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The French Grand Prix 1968 was the 6th round of the 1968 F1 season, and took place at the Rouen-Les-Essarts in Rouen, France, on July 7th.

Jacky Ickx won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by John Surtees, and Jackie Stewart completing the podium.

Jochen Rindt started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he had a fuel leak, and had to retire on lap 45th.

Final results

1
2
Jacky Ickx
Ferrari
2:25:40.9
Finished
2
5
John Surtees
Honda
+1:58.6
Finished
3
1
Jackie Stewart
Matra-Ford
+1 Lap
4
13
Vic Elford
Cooper-BRM
+2 Laps
5
1
Denny Hulme
McLaren-Ford
+2 Laps
6
8
Piers Courage
BRM
+3 Laps
7
5
Richard Attwood
BRM
+3 Laps
8
2
Bruce McLaren
McLaren-Ford
+4 Laps
9
1
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Matra
+4 Laps
10
5
Chris Amon
Ferrari
+5 Laps
11
-
Jo Siffert
Lotus-Ford
+6 Laps
12
2
Pedro Rodríguez
BRM
Not classified
13
12
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-Repco
Fuel leak
14
1
Jack Brabham
Brabham-Repco
Fuel pump
15
6
Graham Hill
Lotus-Ford
Halfshaft
16
1
Johnny Servoz-Gavin
Cooper-BRM
Accident
17
1
Jo Schlesser
Honda
Accident
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

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

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 10 drivers out of the original 17 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Pedro Rodríguez, who did not classify on lap 53, Jochen Rindt, who had a fuel leak on lap 45, Jack Brabham, who had a fuel pump failure on lap 15, Graham Hill, who had problems with the halfshaft on lap 14, and Johnny Servoz-Gavin, and Jo Schlesser, both had to retire due to an accident.

Not classified

  • Pedro Rodríguez
    Lap 53

Fuel leak

  • Jochen Rindt
    Lap 45

Fuel pump

  • Jack Brabham
    Lap 15

Halfshaft

  • Graham Hill
    Lap 14

Accident

  • Johnny Servoz-Gavin
    Lap 14
  • Jo Schlesser
    Lap 2

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.