1968 French Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 6 of 12 in the 1968 Formula One season | |||
The Rouen Les Essarts circuit in 1968
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| Date | 7 July 1968 | ||
| Official name | LIV Grand Prix de France | ||
| Location | Rouen-Les-Essarts, Grand-Couronne, France | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 6.542 km (4.065 mi) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 392.520 km (243.901 mi) | ||
| Weather | Wet | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Brabham-Repco | ||
| Time | 1:56.1 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Pedro Rodríguez
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BRM | |
| Time | 2:11.5 on lap 19 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Honda | ||
| Third | Matra-Ford | ||
The 1968 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Rouen-Les-Essarts Circuit on 7 July 1968. It was the sixth round of the 1968 Formula One season. The 60-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx after he started from third position. John Surtees finished second for the Honda team and Matra driver Jackie Stewart came in third.
The French driver Jo Schlesser had a fatal accident on the second lap of the race. His car crashed and caught fire, the car's magnesium chassis contributing to the fire.
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