1968 Italian Grand Prix

August 2021 F1 Italy Italian 8 September 1968 Monza 1957.jpg XXXIX Gran Premio d'Italia Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy Permanent racing facility 3.573 5.750 68 242.956 391.000 Hot, Dry John Surtees Honda 1:26.07 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 1:26.5 7 United Kingdom Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford New Zealand Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford France Jacky Ickx Ferrari Belgium ITA The 1968 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Monza Autodrome on 8 September 1968. It was race 9 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 68-lap race was won by McLaren driver Denny Hulme after he started from seventh position. Johnny Servoz-Gavin finished second for the Matra team and Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx came in third. There was a five-week break after the previous Grand Prix in Germany. During the break, the Oulton Park Gold Cup attracted some of the top names, with Jackie Stewart taking the victory, after his dominant victory at the Nürburgring.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr170.html Grand Prix results: Italian GP, 1968 grandprix.com 26 September 2015 Report Entry 24 F1 cars were entered for the event, the biggest field of the season. American Mario Andretti entered in a third Lotus, while his United States Auto Club (USAC) rival, Bobby Unser, replaced Richard Attwood at Owen Racing Organisation (BRM). Scuderia Ferrari ran a third car for rising English star, Derek Bell, while David Hobbs was fielded by Honda Racing.http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1968&gp=Italian%20GP&r=1 1968 Italian GP ChicaneF1.com 4 March 2014 Qualifying The early qualifying session saw Andretti and Unser set the pace. Both drivers wanted to fly back to Indianapolis, Indiana for the Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, a 100-lap race on the 1609 metre (one mile) dirt track for the USAC Championship the next day. They then intended to fly back to Milan and race in the Grand Prix. The event organisers announced that if the either driver returned to the US, they would be banned from competing in the Grand Prix, under an ACI ruling which forbade drivers to complete in another event within 24 hours of the start of the Grand Prix. Both drivers flew back to Indiana for the Hoosier Hundred and did return for the Italian Grand Prix, but were not allowed to take part in the race. Qualifying resulted in John Surtees taking pole for the Honda Racing team, in their Honda RA301, at an average speed of 150.314 mph. He was joined on the front row by Bruce McLaren in his own McLaren M7A and Chris Amon in a Ferrari 312. The second row was occupied by the Ferrari of Jacky Ickx and the Lotus of Graham Hill. Jackie Stewart, Denny Hulme and Derek Bell shared the third row. Race The race was held over 68 laps of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, taking place in sunny conditions, with Surtees leading from the start. McLaren and Surtees fought for the lead, until the Ferrari of Chris Amon lost control on oil dropped by one of the Honda RA301s and his car flew over the barriers into the trees at one of the fast Lesmo corners. Surtees also hit the wall trying to avoid the Ferrari. This put Jo Siffert into second place, with Jackie Stewart third. The Scotsman moved into second and a slipstreaming battle developed for the lead between McLaren, Stewart, Siffert and Denny Hulme.Derek Bell, “Derek Bell My Racing Life" (Haynes Publishing, 978 0 85733 088 8, 2011) McLaren's M7A had to stop for more oil on lap 35 and retired. Stewart retired on lap 43 when his Cosworth engine failed. Hulme was by this stage already leading the race, and when Siffert went out with a rear suspension failure, nine laps from the end, Hulme was left to win. He won in a time of 1hr 40:14.8mins., averaging a speed of 146.284 mph. There had been a battle behind him, between Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Jacky Ickx and Jochen Rindt. The Ferrari of Ickx had emerged ahead, only to stop in the closing lap for more fuel. In the process, he dropped to third behind Servoz-Gavin, while Rindt had to retire with an engine failure. Piers Courage, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, and Jo Bonnier rounded out the top six, with no other finishers. