The 15th Gold Cup was a auto race, run to Formula One rules, held on 17 August 1968 at Oulton Park, England. The race was run over 40 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jackie Stewart in a Matra MS10.
Background[]
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 1968 International Gold Cup is outlined below:
Qualifying[]
Report[]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1968 International Gold Cup are outlined below:
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 2 | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 1:29.2 | — | |
2 | 5 | Matra-Ford Cosworth | 1:29.8 | +0.6 | |
3 | 8 | Ferrari | 1:30.0 | +0.8 | |
4 | 6 | Brabham-Repco | 1:30.2 | +1.0 | |
5 | 9 | Ferrari | 1:30.6 | +1.4 | |
6 | 12 | BRM | 1:31.6 | +2.4 | |
7 | 3 | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 1:31.6 | +2.4 | |
8 | 17 | Ferrari | 1:32.4 | +3.2 | |
9 | 7 | Brabham-Repco | 1:33.2 | +4.0 | |
10 | 11 | BRM | 1:34.6 | +5.4 | |
11 | 10 | McLaren-BRM | 1:36.0 | +6.8 | |
12 | 14 | BRM | 1:38.2 | +9.0 | |
13 | 15 | BRM | 1:38.6 | +9.4 | |
WD | 1 | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | Withdrew | ||
WD | 4 | Honda | Withdrew | ||
WD | 16 | Brabham-Repco | Withdrew | ||
WD | 1 | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | Reserve entry |
Grid[]
Pos | Pos | Pos | |||
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Driver | Driver | Driver | |||
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1 | ______________ | ||||
Graham Hill | 2 | ______________ | |||
Jackie Stewart | 3 | ||||
Chris Amon | |||||
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4 | ______________ | ||||
Jack Brabham | 5 | ||||
Jacky Ickx | |||||
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6 | ______________ | ||||
Pedro Rodríguez | 7 | ______________ | |||
Jackie Oliver | 8 | ||||
Derek Bell | |||||
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9 | ______________ | ||||
Jochen Rindt | 10 | ||||
Piers Courage | |||||
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11 | ______________ | ||||
Jo Bonnier | 12 | ______________ | |||
Tony Lanfranchi | 13 | ||||
David Hobbs | |||||
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14 | ______________ | ||||
15 | |||||
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16 | ______________ | ||||
17 | ______________ | ||||
18 | |||||
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Results[]
The full results for the 1968 International Gold Cup are outlined below:
Pos. | No. | Driver | Entreat | Constructor | Time/Retired | Grid |
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1 | 5 | Matra-Ford Cosworth | 1:00:39.0 | 2 | ||
2 | 8 | Ferrari | +4.6 s | 3 | ||
3 | 3 | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | +49.6 s | 7 | ||
4 | 12 | BRM | 39 laps | 6 | ||
5 | 14 | BRM | 34 laps | 12 | ||
6 | 15 | BRM | 34 laps | 13 | ||
Ret | 17 | Ferrari | 25 laps (Engine) | 8 | ||
Ret | 6 | Organisation |
Brabham-Repco | 22 laps (Oil leak) | 4 | |
Ret | 9 | Ferrari | 21 laps (Ignition) | 5 | ||
Ret | 7 | Organisation |
Brabham-Repco | 14 laps (Oil leak) | 9 | |
Ret | 10 | McLaren-BRM | 10 laps (Oil pressure) | 11 | ||
Ret | 11 | BRM | 7 laps (Front wishbone) | 10 | ||
Ret | 2 | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 7 laps (Transmission) | 1 |