Monza 1000 km race in 1968

One of the banked turns on the Monza circuit

The Porsche 908 made its racing debut in Monza

The seventh 1000 km race of Monza , also 1000 km di Monza, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , took place on April 25, 1968 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and was the fourth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

To the chagrin of the audience, the 1968 Monza racing event had to do without an Italian works team. After a change in the regulations, Scuderia Ferrari did not have an adequate emergency vehicle and decided not to participate in the world championship. Alfa Romeo had reported three Alfa Romeo T33 / 2s through the Autodelta works team , but they did not show up for training and races.

It was driven on the 10.100 km long route including the steep curves. The fastest in training was Jacky Ickx in the John Wyer - Ford GT40 , who needed 2: 57,000 minutes for his best time. This corresponded to an average of 205.424 km / h. In the race there was a long duel between the Ford from Ickx and Brian Redman and the Porsche 908 Langheck from Jo Siffert and Hans Herrmann . The 908 made its racing debut in Monza and the two drivers had to go to the pits several times over the course of the 1000 kilometers due to technical problems and only finished 19th in the overall standings, 27 laps behind the winners. Ickx and Redman didn't get in at all, as the exhaust hit after a spin and the team had to give up. The victory nevertheless went to the Wyer team. Paul Hawkins and David Hobbs won with a lead of almost two minutes on the Porsche LH 2.2 of Rolf Stommelen and Jochen Neerpasch .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 5.0	40	JW Automotive Engineering	Paul Hawkins David Hobbs	Ford GT40	100
2	P 3.0	3	Porsche System Engineering	Rolf Stommelen Jochen Neerpasch	Porsche 907 LH 2.2	100
3	P 3.0	1	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Patrick Depailler André de Cortanze	Alpine A211	97
4th	P 2.0	19th	Gerhard Koch	Gerhard Koch Rudi Lins	Porsche 910	95
5	P 2.0	14th	Piccionaia	Antonio Nicodemi Carlo Facetti	Porsche 910	94
6th	P 2.0	9	Wicky Racing Team	André Wicky Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Porsche 910	92
7th	S 5.0	49	Claude Dubois	Willy Mairesse Jean Blaton	Ford GT40	89
8th	GT 2.0	68	IGFA	Dieter Glemser Helmut Kelleners	Porsche 911T	89
9	P 2.0	16	William Bradley Racing Team	Vic Elford William Bradley	Porsche 910	88
10	GT 2.0	64	Porsche System Engineering	Jean-Claude Killy Jean Guichet	Porsche 911T	88
11	P 3.0	5	Porsche System Engineering	Ludovico Scarfiotti Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 908 LH	84
12	GT 2.0	67	Scuderia Filipinetti	Jacques Rey Sylvain Garant	Porsche 911S	83
13	GT 2.0	72	Wicky Racing Team	Willy Meier Claude Haldi	Porsche 911T	82
14th	S 1.0	60	Piero Botalla	Gianfranco Palazzoli Piero Botalla	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	82
15th	S 1.0	59	Marsilio Pasotti	Luciano Pasotto Umberto Grano	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	79
16	S 2.0	52	IGFA	Karl von Wendt Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 906	79
17th	GT 2.0	66	Roger Enever	Roger Enever Clive Baker	MGB	78
18th	GT 2.0	69	Roberto Terigi	Roberto Terigi Giovanni Cecchini	Fiat Dino	75
19th	P 3.0	4th	Porsche System Engineering	Jo Siffert Hans Herrmann	Porsche 908 LH	73
20th	S 5.0	41	Paul Vestey	Paul Vestey Paul Ridgway	Ferrari 250LM	72
21st	S 2.0	55	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Everardo Ostini Gaetano Starrabba	Porsche 906	70
Not classified
22nd	P 3.0	2	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Mauro Bianchi Henri Grandsire	Alpine A220	40
Failed
23	GT 2.0	36	Sepp Greger	Sepp Greger Malte Huth	Porsche 911T	67
24	S 5.0	39	JW Automotive Engineering	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	Ford GT40	58
25th	GT 2.0	73	Ferfried von Hohenzollern	Ferfried von Hohenzollern Reinhardt Stenzel	Porsche 911T	58
26th	S 5.0	50	Edward Nelson	Edward Nelson Jackie Epstein	Ford GT40	48
27	GT 2.0	65	Ennio Bonomelli	Ennio Bonomelli Antonio Zadra	Porsche 911T	47
28	GT + 2.0	62	Caposcarico	Pierre Sudan Cox cooker	Ferrari 275 GTB / 2	42
29	P 2.0	15th	Ben Pon	Ben Pon Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 910	40
30th	S 5.0	42	Strathaven Ltd.	David Piper Mike Salmon	Ford GT40	35
31	S 5.0	48	Terry Drury	Terry Drury Terry Sanger	Ford GT40	24
32	P 2.0	26th	Racing Team VDS	Gustave Gosselin Serge Trosch	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	14th
33	GT + 2.0	61	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Gianni Sartori Mario Saruggia	Iso Rivolta	12
34	S 5.0	38	John Raeburn	John Raeburn Tim Schenken	Ford GT40	7th
35	P 3.0	27	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette Giampiero Biscaldi	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	5
Not started
36	P 3.0	7th	Antonio Finiguerra	Antonio Finiguerra Giorgio Pianta	Ferrari 275P2	1
37	P 2.0	20th	Squadra Tartaruga Hart Ski Racing Team	Dieter Spoerry Rico Steinemann	Porsche 907	2
38	GT 2.0	70	Piero Botalla	Piero Botalla Gianfranco Palazzoli	Fiat Dino	3
Not qualified
39	P 2.0	21st	Squadra Corse	Claudio Maglioli Luigi Taramazzo	Lancia Fulvia Zagato	4th
40	P 2.0	28	JCB Excavators	Peter Brown Tony case	MGB	5
41	P 1.0	34	Gianfranco Padoan	Gianfranco Padoan Alessandro Moncini	Mini mach	6th
42	P 1.0	37	Valvoline Switzerland	Joe Kretschi Alex Aebersold	Ginetta G12	7th
43	GT 1.6	74	Ansano Cecchini	Ansano Cecchini Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo Duetto	8th
44	GT 1.6	76	Cinque Assi	Francesco Acqua Maurizio Zanetti	Fiat 124 Sport	9
45	GT 1.6	77	Pegaso	Raffaele Restivo Francesco Jemma	Alfa Romeo Duetto	10
46	GT 1.6	78	Giancarlo Galimberti	Giancarlo Galimberti Domenico Cedrat	Alfa Romeo Duetto	11

