Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
14.100 km (8.761 miles)
Distance
28 laps, 394.800 km (245.317 miles)
Weather
Overcast, Dry
Pole position
Driver
Chris Amon
Ferrari
Time
3:28.6
Fastest lap
Driver
John Surtees
Honda
Time
3:30.5 on lap 5
Podium
First
Bruce McLaren
McLaren-Ford
Second
Pedro Rodríguez
BRM
Third
Jacky Ickx
Ferrari
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1968 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit on 9 June 1968. It was race 4 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 28-lap race was won by McLaren driver Bruce McLaren after he started from sixth position. Pedro Rodríguez finished second for the BRM team and Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx came in third.
On the seventh lap Brian Redman went off the circuit when his suspension failed and he crashed into and over a concrete barrier and into a parked car. His Cooper caught fire but Redman escaped with a severely broken right arm and a few minor burns.
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