1968 Spanish Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 12 May 1968 | ||
Official name | XIV Gran Premio de España | ||
Location | Circuito Permanente del Jarama, Madrid, Spain | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 3.404 km (2.115 miles) | ||
Distance | 90 laps, 306.360 km (190.363 miles) | ||
Weather | Hot, Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:27.9 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra-Ford | |
Time | 1:28.3 on lap 47 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lotus-Ford | ||
Second | McLaren-Ford | ||
Third | Cooper-BRM | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1968 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jarama Circuit on 12 May 1968. It was race 2 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the first race after the death of former double World Champion Jim Clark, who had died in a non-championship Formula Two event in Hockenheim, Germany the previous month. Clark had led the drivers' championship before this race, on 9 points, after he won in the first race in South Africa.