Season 1968 · Round 6

French Grand Prix

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1968-07-07 · Rouen-Les-Essarts · France · French Grand Prix · 60Lap · 392.520km
7 Jacky Ickx
Ferrari 2:25:40.900
Team win 9pt P1 · P10
5 John Surtees
Honda +1:58.600
15 Jackie Stewart
Matra-Ford
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Pedro Rodríguez L53 Jochen Rindt L45 Jack Brabham L15 Graham Hill L14 Johnny Servoz-Gavin L14 Jo Schlesser L2
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Circuit Info
Rouen-Les-Essarts Rouen, France
60Lap 392.520km 5 races held (1952–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P4 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Dan Gurney 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P12 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P20 Bruce McLaren 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L60 Ickx · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Ickx ICK 1 Ickx ICK Surtees · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Surtees SUR 2 Surtees SUR Stewart · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Stewart STE 3 Stewart STE Elford · P17 → P4 · +13 17 Elford ELF 4 Elford ELF Hulme · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Hulme HUL 5 Hulme HUL Courage · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Courage COU 6 Courage COU Attwood · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Attwood ATT 7 Attwood ATT McLaren · P6 → P8 · -2 6 McLaren MCL 8 McLaren MCL Beltoise · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Beltoise BEL 9 Beltoise BEL Amon · P5 → P10 · -5 5 Amon AMO 10 Amon AMO Siffert · P11 → P11 11 Siffert SIF 11 Siffert SIF Rodríguez · P10 → retired L53 Rodríguez · retired L53 10 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Rindt · P1 → retired L45 Rindt · retired L45 1 Rindt RIN R Rindt RIN Brabham · P13 → retired L15 Brabham · retired L15 13 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Hill · P9 → retired L14 Hill · retired L14 9 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Servoz-Gavin · P15 → retired L14 Servoz-Gavin · retired L14 15 Servoz-Gavin SER R Servoz-Gavin SER Schlesser · P16 → retired L2 Schlesser · retired L2 16 Schlesser SCH R Schlesser SCH
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 Jacky Ickx Ferrari 3 60 2:25:40.900 9
2 5 John Surtees Honda 7 60 +1:58.600 6
3 15 Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 2 59 +1 Lap 4
4 18 Vic Elford Cooper-BRM 17 58 +2 Laps 3
5 1 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 4 58 +2 Laps 2
6 22 Piers Courage BRM 14 57 +3 Laps 1
7 11 Richard Attwood BRM 12 57 +3 Laps
8 2 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 6 56 +4 Laps
9 21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 8 56 +4 Laps
10 6 Chris Amon Ferrari 5 55 +5 Laps
11 16 Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 11 54 +6 Laps
R 8 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 10 53 Not classified
R 4 Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco 1 45 Fuel leak
R 3 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 13 15 Fuel pump
R 10 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 9 14 Halfshaft
R 23 Johnny Servoz-Gavin Cooper-BRM 15 14 Accident
R 18 Jo Schlesser Honda 16 2 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
4 Jochen Rindt
2
15 Jackie Stewart
3
7 Jacky Ickx
4
1 Denny Hulme
5
6 Chris Amon
6
2 Bruce McLaren
7
5 John Surtees
8
21 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
9
10 Graham Hill
10
8 Pedro Rodríguez
11
16 Jo Siffert
12
11 Richard Attwood
13
3 Jack Brabham
14
22 Piers Courage
15
23 Johnny Servoz-Gavin
16
18 Jo Schlesser
17
18 Vic Elford
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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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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