1968 Monaco Grand Prix

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1968 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date 26 May 1968
Official name XXVI Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street Circuit
Course length 3.145 km (1.954 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 251.600 km (156.337 miles)
Weather Sunny, Mild, Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:28.2
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Richard Attwood BRM
Time 1:28.1 on lap 80
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second BRM
Third Cooper-BRM
Lap leaders

The 1968 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Monte Carlo Circuit on 26 May 1968. It was race 3 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Lotus driver Graham Hill, who started from pole position. Richard Attwood, driving for BRM, gained second place and fastest lap, while Lucien Bianchi finished in third position in a Cooper, in what was to be these two drivers' only podium finishes.


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