1968 Canadian Grand Prix

1968 Canadian Formula One race held in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec F1 Canada Canadian September 22 1968 Circuit Mont Tremblant.png VIII Player's Grand Prix Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada Permanent racing facility 2.650 4.265 90 238.501 383.850 Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 27.8 C F and wind speeds up to 10.1 km/h mph; no precipitation reported throughout the dayhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Mont-Tremblant/1968-09-21 Weather information for the "1968 Canadian Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 10 November 2013 Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 1:33.8 Austria Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 1:35.1 22 Switzerland Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford New Zealand Pedro Rodríguez BRM Mexico CAN The 1968 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Mont-Tremblant in St. Jovite, Quebec, Canada on September 22, 1968. It was race 10 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 90-lap race was won by McLaren driver Denny Hulme after starting from sixth position. Hulme's teammate Bruce McLaren finished second and BRM driver Pedro Rodríguez came in third. After the success of the 1967 Canadian Grand Prix, the event was given a place on the 1968 calendar, but was moved from Mosport Park to the Circuit Mont-Tremblant.http://grandprix.com/gpe/rr171.html Grand Prix Results: Canadian GP, 1968 Grandprix.com 11 March 2014 Attention centred on the battle for the Drivers' Championship, with Graham Hill leading on 30 points, closely followed by Jacky Ickx on 27, Jackie Stewart on 26 and defending champion Denny Hulme on 24. Report Entry A total of 22 cars were entered for this event, the first of three races in the Americas. Dan Gurney was present in a third Bruce McLaren Motor Racing prepared McLaren M7A, although entered by his Anglo American Racers team, having given up on his Eagle-Weslake project. Despite this, there was an Eagle T1F in Quebec, in the hands of local Formula A/5000 driver, Al Pease. Another local driver from this series, Bill Brack, appeared in Team Lotus's third car. Meanwhile, BRM ran only one car for Pedro Rodríguez. Matra Sports expanded their operation to two cars, with Henri Pescarolo joining Jean-Pierre Beltoise, while Johnny Servoz-Gavin drove a second car prepared by Matra International, following his second place at the previous race in Italy. Alongside Jackie Stewart, this made four Matras in the field. Qualifying With his Repco-Brabham V8 engine finally beginning to work, Jochen Rindt secured pole position for the Brabham Racing Organisation in their Brabham-Repco BT26, with an average speed of 101.711 mph. He was joined on the front row by Chris Amon's Ferrari 312 and Jo Siffert in Rob Walker's Lotus 49B. The fastest McLaren was that of Dan Gurney, qualifying on the second row, alongside the works Lotus of Graham Hill, while the third row featured both of the Bruce McLaren Motor Racing entered McLaren M7As of Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren, sandwiching the sole Honda RA301 of John Surtees.http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1968_Canadian_Grand_Prix/F 1968 Canadian Grand Prix Racing-Reference.info 11 March 2014 During qualifying, Jacky Ickx's hopes of winning the World title ended when he crashed his Ferrari 312, after the throttle stuck open. As a result, Ickx suffered a broken leg. Race The race was held over 90 laps of the Circuit Mont-Tremblant, taking place in sunny conditions, with the Ferrari of Chris Amon leading straight from the off, with Jo Siffert chasing him. Then followed Jochen Rindt, Dan Gurney and Graham Hill. The positions at the front remained stable, with John Surtees retiring from eighth place with gearbox troubles. On lap 14, Hill managed pass Gurney, and 12 laps later, the American dropped away with a broken radiator. An oil leak accounted for Siffert, on lap 29, and so Rindt was second, although he too retired shortly afterwards with an engine failure. This promoted Hill to second. That too was short-lived, as he soon dropped behind the McLarens of Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren because of a serious vibration issues. As Hill's Lotus 49B gradually fell back, he was overtaken by Pedro Rodríguez and Johnny Servoz-Gavin. A few laps later (lap 71), the Matra of Servoz-Gavin had spun out and Hill was back up to fifth. While all this was going on, Amon seemed to have everything under control for the first 72 laps of the race, however, on the 73rd lap, his legendary bad luck struck when his Ferrari's transmission failed. This gave McLaren a 1-2 victory with Rodríguez grabbing third for BRM. Hulme won in a time of 2hr 27.11.2mins., averaging a speed of 97.799 mph, and was a full lap ahead of his team-mate. The result put reigning World Champion Hulme level on points with Hill, with two races remaining. