Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1968
The 1968 Brands Hatch 6-hour race , also known as the BOAC International 500 World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch , took place on April 7th at Brands Hatch and was the third round of the sports car world championship of that year.
Before the race
At the 6-hour race at Brands Hatch was the duel between the works team of Porsche and the racing team of John Wyer its continuation. At the season opening race, the Daytona 24-hour race , Porsche won with five drivers who shared the cockpit of the winning car: Vic Elford , Jochen Neerpasch , Rolf Stommelen , Joseph Siffert and Hans Herrmann . Porsche also remained successful in the second race, the Sebring 12-hour race . Siffert and Herrmann won 2.2 in the Porsche 907 .
The race
Under the direction of Fritz Huschke von Hanstein , Porsche traveled to the racing event in Brands Hatch with four 907s, three emergency vehicles and one reserve vehicle. The driver pairings were Gerhard Mitter / Ludovico Scarfiotti , Vic Elford / Jochen Neerpasch and Jo Siffert / Hans Herrmann. Also Alfa Romeo announced on the factory team Autodelta three deployment and replacement cars in the P 2.0 class. The Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 were driven by Nanni Galli , Giancarlo Baghetti , Lucien Bianchi , Udo Schütz , Richard Attwood and Nino Vaccarella .
Five Ford GT40s competed, including the Gulf-JW Automotive Engineering car for Jacky Ickx and Brian Redman . Paul Hawkins and David Hobbs piloted the owned by Hawkins contained red painted GT40, built in 1967, with wider tires than the other models and a new cylinder head of Ford . The car of Mike Salmon and David Piper had a new 4.7-liter V8 engine from Ford with a Weslake cylinder heads. The Ford F3L P68 made its racing debut . Len Bailey developed the car for Alan Mann Racing . The flat car had very low air resistance and reached a top speed of 350 km / h during test drives. The partially supporting aluminum body was connected to a frame made of light metal sheets welded and riveted. The bow and stern hood could be folded up completely so that all the units were easily accessible. The curb weight of the car was about 670 kg. The brake discs with a diameter of 30 cm were placed on the side of the 15-inch rims and not in the wheel arches, so that the cooling air could be drawn in better. The V8 DFV engine from Cosworth from Formula 1 was used as the engine. Originally, Jim Clark provided as one of the drivers. However, Clark started a Formula 2 race at the Hockenheimring for his employer Lotus because his tire contract with Firestone made it necessary ( Graham Hill also had to cancel for this reason) and had an accident there on the day the race was in Brands Hatch was driven out with a Lotus 48 fatal. Alan Mann reported Bruce McLaren , Mike Spence , Jack Brabham and Denis Hulme . On the Friday before the race, Brabham had to cancel at short notice. This time a contract with a mineral oil company prevented it from being used. Jochen Rindt stepped in as a substitute . Hulme couldn't drive at all, as Mike Spence and Jochen Rindt's car had an engine failure in the first practice session and Spence then switched to Bruce McLaren, who should have been driven by Hulme.
In practice, Bruce McLaren surprised in the Ford with the second best lap time. The fastest was Jo Siffert in the Porsche, who needed 1: 34.600 minutes for his best lap, which corresponded to an average speed of 162.296 km / h. While Siffert had the best start in the Porsche from pole position , McLaren prevented an early start by depressing the clutch, which caused him to drop to fifth. McLaren quickly managed, however, to overtake the vehicles in front of him and catch up with Siffert. Using the higher top speed of the Ford, he also took the lead past Siffert when lapping slower vehicles. After an hour of racing, McLaren was leading by a narrow margin over the two Porsches from Siffert and Mitter. In lapping Joakim Bonnier in the Lola T70 Mk. 3 GT , the Porsche drivers overtook McLaren, who dropped to third place. Again McLaren managed to fight for the lead. After an hour and a half, McLaren handed the Ford over to Mike Spence, who rolled out a little later with a defect in the drive shaft.
New opponents of the Porsche arose in the GT40 from Ickx / Redman and Hawkins / Hobbs. The duel lasted until the end of the race and was partly decided by the faster work of the Wyer pit team and the failure of the Siffert / Herrmann Porsche due to a brake defect. At the finish, Jacky Ickx had a lead of 22 seconds over the best-placed Porsche, which was driven by Ludovico Scarfiotti.
