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. The former was contested by Group 6 Sports Prototypes, Group 4 Sports Cars and Group 3 Grand Touring Cars 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.
The International Championship for Makes was won by Ford and the International Cup for GT Cars by Porsche.

Schedule

RndRaceCircuit or LocationDate
1 24 Hours of DaytonaDaytona International Speedway3 February
4 February
2 12 Hours of SebringSebring International Raceway23 March
3 BOAC 500 Brands Hatch7 April
4 1000km MonzaAutodromo Nazionale Monza25 April
5 Targa FlorioPalermo5 May
6 1000km NürburgringNürburgring19 May
7 1000km SpaCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps26 May
8 Watkins Glen 6 HoursWatkins Glen International14 July
9 500km of ZeltwegZeltweg Airfield25 August
10 24 Hours of Le MansCircuit de la Sarthe28 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

RndCircuitWinning TeamGT Winning TeamResults
RndCircuitWinning DriversGT Winning DriversResults
1Daytona #54 Porsche Engineering #31 Sunray DX Oil CompanyResults
1Daytona Vic Elford
Jochen Neerspasch
Jerry Grant
Dave Morgan
Results
2Sebring #49 Porsche Engineering #3 Sunray DX Oil CompanyResults
2Sebring Jo Siffert
Hans Herrmann
Hap Sharp
Dave Morgan
Results
3Brands Hatch #4 J.W. AutomotiveNoneResults
3Brands Hatch Jacky Ickx
Brian Redman
Results
4Monza #40 J.W. Automotive #68 IGFAResults
4Monza Paul Hawkins
David Hobbs
Dieter Glemser
Helmut Kelleners
Results
5Palermo #224 Porsche Engineering #82 Ecurie Les CorsairesResults
5Palermo Vic Elford
Umberto Maglioli
Claude Haldi
Pierre Greub
Edgar Berney
Results
6Nürburgring #2 Porsche Engineering #110 Sepp GregorResults
6Nürburgring Jo Siffert
Vic Elford
Sepp Gregor
Malte Huth
Results
7Spa-Francorchamps #33 J.W. Automotive #63 IGFAResults
7Spa-Francorchamps Jacky Ickx
Brian Redman
Dieter Glemser
Helmut Kelleners
Results
8Watkins Glen #5 J.W. Automotive #59 Brumos PorscheResults
8Watkins Glen Jacky Ickx
Lucien Bianchi
Peter Gregg
Bert Everett
Results
9Zeltweg #1 Porsche EngineeringNoneResults
9Zeltweg Jo SiffertResults
10La Sarthe #9 J.W. Automotive #43 Jean-Pierre GabanResults
10La Sarthe Pedro Rodriguez
Lucien Bianchi
Jean-Pierre Gaban
Roger van der Schrick
Results

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.
PosManufacturerRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Rd 10Total
1 Ford9999945
2 Porsche9969942
3 Alfa Romeo3621.5315.5
4= Chevrolet44
4= Howmet44
4= Alpine-Renault44
7 Ferrari22
8 Lola11

† - 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.
PosManufacturerRd 1Rd 2Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 10Total
1 Porsche9999945
2 Chevrolet99624
3 MG1269
4 Lancia44
5 Fiat11

Car Details

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

International Championship for Makes