Season 1968 · Round 8

German Grand Prix

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1968-08-04 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 14Lap · 319.690km
15 Jackie Stewart
Matra-Ford 2:19:03.200
Team win 9pt P1
10 Graham Hill
Lotus-Ford +4:03.200
4 Jochen Rindt
Brabham-Repco +4:09.400
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Chris Amon L11 Jean-Pierre Beltoise L8 Jo Siffert L6 Lucien Bianchi L6 John Surtees L3 Vic Elford L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
14Lap 319.690km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 John Surtees 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P8 Jacky Ickx 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P1 Jacky Ickx 4 · GP #1
P8 Jackie Stewart 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P4 Graham Hill 16 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P15 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P21 John Surtees 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 L14 Stewart · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Stewart STE 1 Stewart STE Hill · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Hill HIL 2 Hill HIL Rindt · P3 → P3 3 Rindt RIN 3 Rindt RIN Ickx · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Ickx ICK 4 Ickx ICK Brabham · P15 → P5 · +10 15 Brabham BRA 5 Brabham BRA Rodríguez · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Rodríguez ROD 6 Rodríguez ROD Hulme · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Hulme HUL 7 Hulme HUL Courage · P8 → P8 8 Courage COU 8 Courage COU Gurney · P10 → P9 · +1 10 Gurney GUR 9 Gurney GUR Hahne · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Hahne HAH 10 Hahne HAH Oliver · P13 → P11 · +2 13 Oliver OLI 11 Oliver OLI Ahrens · P17 → P12 · +5 17 Ahrens AHR 12 Ahrens AHR McLaren · P16 → P13 · +3 16 McLaren MCL 13 McLaren MCL Attwood · P20 → P14 · +6 20 Attwood ATT 14 Attwood ATT Amon · P2 → retired L11 Amon · retired L11 2 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Beltoise · P12 → retired L8 Beltoise · retired L8 12 Beltoise BEL R Beltoise BEL Siffert · P9 → retired L6 Siffert · retired L6 9 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Bianchi · P19 → retired L6 Bianchi · retired L6 19 Bianchi BIA R Bianchi BIA Surtees · P7 → retired L3 Surtees · retired L3 7 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Elford · P5 → retired L0 Elford · retired L0 5 Elford ELF R Elford ELF
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 15 Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 6 14 2:19:03.200 9
2 10 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 4 14 +4:03.200 6
3 4 Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 3 14 +4:09.400 4
4 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1 14 +5:55.200 3
5 3 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 15 14 +6:21.100 2
6 8 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 14 14 +6:25.000 1
7 1 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 11 14 +6:31.000
8 22 Piers Courage BRM 8 14 +7:56.400
9 14 Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 10 14 +8:13.700
10 18 Hubert Hahne Lola 18 14 +10:11.400
11 11 Jackie Oliver Lotus-Ford 13 13 +1 Lap
12 17 Kurt Ahrens Brabham-Repco 17 13 +1 Lap
13 2 Bruce McLaren McLaren 16 13 +1 Lap
14 11 Richard Attwood BRM 20 13 +1 Lap
R 6 Chris Amon Ferrari 2 11 Accident
R 21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 12 8 Accident
R 16 Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 9 6 Ignition
R 19 Lucien Bianchi Cooper-BRM 19 6 Fuel leak
R 5 John Surtees Honda 7 3 Ignition
R 18 Vic Elford Cooper-BRM 5 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Jacky Ickx
2
6 Chris Amon
3
4 Jochen Rindt
4
10 Graham Hill
5
18 Vic Elford
6
15 Jackie Stewart
7
5 John Surtees
8
22 Piers Courage
9
16 Jo Siffert
10
14 Dan Gurney
11
1 Denny Hulme
12
21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
13
11 Jackie Oliver
14
8 Pedro Rodríguez
15
3 Jack Brabham
16
2 Bruce McLaren
17
17 Kurt Ahrens
18
18 Hubert Hahne
19
19 Lucien Bianchi
20
11 Richard Attwood
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15