Although the news of the death overthrow Jim Clark in the paddock and the pit lane was known already in the afternoon, drove factory - Lotus 47 of Jackie Oliver and John Miles on. The team achieved tenth place overall and victory in the sports car class up to 2 liters.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | S 5.0 | 4th | JW Automotive Engineering |
Jacky Ickx Brian Redman |
Ford GT40 | 218 | ||
2 | P 3.0 | 38 | Porsche System Engineering |
Gerhard Mitter Ludovico Scarfiotti |
Porsche 907 2.2 | 218 | ||
3 | P 3.0 | 36 | Porsche System Engineering |
Vic Elford Jochen Neerpasch |
Porsche 907 2.2 | 216 | ||
4th | S 5.0 | 5 | Paul Hawkins |
Paul Hawkins David Hobbs |
Ford GT40 | 210 | ||
5 | S 5.0 | 9 | David Piper |
Pedro Rodríguez Roy Pierpoint
|
Ferrari 250LM | 209 | ||
6th | S 5.0 | 2 | Ecurie Bonnier |
Jo Bonnier Sten Axelsson |
Lola T70 Mk.3 GT | 207 | ||
7th | P 2.0 | 45 | Squadra Tartaruga |
Rico Steinemann Dieter Spoerry |
Porsche 910 | 207 | ||
8th | P 2.0 | 47 | Chevron Cars |
Brian Classic Digby Martland |
Chevron B8 | 206 | ||
9 | P 2.0 | 53 | Valvoline Racing Team |
Rudi Lin's Karl Foitek |
Porsche 910 | 206 | ||
10 | S 2.0 | 24 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus |
Jackie Oliver John Miles |
Lotus 47 | 202 | ||
11 | S 5.0 | 6th | Strathaven Ltd. |
Mike Salmon David Piper |
Ford GT40 | 200 | ||
12 | S 2.0 | 21st | William Bradley |
Eric Liddell William Bradley |
Porsche 906 | 200 | ||
13 | P 2.0 | 41 | Fawdington & Ramsay |
Andrew Hedges Julian Sutton
|
Lotus 47 | 200 | ||
14th | P 2.0 | 44 | Autodelta SpA |
Nanni Galli Giancarlo Baghetti |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 | 198 | ||
15th | S 5.0 | 10 | Paul Vestey |
Roy Pike Paul Vestey |
Ferrari 250LM | 196 | ||
16 | S 2.0 | 28 | Mefco Racing Opposite Lock Club |
Martin Hone John Harris John Hine
|
Porsche 906 | 195 | ||
17th | P 2.0 | 50 | Chevron Cars |
John Lepp John Bridges |
Chevron B8 | 188 | ||
18th | S 5.0 | 3 | Jackie Epstein |
Jackie Epstein Edward Nelson
|
Lola T70 Mk.3 GT | 183 | ||
19th | S 2.0 | 22nd | Mike de Udy |
Mario Cabral Jacques Duval
|
Porsche 906 | 183 | ||
20th | P 2.0 | 42 | Autodelta SpA |
Richard Attwood Nino Vaccarella |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 | 169 | ||
21st | S 2.0 | 23 | Autodelta SpA |
Chris Ashmore Jeff Edmonds
|
Porsche 906 | 154 | ||
22nd | S 2.0 | 29 | Jeremy Delmar-Morgan |
Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Mike Walton
|
Porsche 906 | 151 | ||
Disqualified | ||||||||
23 | P 2.0 | 48 | AG Dean Racing |
Tony Dean Mike Beckwith
|
Ferrari Dino 206S | 127 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
24 | P 2.0 | 43 | Autodelta SpA |
Lucien Bianchi Udo Schütz |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 | 125 | ||
25th | P 3.0 | 37 | Porsche System Engineering |
Jo Siffert Hans Herrmann |
Porsche 907 2.2 | 106 | ||
26th | S 5.0 | 8th | Terry Drury |
Terry Drury Keith Holland
|
Ford GT40 | 91 | ||
27 | P 2.0 | 46 | Ben Pon |
Gijs van Lennep Ben Pon |
Porsche 910 | 91 | ||
28 | S 5.0 | 1 | Sid Taylor Racing Steering Wheel Club |
Dave Charlton Craig Fisher |
Lola T70 Mk.3 GT | 69 | ||
29 | P 3.0 | 34 | Alan Mann Racing |
Bruce McLaren Mike Spence |
Ford F3L P68 | 66 | ||
30th | S 2.0 | 27 | Julian Hasler |
Peter Jackson Geoff Oliver
|
Lotus 47 | 42 | ||
31 | S 2.0 | 25th | Team elite |
Trevor Taylor Mike Budge
|
Lotus 47 | 35 | ||
32 | P 2.0 | 49 | Nomad Cars |
Tony Lanfranchi Mark Konig
|
Nomad Mk.1 | 22nd | ||
33 | S 5.0 | 7th | David Prophet Racing |
David Prophet Richard Bond |
Ford GT40 | 19th | ||
34 | P 3.0 | 35 | Howmet Corporation |
Dick Thompson Hugh Dibley
|
Howmet TX Continental | 7th | ||
35 | S 2.0 | 26th | Chris Barber |
John Hine Mike Crabtree
|
Lotus 47 | 1 | ||
Not started | ||||||||
36 | S 5.0 | 12 | Peter Clarke |
Peter Clarke Vic Walker
|
Ferrari 250LM | 1 | ||
37 | P 3.0 | 33 | Alan Mann team |
Jochen Rindt Mike Spence
|
Ford F3L P68 | 2 | ||
38 | P 3.0 | T | EPorsche System Engineering | Jochen Neerpasch | Porsche 907 | 3 | ||
39 | P 2.0 | T | Autodelta SpA | Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 | 4th |
1 not started 2 engine failure during training 3 engine failure during training 4 replacement car
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | P 3.0 | 31 | Alain de Cadenet |
Tommy Weber Alain de Cadenet |
Scodec diva Martin Valkyrie |
41 | P 3.0 | 32 | Derek Bennett |
John Woolfe Derek Bennett
|
Chevron B12 |
42 | P 3.0 | 39 | Racing Preparations | John Markey | Chevron B8 |
43 | P 2.0 | 51 | Christopher St. Quintin |
Mac Daghorn Christopher St. Quintin
|
Abarth 1600 OT |
44 | P 2.0 | 52 | Northumbria Racing |
John Blades Neil Corner
|
Chevron B6 |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 44
- Started: 35
- Valued: 22
- Race classes: 4
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 4.265 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 6:01:13,000 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 218
- Total distance of the winning team: 929.718 km
- Winner's average: 154.431 km / h
- Pole position: Jo Siffert - Porsche 907 2.2 (# 37) - 1: 34.600 = 162.296 km / h
- Fastest race lap: unknown
- Racing series: 3rd round of the 1968 World Sports Car Championship
- Racing series: 1st round of the British Sports Car Championship in 1968
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
Individual evidence
Previous race, the Sebring 12-hour race, 1968 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 1000 km race of Monza in 1968 |