1968 World Sportscar Championship season

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The 1968 World Sportscar Championship season was the 16th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT. It ran from February 3, 1968 to September 29, 1968, and was comprised of 10 races.

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	February 3 February 4
2	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	March 23
3	BOAC 500 (6 Hours)†	Brands Hatch	April 7
4	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 25
5	Targa Florio	Palermo	May 5
6	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	May 19
7	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 26
8	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	July 14
9	500km of Zeltweg†	Zeltweg Airfield	August 25
10	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	September 28 September 29‡

† - These races were Sportscar class only, GT did not participate.

‡ - The 24 Hours of Le Mans was originally scheduled to be run June 15 and 16, but was delayed due to a workers strike in France.

[edit] Season Results

Points were awarded to the top 6 finishers in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

[edit] Races

Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
		Sportscar Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#54 Porsche Engineering	#31 Sunray DX Oil Company	Results
		Vic Elford Jochen Neerspasch	Jerry Grant Dave Morgan
2	Sebring	#49 Porsche Engineering	#3 Sunray DX Oil Company	Results
		Jo Siffert Hans Herrmann	Hap Sharp Dave Morgan
3	Brands Hatch	#4 John Wyer Automotive	None	Results
		Jacky Ickx Brian Redman
4	Monza	#40 John Wyer Automotive	#68 IGFA	Results
		Paul Hawkins David Hobbs	Dieter Glemser Helmut Kelleners
5	Palermo	#224 Porsche Engineering	#82 Ecurie Les Corsaires	Results
		Vic Elford Umberto Maglioli	Claude Haldi Pierre Greub Edgar Berney
6	Nürburgring	#2 Porsche Engineering	#110 Sepp Gregor	Results
		Jo Siffert Vic Elford	Sepp Gregor Malte Huth
7	Spa-Francorchamps	#33 John Wyer Automotive	#63 IGFA	Results
		Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	Dieter Glemser Helmut Kelleners
8	Watkins Glen	#5 John Wyer Automotive	#59 Brumos Porsche	Results
		Jacky Ickx Lucien Bianchi	Peter Gregg Bert Everett
9	Zeltweg	#1 Porsche Engineering	None	Results
		Jo Siffert
10	La Sarthe	#9 John Wyer Automotive	#43 Jean-Pierre Gaban	Results
		Pedro Rodriguez Lucien Bianchi	Jean-Pierre Gaban Roger van der Schrick

[edit] Manufacturers Championships

[edit] Overall Manufacturers Championship

All cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but the GT class also had their own separate championship.

Cars participating in races that were not included in the S, P, or GT classes are skipped in rewarding points for the overall championship.

Only the best 5 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Skipped points are marked in italics.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9†	Rd 10	Total
1	Ford			9	9		4	9	9	2	9	45
2	Porsche	9	9	6	6	9	9	6	3	4.5	6	42
3	Alfa Romeo	3				6	2			1.5	3	15.5
4=	Chevrolet		4									4
4=	Howmet								4			4
4=	Alpine-Renault				4							4
7	Ferrari			2								2
8	Lola			1								1

† - Round 9 was awarded only half points due to its short distance.

[edit] GT Manufacturers Championship

The GT class did not participate in Rounds 3 and 9.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	45
2	Chevrolet	9	9					6		24
3	MG		1	2			6			9
4	Lancia				4					4
5	Fiat			1						1

[edit] External links

• 1968 World Sportscar Championship