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 6 Austria Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 1:33.8—2 9 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 1:33.8 +0.03 12 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 1:34.5 +0.74 11 USA Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 1:34.5 +0.75 3 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:34.8 +1.06 1 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:34.9 +1.17 8 UK John Surtees Honda 1:34.9 +1.18 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:35.0 +1.29 4 UK Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 1:35.2 +1.410 5 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:35.4 +1.611 14 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 1:35.4 +1.612 16 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 1:35.7 +1.913 15 France Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 1:36.6 +2.814 10 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:36.6 +2.815 24 UK Piers Courage BRM 1:37.3 +3.516 18 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1:38.7 +4.917 21 UK Vic Elford Cooper-BRM 1:39.4 +5.618 22 Sweden Jo Bonnier McLaren-BRM 1:39.6 +5.819 20 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper-BRM 1:40.5 +6.720 19 France Henri Pescarolo Matra 1:41.2 +7.421 27 Canada Bill Brack Lotus-Ford 1:41.2 +7.422 25 Canada Al Pease Eagle-Climax 1:49.6 +15.8 Source:https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1968&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1968 Canadian GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 4 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20240715115820/https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1968&gp=Canadian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 15 July 2024 deadhttps://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1968-canadian-grand-prix 1968 Canadian Grand Prix Motor Sport Magazine 4 September 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 90 2:27:11.2 6 9 2 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 89 + 1 Lap 8 6 3 16 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 88 + 2 Laps 12 4 4 3 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 86 + 4 Laps 5 3 5 21 UK Vic Elford Cooper-BRM 86 + 4 Laps 16 2 6 14 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 83 + 7 Laps 11 1 Ret Retired 18 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 77 Gearbox 15   Ret Retired 9 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 72 Transmission 2   Ret Retired 15 France Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 71 Accident 13   NC Not classified 20 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper-BRM 56 + 34 Laps 18   Ret Retired 19 France Henri Pescarolo Matra 54 Oil pressure 19   Ret Retired 6 Austria Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 39 Overheating 1   Ret Retired 4 UK Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 32 Halfshaft 9   Ret Retired 5 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 31 Suspension 10   Ret Retired 12 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 29 Oil leak 3   Ret Retired 11 USA Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 29 Radiator 4   Ret Retired 24 UK Piers Courage BRM 22 Gearbox 14   Ret Retired 27 Canada Bill Brack Lotus-Ford 18 Halfshaft 20   Ret Retired 8 UK John Surtees Honda 10 Gearbox 7   Ret Retired 22 Sweden Jo Bonnier McLaren-BRM 0 Fuel system 17   DNS Did not start 10 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari Practice accident/Injury   DNS Did not start 25 Canada Al Pease Eagle-Climax Engine  Sources:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/557/ 1968 Canadian Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150119002540/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/557/ 19 January 2015http://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-results/results-1968-formula-1-grand-prix-of-canada/ Results 1968 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Canada 22 September 1968 F1 Fansite 11 March 2014 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Canadian driver Bill Brack and French driver and future Le Mans winner Henri Pescarolo. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill 33 10px 2 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme 33 10px 3 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 27 10px 2 4 Belgium Jacky Ickx 27 10px 4 5 NZL Bruce McLaren 15Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1968/canada/championnat.aspx Canada 1968 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Lotus-Ford 47 10px 2 2 UK McLaren-Ford 40 10px 1 3 France Matra-Ford 36 10px 1 4 Italy Ferrari 32 10px 5 UK BRM 25Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Canadian Grand Prix 1968 1968 Italian Grand Prix 1968 United States Grand Prix 1967 Canadian Grand Prix 1969 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian Grand Prix Category:Canadian Grand Prix Category:1968 in Canadian motorsport Category:1968 in sports in Quebec Category:Laurentides