1968 Spanish Grand Prix

1968 Spanish Grand Prix
The Jarama Circuit (1967–1990)
The Jarama Circuit (1967–1990)
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 France 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.