Season 1968 · Round 1

South African Grand Prix

1968 Season R2 →
1968-01-01 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 80Lap · 328.320km
4 Jim Clark
Lotus-Ford 1:53:56.600
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
10 Graham Hill
Lotus-Ford +25.300
4 Jochen Rindt
Brabham-Repco +30.400
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
14
Jackie Pretorius L71 Dan Gurney L58 Jacky Ickx L51 Jo Bonnier L46 Jackie Stewart L43 Sam Tingle L35 Basil van Rooyen L22 Pedro Rodríguez L20 Jack Brabham L16 Andrea de Adamich L13 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
80Lap 328.320km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Jim Clark 3 wins · GP #1
P3 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P6 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P2 Jackie Stewart 3 · → Jim Clark -1
P3 Jack Brabham 2 · → Jackie Stewart -1
Podiums
P1 Graham Hill 5 · GP #1
P2 Jackie Stewart 4 · → Graham Hill -1
P4 Jim Clark 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P6 John Love 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Clark · P1 → P1 1 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Hill · P2 → P2 2 Hill HIL 2 Hill HIL Rindt · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Rindt RIN 3 Rindt RIN Amon · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Amon AMO 4 Amon AMO Hulme · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Hulme HUL 5 Hulme HUL Beltoise · P18 → P6 · +12 18 Beltoise BEL 6 Beltoise BEL Siffert · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Siffert SIF 7 Siffert SIF Surtees · P6 → P8 · -2 6 Surtees SUR 8 Surtees SUR Love · P17 → P9 · +8 17 Love LOV 9 Love LOV Pretorius · P23 → retired L71 Pretorius · retired L71 23 Pretorius PRE R Pretorius PRE Gurney · P12 → retired L58 Gurney · retired L58 12 Gurney GUR R Gurney GUR Ickx · P11 → retired L51 Ickx · retired L51 11 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK Bonnier · P19 → retired L46 Bonnier · retired L46 19 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Stewart · P3 → retired L43 Stewart · retired L43 3 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Tingle · P22 → retired L35 Tingle · retired L35 22 Tingle TIN R Tingle TIN van Rooyen · P20 → retired L22 van Rooyen · retired L22 20 van Rooyen VAN R van Rooyen VAN Rodríguez · P10 → retired L20 Rodríguez · retired L20 10 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Brabham · P5 → retired L16 Brabham · retired L16 5 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA de Adamich · P7 → retired L13 de Adamich · retired L13 7 de Adamich DE R de Adamich DE Spence · P14 → retired L7 Spence · retired L7 14 Spence SPE R Spence SPE Redman · P21 → retired L4 Redman · retired L4 21 Redman RED R Redman RED Charlton · P14 → retired L3 Charlton · retired L3 14 Charlton CHA R Charlton CHA Scarfiotti · P15 → retired L2 Scarfiotti · retired L2 15 Scarfiotti SCA R Scarfiotti SCA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 4 Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1 80 1:53:56.600 9
2 10 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 2 80 +25.300 6
3 4 Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 4 80 +30.400 4
4 6 Chris Amon Ferrari 8 78 +2 Laps 3
5 1 Denny Hulme McLaren-BRM 9 78 +2 Laps 2
6 21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 18 77 +3 Laps 1
7 16 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 16 77 +3 Laps
8 5 John Surtees Honda 6 75 +5 Laps
9 17 John Love Brabham-Repco 17 75 +5 Laps
R 23 Jackie Pretorius Brabham-Climax 23 71 Not classified
R 14 Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 12 58 Oil leak
R 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 11 51 Oil leak
R 17 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 19 46 Overheating
R 15 Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 3 43 Engine
R 18 Sam Tingle LDS 22 35 Overheating
R 25 Basil van Rooyen Cooper-Climax 20 22 Engine
R 8 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 10 20 Fuel system
R 3 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 5 16 Engine
R 10 Andrea de Adamich Ferrari 7 13 Accident
R 12 Mike Spence BRM 14 7 Fuel system
R 16 Brian Redman Cooper-Maserati 21 4 Oil leak
R 22 Dave Charlton Brabham-Repco 14 3 Differential
R 6 Ludovico Scarfiotti Cooper-BRM 15 2 Water pipe
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
4 Jim Clark
2
10 Graham Hill
3
15 Jackie Stewart
4
4 Jochen Rindt
5
3 Jack Brabham
6
5 John Surtees
7
10 Andrea de Adamich
8
6 Chris Amon
9
1 Denny Hulme
10
8 Pedro Rodríguez
11
7 Jacky Ickx
12
14 Dan Gurney
14
12 Mike Spence
14
22 Dave Charlton
15
6 Ludovico Scarfiotti
16
16 Jo Siffert
17
17 John Love
18
21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
19
17 Jo Bonnier
20
25 Basil van Rooyen
21
16 Brian Redman
22
18 Sam Tingle
23
23 Jackie Pretorius
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.
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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