¹ Car fire during training ² Accident during training ³ not started ⁴ not qualified ⁵ not qualified ⁶ not qualified ⁷ not qualified ⁸ not qualified ⁹ not qualified ¹⁰ not qualified ¹¹ not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
47	P 3.0	6th	Howmet Corporation	Ray Heppenstall Dick Thompson	Howmet TX Continental
48	P 3.0	8th	John Woolfe	John Woolfe Derek Bennett	Chevron B12
49	P 2.0	10	Charles Vögele	Charles Vögele Silvio Moser	Porsche 910
50	P 2.0	11	Scuderia Lufthansa	Hans-Dieter Dechent Robert Huhn	Porsche 910
51	P 2.0	12	Alberto Luti	Alberto Luti Carlo Benelli	Porsche 910
52	P 2.0	18th	Valvoline Switzerland	Karl Foitek Rudi Lins	Porsche 910
53	P 2.0	22nd	Valvoline Switzerland	John Markey Tony Beeson	Lotus 23B
54	P 2.0	23	Autodelta	Udo Schütz Giancarlo Baghetti	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2
55	P 2.0	24	Autodelta	Nanni Galli Mario Casoni	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2
56	P 2.0	25th	Autodelta	Mario Andretti Lucien Bianchi	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2
57	P 2.0	29	Peter Taggart	Peter Taggart	Chevron B8
58	P 2.0	30th	Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson Howden Ganley	Chevron B4
59	P 2.0	31	Chevron Cars	Digby Martland Brian Classic	Chevron B8
60	P 2.0	32	Mark Konig	Mark Konig Tony Lanfranchi	Nomad Mk.1
61	P 2.0	33	Nikolaus Killenberg	Nikolaus Killenberg Friedhelm Ruhse	Chevron B8
62	P 1.0	35	Roger Nathan	Roger Nathan Frank Ruata	Costin-Nathan Hillman GT
63	P 1.0	36	Coburn	Jack Wheeler Martin Davidson	Austin-Healey Sprite
64	S 5.0	43	Jean-Michel Giorgi	Jean-Michel Giorgi	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT
65	S 5.0	44	Franz Albert	Franz Albert Arthur Blank	Ford GT40
66	S 5.0	45	Sportscars Unlimited	Ulf Norinder Sten Axelsson	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT
67	S 5.0	46	Mike De Udy	Mike De Udy Hugh Dibley	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT
68	S 2.0	51	Mike De Udy	Robin Widdows Brian Hart	Porsche 906
69	S 2.0	53	Guido Nicolai	Guido Nicolai Piero Conte	Porsche 906
70	S 2.0	54	Ulf Norinder	Picko Troberg Boo Brasta	Porsche 906
71	S 2.0	56	Jürg Dübler Racing Org.	Hans Tschiemer Jürg Dübler	Porsche 906
72	S 2.0	57	Jeremy Delmar-Morgan	Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Mike Walton	Porsche 906
73	S 1.6	58	Sandro Bonomi	Sandro Bonomi Marino Bonomi	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
74	GT 2.0	71	Vital Giroldi	Vitale Giroldi Giampiero Moretti	Porsche 911S
75	GT 1.6	75	Vital Giroldi	Giuseppe de Gregorio Alfonso Merendino	Alfa Romeo Duetto

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0	Rolf Stommelen	Jochen Neerpasch	Porsche 907 LH 2.2	Rank 2
P 2.0	Gerhard Koch	Rudi Lins	Porsche 910	Rank 4
P 1.0	no participant in the finish
S 5.0	Paul Hawkins	David Hobbs	Ford GT40	Overall victory
S 2.0	Karl von Wendt	Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 906	Rank 16
S 1.0	Gianfranco Palazzoli	Piero Botalla	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	Rank 14
GT + 2.0	no participant in the finish
GT 2.0	Dieter Glemser	Helmut Kelleners	Porsche 911T	Rank 8
GT 1.6	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 75
• Started: 35
• Rated: 21
• Race classes: 9
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 10.100 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5:18: 23,400 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 100
• Total distance of the winning team: 1010,000 km
• Winner's average: 190.333 km / h
• Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Ford GT40 (# 35) - 2: 57,000 = 295.424 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Ford GT40 (# 35) - 2: 56.600 = 205.889 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the 1968 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Results

Previous race of the 6 Hours of Brands Hatch 1968

Sports car world championship

Succession race Targa Florio 1968