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid 1 14 UK John Surtees Honda 1:26.07 — 1 2 2 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:26.11 +0.04 2 3 9 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 1:26.21 +0.14 3 4 8 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:26.41 +0.34 4 5 16 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:26.57 +0.50 5 6 4 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 1:26.60 +0.53 6 7 1 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:26.61 +0.54 7 8 7 UK Derek Bell Ferrari 1:26.90 +0.83 8 9 20 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 1:26.96 +0.89 9 10 18 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 1:27.20 +1.13 DNS Did not start 11 11 AUT Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 1:27.30 +1.23 10 12 19 UK Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 1:27.40 +1.33 11 13 21 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 1:27.61 +1.54 12 14 5 FRA Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 1:27.63 +1.56 13 15 15 UK David Hobbs Honda 1:27.70 +1.63 14 16 26 MEX 1934 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 1:28.20 +2.13 15 17 10 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:28.80 +2.73 16 18 27 UK Piers Courage BRM 1:29.10 +3.03 17 19 6 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 1:29.30 +3.23 18 20 3 SWE Jo Bonnier McLaren-BRM 1:30.55 +4.48 19 21 25 USA Bobby Unser BRM 1:30.56 +4.49 DNS Did not start 22 23 UK Vic Elford Cooper-BRM 1:31.30 +5.23 20 DNQ Did not qualify 28 AUS Frank Gardner BRM 1:31.40 +5.33 — DNQ Did not qualify 12 SUI Silvio Moser Brabham-Repco 1:33.70 +7.63 — Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 68 1:40:14.8 7 9 2 5 FRA Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 68 + 1:28.4 13 6 3 8 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 68 + 1:28.6 4 4 4 27 UK Piers Courage BRM 67 + 1 Lap 17 3 5 6 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 66 + 2 Laps 18 2 6 3 SWE Jo Bonnier McLaren-BRM 64 + 4 Laps 19 1 Ret Retired 20 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 58 Suspension 9   Ret Retired 10 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 56 Oil Pressure 16   Ret Retired 4 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 42 Engine 6   Ret Retired 15 UK David Hobbs Honda 42 Engine 14   Ret Retired 19 UK Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 38 Transmission 11   Ret Retired 2 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 34 Oil Leak 2   Ret Retired 11 AUT Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 33 Engine 10   Ret Retired 26 MEX 1934 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 22 Engine 15   Ret Retired 21 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 19 Overheating 12   Ret Retired 16 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 10 Wheel 5   Ret Retired 14 UK John Surtees Honda 8 Accident 1   Ret Retired 9 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 8 Accident 3   Ret Retired 7 UK Derek Bell Ferrari 4 Fuel System 8   Ret Retired 23 UK Vic Elford Cooper-BRM 2 Accident 20   DNQ Did not qualify 28 AUS Frank Gardner BRM     DNQ Did not qualify 12 SUI Silvio Moser Brabham-Repco         DNS Did not start 18 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford   ACI 24 hour rule     DNS Did not start 25 USA Bobby Unser BRM   ACI 24 hour rule     WD Withdrawn 22 UK Robin Widdows Cooper-BRM         WD Withdrawn 24 BEL Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Alfa Romeo        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/556/ 1968 Italian Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141112080721/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/556/ 12 November 2014http://www.crash.net/f1/755/raceresults/formula-one-italian-1968.html Formula One, Italian 1968 Race Results crash.net 26 September 2015 3 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170703074344/http://www.crash.net/f1/755/raceresults/formula-one-italian-1968.html dead Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver and future Le Mans winner Derek Bell. This was the first pole position for Honda and for a Japanese/Asian constructor and for a Honda-powered car and for a Japanese/Asian engine supplier. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill 30 10px 1 2 Belgium Jacky Ickx 27 10px 1 3 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 26 10px 4 New Zealand Denny Hulme 24 10px 5 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez 11Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1968/italie/championnat.aspx Italy 1968 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 1 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Lotus-Ford 44 10px 2 France Matra-Ford 35 10px 3 Italy Ferrari 32 10px 4 UK McLaren-Ford 31 10px 5 UK BRM 21Source: 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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