1968 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian 9 June 1968 Spa 1950.jpg XXVIII Grand Prix de Belgique Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium Permanent racing facility 8.761 14.100 28 245.317 394.800 Overcast, Dry Chris Amon Ferrari 3:28.6 New Zealand John Surtees Honda 3:30.5 5 United Kingdom Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford New Zealand Pedro Rodríguez BRM Mexico 1934 Jacky Ickx Ferrari Belgium BEL The 1968 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit on 9 June 1968. It was race 4 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 28-lap race was won by McLaren driver Bruce McLaren after he started from sixth position. Pedro Rodríguez finished second for the BRM team and Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx came in third. On the seventh lap Brian Redman went off the circuit when his suspension failed and he crashed into and over a concrete barrier and into a parked car. His Cooper caught fire but Redman escaped with a severely broken right arm and a few minor burns. Background After the introduction of 'dive plane' wings on the nosecone on a Formula One car by Lotus at the previous race, the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari added a strut mounted negative incidence wing – to their lead driver Chris Amon's carRoebuck Nigel Nigel Roebuck October 1998 Legends http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1998/18/legends https://web.archive.org/web/20160809222259/http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1998/18/legends 9 August 2016 9 August 2016 Motor Sport magazine archive 18 and he nabbed pole position, and was 4 seconds faster in qualifying than the next fastest car of Jackie Stewart, though Amon claimed to have performed similar lap times without the wings.23 August 2011 Looking back: 1968 - Chris Amon's unluckiest year http://www.talkingaboutf1.com/2011/08/looking-back-1968-chris-amons.html 8 July 2020 talkingaboutf1.com Amon's teammate Jacky Ickx did not have wings on his car.Lawrence (1999) p.100 The Brabham team also fitted a rear wing to Jack Brabham's car, paired with dive planes on the nose to counteract lift. Wings were added to Ickx's car (and many other teams copied the idea for their cars) for the next race, the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. As 1968 season progressed, many F1 teams utilized strut mounted wings attached directly to suspension elements – copying Chaparral sports car practice – to increase cornering speeds, reducing lap times. Ferrari never utilized strut mounted wings attached to suspension, as Enzo Ferrari considered it far too dangerous,23 August 2011 Looking back: 1968 - Chris Amon's unluckiest year http://www.talkingaboutf1.com/2011/08/looking-back-1968-chris-amons.html 8 July 2020 talkingaboutf1.com continuing with strut mounted wings mounted directly to the chassis. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 22 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 3:28.6—2 7 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 3:32.3 +3.73 23 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 3:34.3 +5.74 20 UK John Surtees Honda 3:35.0 +6.45 6 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 3:35.4 +6.86 5 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 3:37.1 +8.57 14 UK Piers Courage BRM 3:37.2 +8.68 11 MEX 1934 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 3:37.8 +9.29 3 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 3:39.0 +10.410 16 UK Brian Redman Cooper-BRM 3:41.4 +12.811 12 UK Richard Attwood BRM 3:45.2 +16.612 15 BEL Lucien Bianchi Cooper-BRM 3:45.9 +17.313 10 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 3:52.9 +24.314 1 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 4:06.1 +37.515 2 UK Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 4:30.8 +1:02.216 17 SWE Jo Bonnier McLaren-BRM 4:34.3 +1:05.717 19 AUT Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 4:46.7 +1:18.118 18 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1966&gp=ACF%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1966 ACF GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 26 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20211214123059/https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1966&gp=ACF%20GP&r=1&type=qual 14 December 2021 deadhttps://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1966-french-grand-prix 1966 French Grand Prix Motor Sport Magazine 26 August 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 28 1:40:02.1 6 9 2 11 MEX 1934 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 28 + 12.1 8 6 3 23 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 28 + 39.6 3 4 4 7 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 27 Out of fuel 2 3 5 2 UK Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 26 Transmission 15 2 6 15 BEL Lucien Bianchi Cooper-BRM 26 + 2 Laps 12 1 7 3 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 25 Oil pressure 9   8 10 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 25 + 3 Laps 13   Ret Retired 14 UK Piers Courage BRM 22 Engine 7   Ret Retired 6 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 18 Halfshaft 5   Ret Retired 20 UK John Surtees Honda 11 Suspension 4   Ret Retired 22 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 8 Radiator 1   Ret Retired 16 UK Brian Redman Cooper-BRM 6 Spun Off 10   Ret Retired 12 UK Richard Attwood BRM 6 Oil Pipe 11   Ret Retired 18 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 6 Throttle 18   Ret Retired 1 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 5 Halfshaft 14   Ret Retired 19 AUT Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 5 Engine 17   Ret Retired 17 SWE Jo Bonnier McLaren-BRM 1 Wheel 16  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/552/ 1968 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118195854/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/552/ 18 January 2015 Notes This was the first of many Grand Prix wins for McLaren. Also, Bruce McLaren was the third driver to win in a car of his own making, after Jack Brabham and Dan Gurney. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill 24 10px 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme 10 10px 14 3 New Zealand Bruce McLaren 9 10px 1 4 United Kingdom Jim Clark 9 10px 10 5 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1968/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1968 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Lotus-Ford 29 10px 2 UK McLaren-Ford 17 10px 1 3 UK BRM 12 10px 1 4 UK Cooper-BRM 9 10px 1 5 ITA Ferrari 7Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 2 Haynes Publishing Group 1982 66–67 0-85429-321-3 Lawrence Mike Brabham+Ralt+Honda: The Ron Tauranac story Motor Racing Publications 1999 1-899870-35-0 Nye Doug Autocourse history of the Grand Prix car 1966–85 Hazleton publishing 1986 0-905138-37-6 Belgian Grand Prix 1968 1968 Monaco Grand Prix 1968 Dutch Grand Prix 1967 Belgian Grand Prix 1970 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:June 1968 sports events in Europe