1968 German Grand Prix

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The 1968 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on August 4, 1968. The race was held in extremely wet conditions. Stewart's winning drive during the rain and fog is considered as one of the finest ever, as he won by a margin of four minutes.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	14	2:19:03.2	6	9
2	3	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	14	+ 4:03.2	4	6
3	5	Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Repco	14	+ 4:09.4	3	4
4	9	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	14	+ 5:55.2	1	3
5	4	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	14	+ 6:21.1	15	2
6	10	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	14	+ 6:25.0	14	1
7	1	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	14	+ 6:31.0	11
8	22	Piers Courage	BRM	14	+ 7:56.4	8
9	14	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	14	+ 8:13.7	10
10	18	Hubert Hahne	Lola-BMW	14	+ 10:11.4	18
11	21	Jackie Oliver	Lotus-Ford	13	+ 1 Lap	13
12	17	Kurt Ahrens	Brabham-Repco	13	+ 1 Lap	17
13	2	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	13	+ 1 Lap	16
14	11	Richard Attwood	BRM	13	+ 1 Lap	20
Ret	8	Chris Amon	Ferrari	11	Accident	2
Ret	12	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	8	Accident	12
Ret	16	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford	6	Ignition	9
Ret	19	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-BRM	6	Fuel Leak	19
Ret	7	John Surtees	Honda	3	Ignition	7
Ret	20	Vic Elford	Cooper-BRM	0	Accident	5

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Jacky Ickx - 9:04.0
• Fastest lap: Jackie Stewart - 9:36.0 on lap 8

[edit] References

• Lang, Mike (1982). Grand Prix! Vol 2. Haynes Publishing Group, pp74-75. ISBN 0-85429-321-3. 
• The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
• Formula One World. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.

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