 0 | |
7 | Frantisek Stastny
|
Czechoslovakia | Jawa
|
8 | 0 | |
8 | Bohumil Stasa
|
Czechoslovakia | ČZ
|
7 | 0 | |
9 | Bill Smith | United Kingdom | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
= | Gilberto Milani | Italy | Aermacchi | 4 | 0 | |
= | Brian Steenson | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 4 | 0 | |
= | Silvio Grassetti | Italy | Benelli | 4 | 0 | |
13 | Billie Nelson | United Kingdom | Norton
|
3 | 0 | |
14 | Dan Shorey | United Kingdom | Norton
|
2 | 0 | |
= | John Cooper | United Kingdom | Seeley | 2 | 0 | |
= | Karl Hoppe | West Germany | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
= | Bruno Spaggiari | Italy | Ducati | 2 | 0 | |
18 | Jack Findlay | Australia | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Dave Simmonds | United Kingdom | Kawasaki | 1 | 0 |
250cc Standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Phil Read | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 46 | 5 | |
2 | Bill Ivy | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 46 | 5 | |
3 | Heinz Rosner | East Germany | MZ | 32 | 0 | |
4 | Rodney Gould | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 21 | 0 | |
5 | Ginger Molloy | New Zealand | Bultaco | 19 | 0 | |
6 | Renzo Pasolini | Italy | Benelli | 10 | 0 | |
7 | Santiago Herrero | Spain | Ossa | 8 | 0 | |
8 | Kent Andersson | Sweden | Yamaha | 6 | 0 | |
9 | Malcolm Uphill | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 5 | 0 | |
= | László Szabó | Hungary | MZ | 5 | 0 | |
= | Jack Findlay | Australia | Bultaco | 5 | 0 | |
12 | Carlos Giró-Vila | Spain | Ossa | 3 | 0 | |
= | Gordon Keith | Rhodesia | Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |
14 | Carlos Rocamora | Spain | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
= | Gilberto Milani | Italy | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
16 | Paul Eickelberg | West Germany | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Bill Smith | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |
= | Gyula Marsovsky
|
Switzerland | Bultaco | 1 | 0 | |
= | Rex Butcher | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 1 | 0 |
125cc Standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Phil Read | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 40 | 6 | |
2 | Bill Ivy | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 34 | 2 | |
3 | Ginger Molloy | New Zealand | Bultaco | 15 | 0 | |
4 | Heinz Rosner | East Germany | MZ | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Salvador Cañellas | Spain | Bultaco | 11 | 1 | |
6 | László Szabó | Hungary | MZ | 11 | 0 | |
= | Dieter Braun | West Germany | MZ-Neckermann | 11 | 0 | |
8 | Hans-Georg Anscheidt | West Germany | Suzuki | 10 | 0 | |
9 | Günter Bartusch | East Germany | MZ | 8 | 0 | |
10 | Kel Carruthers | Australia | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
11 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 5 | 0 | |
12 | Siegfried Möhringer | West Germany | MZ-Neckermann | 4 | 0 | |
= | Jan Huberts | Netherlands | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
14 | Walter Scheimann | West Germany | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
= | Friedhelm Kohlar | East Germany | MZ | 3 | 0 | |
= | Dave Simmonds | United Kingdom | Kawasaki | 3 | 0 | |
17 | Kent Andersson | Sweden | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
= | Gordon Keith | Rhodesia | Montesa | 2 | 0 | |
= | Hartmut Bischoff | East Germany | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
= | Lothar John | West Germany | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
= | Jürgen Lenk | East Germany | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
= | Thomas Heuschkel | East Germany | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
23 | Pedro Alvarez | Spain | Bultaco | 1 | 0 | |
= | Steve Murray | United Kingdom | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
= | Giuseppe Visenzi | Italy | Montesa | 1 | 0 | |
= | János Reisz | Hungary | MZ | 1 | 0 |
50cc Standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hans-Georg Anscheidt | West Germany | Suzuki | 30 | 3 | |
2 | Paul Lodewijkx | Netherlands | Jamathi | 17 | 1 | |
3 | Barry Smith | Australia | Derbi | 15 | 1 | |
4 | Angel Nieto
|
Spain | Derbi | 10 | 0 | |
5 | Rudolf Kunz | West Germany | Kreidler | 6 | 0 | |
= | Chris Walpole | United Kingdom | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
= | Rudolf Schmälzle | West Germany | Kreidler | 6 | 0 | |
8 | Leslie Griffiths | United Kingdom | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
= | Aalt Toersen | Netherlands | Kreidler | 4 | 0 | |
10 | Ludwig Faßbender | West Germany | Kreidler | 3 | 0 | |
= | Brian Lock | United Kingdom | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
= | Jan de Vries | Netherlands | Kreidler | 3 | 0 | |
13 | Cees van Dongen | Netherlands | Kreidler | 2 | 0 | |
= | Carlos Giró-Vila | Spain | Derbi | 2 | 0 | |
= | Jim Pink | United Kingdom | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
= | Jos Schurgers | Netherlands | Kreidler | 2 | 0 | |
= | Martin Mijwaart | Netherlands | Jamathi | 2 | 0 | |
18 | Janco Florjan-Stefe | Yugoslavia | Tomos | 1 | 0 | |
= | Francisco Cufi | Spain | Derbi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Robin Udall | United Kingdom | Honda | 1 | 0 |
References
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- ^ ISBN 1-874557-83-7
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