1968 Italian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 9 of 12 in the 1968 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | September 8, 1968 | ||
| Official name | XXXIX Gran Premio d'Italia | ||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.750 km (3.573 mi) | ||
| Distance | 68 laps, 391.000 km (242.956 mi) | ||
| Weather | Hot, Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Honda | ||
| Time | 1:26.07 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jackie Oliver
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Lotus-Ford | |
| Time | 1:26.5 on lap 7 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Ford | ||
| Second | Matra-Ford | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1968 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Monza Autodrome on September 8, 1968. It was the ninth round of the 1968 Formula One season. The 68-lap race was won by McLaren driver Denny Hulme after he started from seventh position. Johnny Servoz-Gavin finished second for the Matra team and Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx came in third.
There was a five-week break after the previous Grand Prix in Germany, and before F1 circus resumed in Italy. The season so far had seen both rainfall and tragedy. During the break, the Oulton Park Gold Cup attracted some of the top names, with Jackie Stewart taking the victory, after his dominant victory at the Nürburgring.
A total of 24 F1 cars were entered for the event, making this the biggest of the season, with a couple of notable American drivers on the entry list. Italian American Mario Andretti, entered in a third Lotus and his USAC rival, Bobby Unser, replacing Richard Attwood at Owen Racing Organisation (BRM). Many others team increase their drivers crews. Johnny Servoz-Gavin due to drive the second of Ken Tyrrell's Matra International cars. Scuderia Ferrari ran a third car for rising English star, Derek Bell, while David Hobbs with fielded by Honda Racing.
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