South African Grand Prix

Date
Mon 1st January 1968 (UTC)
Mon 1st January 1968 (Local)

Timestamp
1968-01-01T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1968

Round
1

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Location
Kyalami

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The 1968 South African Grand Prix, formally the 2nd AA Grand Prix of South Africa was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami Circuit on Monday 1 January 1968. It was race 1 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won by two time World Drivers' Champion and 1965 Indianapolis 500 winner Jim Clark for Lotus-Ford after starting from pole position. The race is significant as not only the last Formula One race to be won by Clark, but also the last in which he ever competed, due to his fatal crash at the Hockenheimring in Germany three months later. At this race Team Gunston became the first Formula One team to paint their cars in the livery of their sponsors instead of national colours when they entered a private Brabham for John Love and an LDS for Sam Tingle.

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Jim Clark

1:53:56.6

Result Description
1 Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:53:56.6
2 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford + 25.3
3 Jochen Rindt Brabham-Repco + 30.4
4 Chris Amon Ferrari + 2 Laps
5 Denny Hulme McLaren-BRM + 2 Laps
6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford + 3 Laps
7 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati + 3 Laps
8 John Surtees Honda + 5 Laps
9 John Love Brabham-Repco + 5 Laps

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