1968 Race of Champions
1968 Race of Champions | |||
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Non-championship race in the 1968 Formula One season | |||
Race details[1] | |||
Date | 17 March 1968 | ||
Official name | III Race of Champions | ||
Location | Brands Hatch | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.265 km (2.65 miles) | ||
Distance | 50 laps, 213.25 km (132.5 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Cosworth | ||
Time | 1:30.0 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Bruce McLaren | McLaren-Cosworth | |
Time | 1:31.6 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Cosworth | ||
Second |
BRM | ||
Third | McLaren-Cosworth |
The 3rd Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 17 March 1968 at Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by Bruce McLaren in a McLaren M7A, who started from pole position, set fastest lap and finished over 14 seconds ahead of Pedro Rodríguez's BRM P133. McLaren's team mate Denny Hulme was third in another McLaren M7A.
Results
Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Retired | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Bruce McLaren | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd | McLaren M7A-Cosworth | 1.18:53.4 | 1 |
2 | 11 | Pedro Rodríguez | Owen Racing Organisation
|
BRM P133 | + 14.2 s | 7 |
3 | 1 | Denny Hulme | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd | McLaren M7A-Cosworth | + 30.8 s | 5 |
4 | 8 | Chris Amon | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312 | + 37.4 s | 4 |
5 | 6 | Brian Redman | Cooper Car Company | BRM
|
+ 1:27.2 s | 10 |
6 | 15 | Jackie Stewart | Matra International
|
Matra MS10-Cosworth | 49 laps | 3 |
7 | 23 | Tony Lanfranchi | P & M Racing Preparations | Brabham BT23B-Climax
|
47 laps | 14 |
8 | 9 | Jacky Ickx | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312 | 46 laps | 8 |
9 | 18 | David Hobbs | Bernard White Racing | BRM P261 | 43 laps | 13 |
NC | 20 | Peter Gethin | Frank Lythgoe Racing | Brabham BT21-BMW | 36 laps | 15 |
Ret | 17 | Jo Bonnier
|
Ecurie Bonnier | BRM
|
30 laps - steering / suspension | 12 |
Ret | 12 | Mike Spence | Owen Racing Organisation
|
BRM P126 | 18 laps - oil line | 2 |
Ret | 4 | Graham Hill | Team Lotus Ltd | Lotus 49-Cosworth | 11 laps - driveshaft | 6 |
Ret | 19 | Silvio Moser | Charles Vögele Racing Team | Brabham BT20-Repco | 7 laps - oil pressure | 11 |
DNS | 21 | John Surtees | Lola Cars Ltd | Lola T100-BMW | Oil line | (9) |
DNS | 10 | Andrea de Adamich | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312 | Accident | - |
DNS | 16 | Jo Siffert | Rob Walker Racing Team | Lotus 49-Cosworth | Practice accident | - |
References
- ^ "1968 Race of Champions". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "1968 Race of Champions". Motor Sport. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "1968 Race of Champions – Classification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "1968 – III Race of Champions". StatsF1. Retrieved 29 February 2024.