500 km race from Zeltweg 1968

Track layout

The 500 km race in Zeltweg , also the Grand Prix of Austria (FIA World Championship race for sports cars and prototypes, 500 km race in Zeltweg), Zeltweg , took place at Zeltweg Airport on August 25, 1968 . It was the 9th round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The works team of Porsche took advantage of the absence of the team of John Wyer to a double victory. Jo Siffert won as a solo driver in the Porsche 908 ahead of the duo Hans Herrmann / Kurt Ahrens in the same racing car model. Third was Paul Hawkins in his privately entered Ford GT40 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	P 3.0	1	Porsche System Engineering Ltd.	Jo Siffert	Porsche 908	157
2	P 3.0	3	Porsche System Engineering Ltd.	Hans Herrmann Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 908	157
3	S 5.0	20th	Paul Hawkins	Paul Hawkins	Ford GT40	152
4th	P 3.0	6th	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 2.5	152
5	P 2.0	10	IGFA Racing Team	Willi Kauhsen Karl von Wendt	Porsche 910	147
6th	P 2.0	9	Hart Ski Racing Team	Rico Steinemann Dieter Spoerry	Porsche 910	146
7th	P 2.0	12	Gerhard Koch	Gerhard Koch	Porsche 910	146
8th	P 3.0	2	Porsche System Engineering Ltd.	Vic Elford	Porsche 908	146
9	S 2.0	16	Bosch Racing Team	Helmut Marko Gerold Pankl	Porsche 906	145
10	S 2.0	15th	Peter Peter	Peter Peter Werner Riedl	Porsche 906	143
11	S 2.0	14th	Scuderia Lufthansa	Hans-Dieter Dechent Reinhold Joest	Porsche 906	132
12	P 2.0	8th	Racing Team VDS	Serge Trosch	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	124
Failed
13	P 3.0	4th	Porsche System Engineering Ltd.	Jochen Neerpasch Rudi Lins	Porsche 908	115
14th	S 5.0	21st	Ecurie Bonnier	Jo Bonnier	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT	85
15th	P 2.0	11	William Bradley	William Bradley Tony Dean	Porsche 910	69
16	S 2.0	18th	Valvoline Rar Team	Horst Mundschitz	Lotus 47	63
17th	S 5.0	22nd	Edward Nelson Racing	Edward Nelson	Ford GT40	63
18th	P 3.0	5	Automobiles Alpine Renault	Mauro Bianchi André de Cortanze	Alpine A220	27
19th	S 5.0	23	Mike De Udy	Mike De Udy	Ford GT40	1
Not started
20th	S 2.0	17th	The Vienna Sports Car Club	Adolf Deutsch Willi Deutsch	Lotus Europe	1

¹ did not participate in the training

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
21st	P 3.0	6th	Alan Mann Racing Ltd.	Richard Attwood Frank Gardner	Ford F3L P68
22nd	P 3.0	7th	Alan Mann Racing Ltd.		Ford F3L P68
23	S 2.0	17th	Team elite	Trevor Taylor	Lotus 47
24	S 5.0	18th	Jacky Ickx	Jacky Ickx	Ford GT40
25th	S 5.0	19th	David Piper	David Piper	Ferrari 250LM
26th	S 5.0	22nd	Drury Terence	Terry Drury	Ford GT40
27	S 5.0	23	Ulf Norinder	Ulf Norinder	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0	Jo Siffert		Porsche 908	Overall victory
P 2.0	Willy Kauhsen	Karl von Wendt	Porsche 910	Rank 5
S 5.0	Paul Hawkins		Ford GT40	Rank 3
S 2.0	Helmut Marko	Gerold Pankl	Porsche 906	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 27
• Started: 19
• Valued: 12
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 3,200 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 55: 17.790 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 157
• Total distance of the winning team: 502,400 km
• Winner's average: 171.960 km / h
• Pole position: Jo Siffert - Porsche 908 (# 1) - 1: 04.860 = 177.723 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jo Siffert - Porsche 908 (# 1) - 1: 04.820 = 177.720 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 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

• Race report at Motorsport Magazine
• Race results at WSPR Racing

Previous race 6 Hours of Watkins Glen 1968

Sports car world championship

Succession race 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans