1968 BRDC International Trophy

NC UK BRDC International Trophy XX BRDC International Trophy Silverstone Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png 25 April 1968 Permanent racing facility 2.927 4.710 52 139.675 224.920 Denny Hulme New Zealand McLaren-Ford 1:24.3 Chris Amon Ferrari 1:25.1 New Zealand Denny Hulme New Zealand McLaren-Ford Bruce McLaren New Zealand McLaren-Ford Chris Amon New Zealand Ferrari The 20th BRDC International Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held at Silverstone on 25 April 1968.http://formula2.net/F168_6.htm Formula 1 1968 - Silverstone, 25.04 Formula2.net 2009-06-26 2014-03-02http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1968&gp=BRDC%20International%20Trophy&r=1 1968 BRDC International Trophy ChicaneF1.com 2014-03-02 Report Entry A total of 15 F1 cars were entered for the event, with Tony Lanfranchi due to make his F1 debut. Qualifying Denny Hulme took pole position for Bruce McLaren Motor Racing team, in their McLaren-Cosworth M7A, averaging a speed of 127.635 mph, around the 2.927 mile course. He was joined on the front row by Mike Spence with his BRM P126, together with Bruce McLaren and Pedro Rodríguez in the second works BRM. This race was the last time an F1 event began with a 4-3-4-3 format starting grid. Race The race was held over 52 laps of the Silverstone circuit. Denny Hulme took the winner spoils for works McLaren team, driving their McLaren-Cosworth M7A. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 14:44.8mins., averaging a speed of 124.744 mph. Around 10.9 seconds behind was the second place car, that of his team-mate and team owner, Bruce McLaren. The podium was completed by another Kiwi, Chris Amon, giving New Zealand a podium lock-out. Amon was 5.6 seconds adrift off McLaren in his Ferrari 312. With the second Ferrari in fourth, driven by Jacky Ickx, the first English driver home was Piers Courage in his privately entered BRM P126, albeit one lap down. Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Ret. 1 1 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 52 1:14:44.8 2 2 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 52 + 10.9 s 3 20 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 52 4 6 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 52 5 9 UK Piers Courage BRM 51 + 1 Lap 6 16 UK David Hobbs BRM 50 + 2 Laps 7 15 SUI Silvio Moser Brabham-Repco 49 + 3 Laps Ret 7 UK Mike Spence BRM 40 Timing Gear Ret 8 MEX 1934 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 36 Fuel pressure Ret 12 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 26 Clutch Ret 11 AUS Frank Gardner Cooper-BRM 23 Engine Ret 18 UK Tony Lanfranchi Brabham-Climax 20 Oil pressure Ret 5 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 12 Fuel pipe Ret 14 SWE Jo Bonnier McLaren-BRM 4 Distributor DNS 17 GBR Trevor Taylor McLaren-Climax References Formula One World http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1968/brdc.html 2008-01-29 Stats F1 http://www.statsf1.com/default.asp?From=/resultat/gphc/gp.asp?idGP=259%26LG=2 2008-01-29 30em BRDC International Trophy 1968 1968 Race of Champions 1968 International Gold Cup 1967 BRDC International Trophy 1969 BRDC International Trophy Category:BRDC International Trophy BRDC International Trophy BRDC International Trophy BRDC International Trophy BRDC International Trophy