1968 Dutch Grand Prix

 1968 Dutch Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 12 races of the 1968 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	XVI Grote Prijs van Nederland
Date:	June 23, 1968
Place:	Zandvoort
Course:	Circuit Park Zandvoort
Length:	377.37 km in 90 laps of 4.193 km
Weather:	heavy rain
Pole position
Driver:	Chris Amon	Ferrari
Time:	1: 23.54 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra
Time:	1: 45.91 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Matra
Second:	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra
Third:	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM

The 1968 Dutch Grand Prix took place on June 23 at Circuit Park Zandvoort and was the fifth race of the 1968 World Championship .

Reports

background

Jackie Stewart on his victory run

The runner-up Jean-Pierre Beltoise

19 drivers were registered for the fifth World Championship round of the season.

Since Dan Gurney did not have any current Weslake engines for his Eagle team, Brabham registered a third works car with which the American could take part in the Dutch Grand Prix.

Because Ludovico Scarfiotti died and Brian Redman had not yet recovered from his injuries two weeks after his accident at the Belgian Grand Prix , Cooper entered with just one works car, which was driven by Lucien Bianchi .

training

For the second time in a row, Chris Amon in the Ferrari 312 achieved the fastest training time and thus the pole position. Jochen Rindt and Graham Hill also qualified for the front row. Jack Brabham and Jackie Stewart shared the second row in front of Jacky Ickx in the second Ferrari and the two McLaren of Denis Hulme and Bruce McLaren .

run

The entire weekend was characterized by adverse weather conditions. At the start of the race it was already raining lightly. Jochen Rindt initially took the lead, but was already in third place behind Hill and Stewart at the end of the first lap.

As the rain got heavier, Stewart took the lead in the course of the fourth lap and was able to quickly pull away from Hill, who in turn was harassed by Jean-Pierre Beltoise , who had worked his way forward from the middle of the field during the first laps. On the 23rd lap, however, the Frenchman briefly ran off the track and then had to make a pit stop, which threw him back to seventh place. However, he then overtook Gurney, Ickx and Amon within a short time and was thus back in third place. On lap 50 he finally overtook Hill and took second place.

Hill spun on lap 61, but was initially able to continue the race from fourth place. However, after another spin on lap 81, he had to give up.

Stewart won ahead of Beltoise and thus ensured a Matra double victory, with the customer vehicle in front of the works car. Pedro Rodríguez came third in the BRM and Silvio Moser secured the first championship points of his Formula 1 career in fifth in his privately used Brabham.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	1	Denis Hulme	McLaren M7A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Bruce McLaren
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	3	Graham Hill	Lotus 49B		F.
	4th	Jackie Oliver
Brabham Racing Organization	5	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT26	Repco 860 3.0 V8	G
	6th	Jochen Rindt
	18th	Dan Gurney	Brabham BT24	Repco 740 V8 3.0
Honda Racing	7th	John Surtees	Honda RA301	Honda RA301E 3.0 V12	F.
Matra International (Tyrrell)	8th	Jackie Stewart	Matra MS10	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	9	Chris Amon	Ferrari 312 (1968)	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12	F.
	10	Jacky Ickx		Ferrari 242C 3.0 V12
Cooper Car Company	14th	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper T86B	BRM P142 3.0 V12	G
Owen Racing Organization	15th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM P133		G
	16	Richard Attwood	BRM P126
Matra Sports	17th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra MS11	Matra MS9 3.0 V12	D.
Joakim Bonnier Racing Team	19th	Joakim Bonnier	McLaren M5A	BRM P142 3.0 V12	G
Reg Parnell Racing	20th	Piers Courage	BRM P126		G
Rob Walker Racing	21st	Jo Siffert	Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Charles Vögele Racing	22nd	Silvio Moser	Brabham BT20	Repco 620 3.0 V8	G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Chris Amon	Ferrari	1: 23.54	180.689 km / h	01
02	Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco	1: 23.70	180.344 km / h	02
03	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 23.84	180.043 km / h	03
04th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	1: 23.90	179.914 km / h	04th
05	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	1: 24.41	178.827 km / h	05
06th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 24.42	178.806 km / h	06th
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 24.45	178.742 km / h	07th
08th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	1: 24.58	178.468 km / h	08th
09	John Surtees	Honda	1: 25.22	177.127 km / h	09
10	Jackie Oliver	Lotus Ford	1: 25.48	176.589 km / h	10
11	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1: 25.51	176.527 km / h	11
12	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Repco	1: 25.79	175.951 km / h	12
13	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	1: 25.86	175.807 km / h	13
14th	Piers Courage	BRM	1: 26.07	175.378 km / h	14th
15th	Richard Attwood	BRM	1: 26.72	174.064 km / h	15th
16	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 26.76	173.983 km / h	16
17th	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Repco	1: 28.29	170.968 km / h	17th
18th	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-BRM	1: 28.31	170.930 km / h	18th
19th	Joakim Bonnier	McLaren BRM	1: 28.43	170.698 km / h	19th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	90	0	2: 46: 11.26	05
02	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	90	1	+1: 33.93	16	1: 45.91
03	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	89	0	+ 1 lap	11
04th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	88	0	+ 2 rounds	06th
05	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Repco	87	0	+ 3 rounds	17th
06th	Chris Amon	Ferrari	85	1	+ 5 rounds	01
07th	Richard Attwood	BRM	85	0	+ 5 rounds	15th
08th	Joakim Bonnier	McLaren BRM	82	0	+ 8 rounds	19th
09	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	81	0	DNF	03		Lathe operator
-	Jackie Oliver	Lotus Ford	80	0	NC	10		Unrated
-	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Repco	63	0	DNF	12		defective accelerator pedal
-	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	55	0	DNF	13		Gearbox damage
-	John Surtees	Honda	50	2	DNF	09		defective alternator
-	Piers Courage	BRM	50	0	DNF	14th		Lathe operator
-	Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco	39	1	DNF	02		defective ignition
-	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	22nd	0	DNF	04th		Lathe operator
-	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	19th	0	DNF	08th		accident
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	10	0	DNF	07th		defective ignition
-	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-BRM	09	0	DNF	18th		accident

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Graham Hill lotus 24 02  Jackie Stewart Matra 12 03  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 10 04th  Denis Hulme McLaren 10 05  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 9 06th  Bruce McLaren McLaren 9 07th  Jim Clark lotus 9 08th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 7th

Item driver constructor Points 09  Richard Attwood BRM 6th 10  Ludovico Scarfiotti cooper 6th 11  Lucien Bianchi cooper 5 12  Chris Amon Ferrari 4th 13  Jochen Rindt Brabham 4th 14th  Brian Redman cooper 4th 15th  Jackie Oliver lotus 2 16  Silvio Moser Brabham 2

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 29 02  McLaren 17th 03  BRM 16 04th  Matra 15th

Item constructor Points 05  Ferrari 10 06th  cooper 9 07th  Brabham 6th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 14, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on August 14, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on August 14, 2011)  

Web links

Commons : Dutch Grand Prix 1968  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website