Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Sun 12th May 1968 (UTC)
Sun 12th May 1968 (Local)

Timestamp
1968-05-12T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1968

Round
2

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Location
Circuito del Jarama

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The 1968 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jarama Circuit on 12 May 1968. It was race 2 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the first race after the death of former double World Champion Jim Clark, who had died in a non-championship Formula Two event in Hockenheim, Germany the previous month. Clark had led the drivers' championship before this race, on 9 points, after he won in the first race in South Africa.
The race saw the first appearance of Team Lotus in the red, gold and white colors of Imperial Tobacco's Gold Leaf brand as their title sponsor instead of the traditional British racing green, making them the first works team (second only to Team Gunston entering a private Brabham car at the 1968 South African Grand Prix) to paint their cars in the livery of their sponsors.

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Result List

Result Description
1 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 2:15:20.1
2 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford + 15.9
3 Brian Redman Cooper-BRM + 1 Lap
4 Ludovico Scarfiotti Cooper-BRM + 1 Lap
5 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford + 9 Laps

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