Race details | |||
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Race 4 of 12 in the 1968 Formula One season | |||
Date | 9 June 1968 | ||
Official name | XXVIII Grand Prix de Belgique | ||
Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 14.100 km (8.761 mi) | ||
Distance | 28 laps, 394.800 km (245.317 mi) | ||
Weather | Overcast, Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 3:28.6 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | John Surtees | Honda | |
Time | 3:30.5 on lap 5 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Ford | ||
Second | BRM | ||
Third | Ferrari |
The 1968 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit on 9 June 1968. It was the fourth round of the 1968 Formula One season. The 28-lap race was won by McLaren driver Bruce McLaren after he started from sixth position. Pedro Rodríguez finished second for the BRM team and Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx came in third.