1968 World Sportscar Championship

The 1968 World Sportscar Championship season was the 16th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing and featured the 1968 International Championship for Makes and the 1968 International Cup for GT Cars.[1] The former was contested by Group 6 Sports Prototypes, Group 4 Sports Cars and Group 3 Grand Touring Cars [2] and the later by Group 3 Grand Touring Cars only. The two titles were decided over a ten race series which ran from 3 February 1968 to 29 September 1968.

1968 World Sportscar Championship
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The International Championship for Makes was won by Ford and the International Cup for GT Cars by Porsche.[1]

Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date
1 24 Hours of Daytona Daytona International Speedway 3 February
4 February
2 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway 23 March
3 BOAC 500 (6 Hours)† Brands Hatch 7 April
4 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 April
5 Targa Florio Palermo 5 May
6 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 19 May
7 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 26 May
8 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 14 July
9 500km of Zeltweg† Zeltweg Airfield 25 August
10 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 28 September
29 September‡

† - These races were contested by Sports Prototypes and Sports Cars only. GT cars did not participate.

‡ - The 24 Hours of Le Mans was originally scheduled to be run 15 June and 16, but was delayed due to a workers strike in France.

Season results

Races
Rnd Circuit Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Daytona #54 Porsche Engineering #31 Sunray DX Oil Company Results
Vic Elford
Jochen Neerspasch		 Jerry Grant
Dave Morgan
2 Sebring #49 Porsche Engineering #3 Sunray DX Oil Company Results
Jo Siffert
Hans Herrmann		 Hap Sharp
Dave Morgan
3 Brands Hatch #4 J.W. Automotive None Results
Jacky Ickx
Brian Redman
4 Monza #40 J.W. Automotive #68 IGFA Results
Paul Hawkins
David Hobbs		 Dieter Glemser
Helmut Kelleners
5 Palermo #224 Porsche Engineering #82 Ecurie Les Corsaires Results
Vic Elford
Umberto Maglioli		 Claude Haldi
Pierre Greub
Edgar Berney
6 Nürburgring #2 Porsche Engineering #110 Sepp Gregor Results
Jo Siffert
Vic Elford		 Sepp Gregor
Malte Huth
7 Spa-Francorchamps #33 J.W. Automotive #63 IGFA Results
Jacky Ickx
Brian Redman		 Dieter Glemser
Helmut Kelleners
8 Watkins Glen #5 J.W. Automotive #59 Brumos Porsche Results
Jacky Ickx
Lucien Bianchi		 Peter Gregg
Bert Everett
9 Zeltweg #1 Porsche Engineering None Results
Jo Siffert
10 La Sarthe #9 J.W. Automotive #43 Jean-Pierre Gaban Results
Pedro Rodriguez
Lucien Bianchi		 Jean-Pierre Gaban
Roger van der Schrick

Manufacturers Championships

International Championship for Makes

Points were awarded for overall placings gained by the top 6 finishers from Groups 6, 4 & 3 at each round in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1 †. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

Cars from other than Groups 6, 4 & 3 were ignored in the awarding of points for the overall championship.

Only the best 5 round results for each make counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Relinquished points are shown within brackets.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9† Rd 10 Total
1 Ford 9 9 (4) 9 9 (2) 9 45
2 Porsche 9 9 6 (6) 9 9 (6) (3) (4.5) (6) 42
3 Alfa Romeo 3 6 2 1.5 3 15.5
4= Chevrolet 4 4
4= Howmet 4 4
4= Alpine-Renault 4 4
7 Ferrari 2 2
8 Lola 1 1

† - Round 9 was awarded only half points due to its short distance.

International Cup for GT Cars

Points were awarded for Group placings gained by the top six GT finishers at each round in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

Only the best 5 round results for each make counted towards the title, with any other points earned not included in the total. Relinquished points are shown within brackets.

The GT class did not participate in Rounds 3 and 9.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 10 Total
1 Porsche (6) (6) 9 9 9 9 9 (9) 45
2 Chevrolet 9 9 6 24
3 MG 1 2 6 9
4 Lancia 4 4
5 Fiat 1 1

Car Details

The following models contributed to the nett points totals of their respective manufacturers.

International Championship for Makes

International Cup for GT Cars
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References
  1. FIA Yearbook 1974, Grey section, Pevious International Championship winners, pages 124 & 125
  2. Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
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