Type: | NC |
Country: | UK |
Grand Prix: | Race of Champions |
Details Ref: | [1] |
Official Name: | III Race of Champions |
Location: | Brands Hatch |
Date: | 17 March |
Year: | 1968 |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 2.65 |
Course Km: | 4.265 |
Distance Laps: | 50 |
Distance Mi: | 132.5 |
Distance Km: | 213.25 |
Pole Driver: | Bruce McLaren |
Pole Country: | New Zealand |
Pole Team: | McLaren-Cosworth |
Pole Time: | 1:30.0 |
Fast Driver: | Bruce McLaren |
Fast Team: | McLaren-Cosworth |
Fast Time: | 1:31.6 |
Fast Country: | New Zealand |
First Driver: | Bruce McLaren |
First Country: | New Zealand |
First Team: | McLaren-Cosworth |
Second Driver: | Pedro Rodríguez |
Second Country: | Mexico |
Second Flag Suffix: | 1934 |
Second Team: | BRM |
Third Driver: | Denny Hulme |
Third Country: | New Zealand |
Third Team: | 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.