1968 South African Grand Prix

January 2019 January 2019 F1 South Africa 1928 South African 1 January 1968 Kyalami 1961 - 1988 Layout.png 2nd AA Grand Prix of South Africa Kyalami, Midrand, Transvaal Province, South Africa Permanent racing facility 2.550 4.104 80 204.009 328.320 Very hot, dry Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:21.6 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:23.7 73 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Ford United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford United Kingdom Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco Austria RSA The 1968 South African Grand Prix, formally the 2nd AA Grand Prix of South Africa (Afrikaans: Tweede AA Suid-Afrikaanse Grand Prix), was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami Circuit on Monday 1 January 1968. It was race 1 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won by two time World Drivers' Champion and 1965 Indianapolis 500 winner Jim Clark for Lotus-Ford after starting from pole position. The race is significant as not only the last Formula One race to be won by Clark, but also the last in which he ever competed, due to his fatal crash at the Hockenheimring in Germany three months later. At this race Team Gunston became the first Formula One team to paint their cars in the livery of their sponsors instead of national colours when they entered a private Brabham for John Lovehttps://www.wheels24.co.za/FormulaOne/sa-was-ahead-of-the-curve-50-years-of-sponsorship-in-f1-20180320 'SA was ahead of the curve' – 50 years of sponsorship in F1 wheels24.co.za 4 October 2018 and an LDS for Sam Tingle. This was also Mike Spence's final race, as he too was killed a few months later, while practising for the 1968 Indianapolis 500. The first six slots on the grid were filled by either previous or future world champions. However the reigning champion, Denny Hulme, only started in ninth. Clark broke many records during the weekend, such as leading the most Grands Prix (43), having the most laps led (1,943), having the most perfect weekends (11), achieving the most pole positions (33) and finally achieving 25 race wins, beating Juan Manuel Fangio's 11-year-old record. Classification Qualifying The qualifying session was held on 31 December 1967. Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 4 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:21.6 — 2 5 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:22.6 +1.0 3 16 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 1:22.7 +1.1 4 3 Austria Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 1:23.0 +1.4 5 2 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:23.2 +1.6 6 7 UK John Surtees Honda 1:23.5 +1.9 7 10 Italy Andrea de Adamich Ferrari 1:23.6 +2.0 8 8 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 1:23.8 +2.2 9 1 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-BRM 1:24.0 +2.4 10 11 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 1:24.9 +3.3 11 9 Belgium Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:24.9 +3.3 12 6 United States Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 1:25.6 +4.0 13 12 United Kingdom Mike Spence BRM 1:25.9 +4.3 14 22 South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Brabham-Repco 1:26.2 +4.6 15 15 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Cooper-Maserati 1:26.3 +4.7 16 19 Switzerland Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:26.4 +4.8 17 17 Rhodesia 1964 John Love Brabham-Repco 1:27.0 +5.4 18 21 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 1:27.2 +5.6 19 20 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:27.3 +5.7 20 25 South Africa 1928 Basil van Rooyen Cooper-Climax 1:27.8 +6.2 21 14 United Kingdom Brian Redman Cooper-Maserati 1:28.0 +6.4 22 18 Rhodesia 1964 Sam Tingle LDS-Repco 1:28.6 +7.0 23 23 South Africa 1928 Jackie Pretorius Brabham-Climax 1:29.0 +7.4 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 80 1:53:56.6 1 9 2 5 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 80 + 25.3 2 6 3 3 AUT Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 80 + 30.4 4 4 4 8 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 78 + 2 Laps 8 3 5 1 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-BRM 78 + 2 Laps 9 2 6 21 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 18 1 7 19 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 77 + 3 Laps 16   8 7 UK John Surtees Honda 75 + 5 Laps 6   9 17 Rhodesia 1964 John Love Brabham-Repco 75 + 5 Laps 17   NC Not classified 23 South Africa 1928 Jackie Pretorius Brabham-Climax 71 + 9 Laps 23   Ret Retired 6 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 58 Oil Leak 12   Ret Retired 9 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 51 Oil Leak 11   Ret Retired 20 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 46 Overheating 19   Ret Retired 16 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 43 Engine 3   Ret Retired 18 Rhodesia 1964 Sam Tingle LDS-Repco 35 Overheating 22   Ret Retired 25 South Africa 1928 Basil van Rooyen Cooper-Climax 22 Engine 20   Ret Retired 11 MEX 1934 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 20 Fuel System 10   Ret Retired 2 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 16 Engine 5   Ret Retired 10 ITA Andrea de Adamich Ferrari 13 Accident 7   Ret Retired 12 UK Mike Spence BRM 7 Fuel System 14   Ret Retired 14 UK Brian Redman Cooper-Maserati 4 Oil Leak 21   Ret Retired 22 South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Brabham-Repco 3 Differential 14   Ret Retired 15 ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti Cooper-Maserati 2 Water Pipe 15  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/549/ 1968 South African Grand Prix Formula One 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118200102/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1968/549/ 18 January 2015 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for South African driver Basil van Rooyen and Italian driver Andrea de Adamich. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 United Kingdom Jim Clark 9 2 United Kingdom Graham Hill 6 3 Austria Jochen Rindt 4 4 New Zealand Chris Amon 3 5 New Zealand Denny Hulme 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1968/afrique-du-sud/championnat.aspx South Africa 1968 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Lotus-Ford 9 2 UK Brabham-Repco 4 3 Italy Ferrari 3 4 UK McLaren-BRM 2 5 France Matra-Ford 1Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 2 Haynes Publishing Group 1982 60–61 0-85429-321-3 Walthert, Matthew (7 April 2015). "Going Out on Top: The Story of Jim Clark's Final Formula 1 Race". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 16 February 2016. 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