1968 Italian Grand Prix | |||
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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 | 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]