1968 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title F1 Monaco Monaco 26 May 1968 Circuit de Monaco 1950.png XXVI Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco Street Circuit 1.954 3.145 80 156.337 251.600 Sunny, Mild, Dry Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:28.2 United Kingdom Richard Attwood BRM 1:28.1 80 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford United Kingdom Richard Attwood BRM United Kingdom Lucien Bianchi Cooper-BRM Belgium MON The 1968 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Monte Carlo Circuit on 26 May 1968. It was race 3 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Lotus driver Graham Hill, who started from pole position. Richard Attwood, driving for BRM, gained second place and fastest lap, while Lucien Bianchi finished in third position in a Cooper, in what was to be these two drivers' only podium finishes. Report Background Following the fatal accident of Lorenzo Bandini a year earlier, the track was altered with the harbour chicane being tightened and the race shortened by 20 laps. Ferrari still chose not to attend the race since they felt the safety measures to be insufficient.Grand Prix Results: Monaco GP, 1968 http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr164.html grandprix.com 3 February 2015 7 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150907175033/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr164.html live While Graham Hill stated Lotus were still "in despair" over the losses of Jim Clark and Mike Spence, the team nevertheless introduced their new Lotus 49B for the race. This race was the first race where wings were used on a Formula One car since the B specifications introduced a wedge shape and a front wing. 1968 would prove to be the season in which wings became a common place on Formula One cars. Jackie Stewart was still sidelined by his wrist injury and was replaced by Johnny Servoz-Gavin, after Ferrari refused to allow Chris Amon to enter for the Matra International team.http://www.talkingaboutf1.com/2011/08/looking-back-1968-chris-amons.html Looking back: 1968 - Chris Amon's unluckiest year 23 August 2011 talkingaboutf1.com 8 July 2020 8 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200708143841/http://www.talkingaboutf1.com/2011/08/looking-back-1968-chris-amons.html live Richard Attwood was promoted from Reg Parnell Racing to the BRM works team after Mike Spence's replacement, Chris Irwin, suffered career-ending head injuries at the 1000km Nürburgring endurance race. Brian Redman, who had produced a solid performance in the previous race by finishing third, was racing at the 1000 km Spa and was therefore replaced at Cooper by Lucien Bianchi. With the Indianapolis 500 taking place just five days after the grand prix, McLaren's Denny Hulme was busy flying back and forth to attend both the Monaco Grand Prix as well as qualifying at Indianapolis. With France in political unrest, the race organizers borrowed power generators from a local film production company in order to ensure that the tunnel would stay illuminated even in case of a power outage.Hill cements Monaco reputation http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/56589.html espnf1.com ESPN 3 February 2015 4 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150204023905/http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/56589.html live The race length was reduced from the traditional 100 laps (315 km) to 80 laps (250 km) and marked the first time a Grand Prix was shorter than 300 km in scheduled distance. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Matra as an engine supplier. Qualifying During qualifying, Graham Hill, a previous three time-winner at Monaco, set the pace and secured pole position 0.6 seconds ahead of the strong Johnny Servoz-Gavin. The Frenchman proved once more the Matra MS10, which had recorded the fastest lap for Jean-Pierre Beltoise in Spain, was highly competitive. Race Johnny Servoz-Gavin took the lead from Hill at the start, while Bruce McLaren took out the other Lotus of Jackie Oliver at the chicane on the first lap. Servoz-Gavin was struck by bad luck on lap 3 when he suffered a drive shaft failure and crashed. This set the tone for the rest of the race, when after a series of accidents and mechanical failures, only five cars finished the race, with everyone from 3rd-place finishing at least four laps down on eventual winner Hill, who cemented his reputation as "Mr. Monaco"Graham Hill takes his fifth win at Monaco http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/halloffame/graham-damon-hill/graham-hill-takes-his-fifth-win-at-monaco/ motorsportmagazine.com 3 February 2015 4 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150204010928/http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/halloffame/graham-damon-hill/graham-hill-takes-his-fifth-win-at-monaco/ live by taking his fourth win in the principality. It was however a close finish, with BRM replacement Richard Attwood surprising by finishing just 2 seconds behind the Englishman. Even though Hill broke the Monaco lap record three times during the race, it was Attwood who ultimately recorded fastest lap, the only one of his career. This would also be his one and only podium finish at a Formula One race, just as for Belgian Lucien Bianchi, who finished third. This was the 50th podium finish for Lotus. Disaster would strike Formula One again just two weeks later as fourth-placed Ludovico Scarfiotti was killed during the Rossfeld hillclimb event. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 9 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:28.2 — 2 11 France Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 1:28.8 +0.6 3 17 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 1:28.8 +0.6 4 8 United Kingdom John Surtees Honda 1:29.1 +0.9 5 3 Austria Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 1:29.2 +1.0 6 15 UK Richard Attwood BRM 1:29.6 +1.4 7 14 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:29.6 +1.4 8 1 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1:29.7 +1.5 9 4 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 1:30.4 +2.2 10 12 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:30.4 +2.2 11 16 United Kingdom Piers Courage BRM 1:30.6 +2.4 12 2 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:31.2 +3.0 13 10 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 1:31.7 +3.5 14 7 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper-BRM 1:31.9 +3.7 15 6 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Cooper-BRM 1:32.9 +4.7 16 19 United States Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 1:32.9 +4.7 DNQ Did not qualify 18 Sweden Jo Bonnier McLaren-BRM 1:32.1 +3.9 DNQ Did not qualify 21 Switzerland Silvio Moser Brabham-Repco 1:32.4 +4.2 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 80 2:00:32.3 1 9 2 15 UK Richard Attwood BRM 80 + 2.2 6 6 3 7 BEL Lucien Bianchi Cooper-BRM 76 + 4 Laps 14 4 4 6 ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti Cooper-BRM 76 + 4 Laps 15 3 5 12 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 73 + 7 Laps 10 2 Ret Retired 8 UK John Surtees Honda 16 Gearbox 4   Ret Retired 4 MEX 1934 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 16 Accident 9   Ret Retired 16 UK Piers Courage BRM 12 Chassis 11   Ret Retired 17 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 11 Differential 3   Ret Retired 1 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 11 Accident 8   Ret Retired 19 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 9 Engine 16   Ret Retired 3 AUT Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 8 Accident 5   Ret Retired 2 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 7 Suspension 12   Ret Retired 11 FRA Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 3 Halfshaft 2   Ret Retired 14 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 0 Accident 7   Ret Retired 10 UK Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 0 Accident 13  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/551/ 1968 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118203236/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/551/ 18 January 2015 Notes This was the 100th participation of an Australian driver in a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix. In those 100 races, Australian drivers had won 13 Grands Prix, achieved 25 podium finishes, 10 pole positions, 7 fastest laps, 3 Grand Slams and 3 World Championships. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Matra as an engine supplier. This was the fourth win of a Monaco Grand Prix for Graham Hill, setting a new record and breaking the old record set by Stirling Moss at the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix. This was the 100th race for BRM. This race marked the 50th podium finish for Lotus. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill 24 10px 1 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme 10 10px 1 3 United Kingdom Jim Clark 9 10px 22 4 United Kingdom Richard Attwood 6 10px 2 5 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1968/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1968 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 8 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180208211307/http://www.statsf1.com/en/1968/monaco/championnat.aspx live Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Lotus-Ford 27 10px 2 UK McLaren-Ford 8 10px 1 3 UK Cooper-BRM 8 10px 7 4 UK BRM 6 10px 2 5 UK Brabham-Repco 4Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! 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