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1968 Race of Champions
Non-championship race in the 1968 Formula One season
Race details[1]
Date 17 March 1968
Official name III Race of Champions
Location Brands Hatch
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.265 km (2.65 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 213.25 km (132.5 miles)
Pole position
Driver
  • New Zealand Bruce McLaren
McLaren-Cosworth
Time 1:30.0
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Cosworth
Time 1:31.6
Podium
First
  • New Zealand Bruce McLaren
McLaren-Cosworth
Second
  • Mexico Pedro Rodríguez
BRM
Third
  • New Zealand Denny Hulme
McLaren-Cosworth

The 3rd Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 17 March 1968 at Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by Bruce McLaren in a McLaren M7A, who started from pole position, set fastest lap and finished over 14 seconds ahead of Pedro Rodríguez's BRM P133. McLaren's team mate Denny Hulme was third in another McLaren M7A.

  1. ^ "1968 Race of Champions". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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