1968 Italian Grand Prix

1968 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 8 September 1968
Official name XXXIX Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.750 km (3.573 miles)
Distance 68 laps, 391.000 km (242.956 miles)
Weather Hot, Dry
Pole position
Driver Honda
Time 1:26.07
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:26.5 on lap 7
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Matra-Ford
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

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.[1]

  1. ^ "Grand Prix results: Italian GP, 1968". grandprix.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

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