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The 1968 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca on November 3, 1968. It was race 12 of 12 in 1968 Formula One season.

This race was to determine the World Drivers' Championship, contested between Britons Graham Hill in the Lotus 49B-Ford and Jackie Stewart in the Matra MS10-Ford, and defending champion, New Zealander Denny Hulme in the McLaren M7A-Ford. The race was moved back a week so as not to clash with the Mexico City Summer Olympics, which ended on October 26.

Hulme started with a mathematical chance of becoming world champion, but his McLaren broke a rear suspension member early, crashed, and caught fire. Jo Siffert took the lead, but had to pit with a broken throttle cable. Stewart fell back when his engine started to misfire, his car's handling began going off, and had a fuel-feed problem. Hill won this race and his second Drivers' Championship, after Stewart fell back to seventh after an engine problem with his Matra.

The Mexican government's effort to curb civil unrest led to a switch from military police to unarmed policemen and track marshals for crowd control; by race end, spectators were encroaching on the track itself. This was one reason for the ultimate cancellation of future Mexican Grands Prix.


Offical Name
VII Gran Premio de Mexico
Date
1968-11-03
Circuit
Course Length
km \ miles
Distance
65 laps, km \ miles

Podium
Pos. Driver Constructor

Pole Position
Driver Consturctor Time

Fastest Lap
Driver Constructor Fastest Lap

This race saw...
  • Driver
    • World Drivers' Champion:
    • 13th win for 
    • 1st pole position for 
    • 1st podium for 
  • Team
    • World Constructors' Champion:
    • 34th win for 
  • Engine
    • 15th win for Ford Cosworth
    • 100th Grand Prix for BRM
Data
  • Weather: Sunny
  • Attendance:
  • Entries: 22
  • Qualified: 21
  • Classified: 10
Post-race Drivers' Standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 48
2 36
3 33
4 27
5 22
6 18
7 12
8 12
9 11
10 10
11 9
12 8
13 6
13 6
15 6
16 6
17 5
18 5
19 4
20 4
21 3
22 3
23 2
23 2
Post-race Constructors' Standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 62
2 49
3 45
4 32
5 28
6 14
7 14
8 10
9 8
10 3


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