1968 Formula One season Facts for Kids

The 1968 Formula One season crowned as champion Graham Hill.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	South African Grand Prix	January 1	Kyalami	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	May 12	Jarama	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	Report
3	Monaco Grand Prix	May 26	Monaco	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	June 9	Spa-Francorchamps	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	Report
5	Dutch Grand Prix	June 23	Zandvoort	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
6	French Grand Prix	July 7	Rouen-Les-Essarts	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Report
7	British Grand Prix	July 20	Brands Hatch	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford	Report
8	German Grand Prix	August 4	Nürburgring	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
9	Italian Grand Prix	September 8	Monza	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	Report
10	Canadian Grand Prix	September 22	Mont-Tremblant	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	Report
11	United States Grand Prix	October 6	Watkins Glen	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
12	Mexican Grand Prix	November 3	Hermanos Rodriguez	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	Report

Pos.	Driver	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Pts.
1	Graham Hill	2	1	1	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	4	2	1	48
2	Jackie Stewart	Ret			4	1	3	6	1	Ret	6	1	7	36
3	Denny Hulme	5	2	5	Ret	Ret	5	4	7	1	1	Ret	Ret	33
4	Jacky Ickx	Ret	Ret		3	4	1	3	4	3			Ret	27
5	Bruce McLaren		Ret	Ret	1	Ret	8	7	13	Ret	2	6	2	22
6	Pedro Rodríguez	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	3	NC	Ret	6	Ret	3	Ret	4	18
7	Jo Siffert	7	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	11	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	6	12
8	John Surtees	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	12
9	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	6	5	Ret	8	2	9	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	11
10	Chris Amon	4	Ret		Ret	6	10	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
11	Jim Clark	1												9
12	Jochen Rindt	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8
13	Richard Attwood			2	Ret	7	7	Ret	14					6
14	Johnny Servoz-Gavin			Ret			Ret			2	Ret		Ret	6
15	Jackie Oliver			Ret	5	NC		Ret	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	3	6
16	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ret	4	4										6
17	Lucien Bianchi			3	6	Ret			Ret		NC	Ret	Ret	5
18	Vic Elford						4	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	8	5
19	Brian Redman	Ret	3		Ret									4
20	Piers Courage		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	8	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
21	Dan Gurney	Ret		Ret		Ret		Ret	9	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	3
22	Jo Bonnier	Ret		DNQ	Ret	8		Ret		6	Ret	Ret	5	3
23	Jack Brabham	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	2
24	Silvio Moser			DNQ		5		NC		DNQ				2
25	Henri Pescarolo										Ret	DNS	9	0
26	John Love	9												0
27	Hubert Hahne								10					0
28	Kurt Ahrens Jr.								12					0
—	Jackie Pretorius	NC												0
—	Derek Bell									Ret		Ret		0
—	Mario Andretti									DNS		Ret		0
—	Bobby Unser									DNS		Ret
—	Andrea de Adamich	Ret												0
—	Dave Charlton	Ret												0
—	Mike Spence	Ret												0
—	Basil van Rooyen	Ret												0
—	Sam Tingle	Ret												0
—	Robin Widdows							Ret						0
—	David Hobbs									Ret				0
—	Bill Brack										Ret			0
—	Moises Solana												Ret	0
—	Frank Gardner												DNQ	0
Pos.	Driver	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Graham Hill won the 2nd of his two championships, driving a Lotus-Ford
Graham Hill (pictured in 1969) won his 2nd and last Drivers' Championship, driving for Lotus