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1968 Season
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1968 Italian GP
1967 Canadian GP

1968 Canadian GP

1968 Rand Spring Trophy
1968 United States GP
1969 Canadian GP
 VIII  Player's Canadian Grand Prix

Event Overview • Sessions • Entry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting Grid • Classification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Details
DateSunday 22 September 1968
Start time14:00
Event Canadian GP
Circuit Mont Tremblant
Event FormatRace of 90 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#10 of 12 in 1968
#171 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps90
Circuit Perimeter4265 m
Race Distance4265 × 90 = 383.850 km
Grid Format3-2-3-2
Pole PositionRight
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherSunny, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries22
Qualifiers22
Finishers6
Debutants
Bill Brack (Driver),
Henri Pescarolo (Driver),
   Mont Tremblant (Circuit)
MilestonesCar 21 – 50th Race Entry (Car Number)
BRM – 500th Race Entry (Engine Manufacturer)
Ford – 100th Race Entry (Engine Manufacturer)
Records Broken None
Records Extended 1. Most Retirements –  Cooper (216),
2. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores –  Cooper (133),
3. Most Retirements –  Jo Bonnier (49),
4. Most Races Led –  Ferrari (113),
5. Most Laps Led –  Ferrari (2844),
6. Most Race Entries –  Ferrari (525),
7. Most Race Entries –  Jack Brabham (105),
8. Most 2nd Place Qualifications –  Ferrari (49),
9. Most 5th Place Qualifications –  Graham Hill (13),
10. Most 16th Place Qualifications –  Cooper (29)

World Championship standings
1  Graham Hill 33 
2  Denny Hulme 33 up
3  Jackie Stewart 27 
4  Jacky Ickx 27 up
5  Bruce McLaren 15 up
6  Pedro Rodriguez 15 up
7  Jean-Pierre Beltoise 11 up
8  Chris Amon 10 up
9  Jo Siffert 9 up
  Jim Clark 9 up
11  John Surtees 8 
12  Jochen Rindt 8 
13  Johnny Servoz-Gavin 6 
  Richard Attwood 6 
15  Ludovico Scarfiotti 6 
16  Lucien Bianchi 5 
17  Vic Elford 5 up
18  Brian Redman 4 up
19  Piers Courage 4 up
20  Silvio Moser 2 
  Jackie Oliver 2 
  Jack Brabham 2 
23  Jo Bonnier 1 
1  Lotus / Ford 47 
2  McLaren / Ford 40 up
3  Matra / Ford 36 up
4  Ferrari / Ferrari 32 up
5  BRM / BRM 25 
6  Cooper / BRM 14 
7  Brabham / Repco 10 
8  Honda / Honda 8 
  Matra / Matra 8 
10  McLaren / BRM 3 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 1Car 6Car 12
EntrantBruce McLaren Motor RacingBrabham Racing OrganisationRob Walker/Jack Durlacher Racing
Driver Denny Hulme Jochen Rindt Jo Siffert
Car McLaren M7A Brabham BT26 Lotus 49B
EngineFord Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8Repco 3.0 V8Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Time2:27'11.21'33.81'35.1
Speed156.475 km/h163.689 km/h161.451 km/h