1968 Dutch Grand Prix

The Dutch Grand Prix 1968 was the 5th round of the 1968 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands, on June 23rd.

Jackie Stewart won the race after starting in the 5th position, followed by Jean-Pierre Beltoise, and Pedro Rodríguez completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 11th position of the grid.

Chris Amon started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 6th.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 14 drivers out of the original 19 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren, and Lucien Bianchi, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Jackie Oliver, who did not classify on lap 80, Dan Gurney, who had a throttle issue on lap 63, Jo Siffert, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 55, John Surtees, who had a problem with the alternator on lap 50, Piers Courage, and Jack Brabham, both lost control and spun off the track, and Jochen Rindt, and Denny Hulme, both had issues with the ignition.

Qualifying