The 1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 20th F.I.M.Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of ten Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 21 April, with German Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix on 15 September. As the sidecar race was cancelled at the Nations Grand Prix, it was announced that a replacement race would be held at Hockenheimring in October alongside the German national championship.[1]
With the departure of Honda from the Grand Prix scene, MV Agusta proceeded to dominate the larger classes with Giacomo Agostini winning every race in the 500 and 350 classes.[2] The 250 crown went to Phil Read amidst a controversy between Yamaha teammates. Read was supposed to take the 125 title while leaving the 250 crown for Bill Ivy. After Read captured the 125 title, he ignored team orders and went after the 250 title as well.[2] Ivy and Read finished the championship tying on points and race results, and in this unlikely scenario, the FIM decided to give Read the title based on aggregate race times.[3] As a result, Yamaha would discharge Read and he would never regain a place on the factory team.[2]Hans-Georg Anscheidt would capture his third consecutive 50cc championship for Suzuki.
^The sidecar race at the 1968 Nations Grand Prix was cancelled and so a replacement race was held alongside the German national championship at the Hockenheimring in October.[1]
Standingsedit
Scoring systemedit
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of three were counted on 50cc championships, best of five in 125cc championships, best of six in 250cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars and 350cc, the best of four races were counted.
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1968, grand, prix, motorcycle, racing, season, 1968, grand, prix, motorcycle, racing, season, previous, 1967, next, 1969, 20th, road, racing, world, championship, grand, prix, season, season, consisted, grand, prix, races, classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, . 1968 F I M Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Previous 1967 Next 1969 The 1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 20th F I M Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season The season consisted of ten Grand Prix races in six classes 500cc 350cc 250cc 125cc 50cc and Sidecars 500cc It began on 21 April with German Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix on 15 September As the sidecar race was cancelled at the Nations Grand Prix it was announced that a replacement race would be held at Hockenheimring in October alongside the German national championship 1 Contents 1 Season summary 2 1968 Grand Prix season calendar 3 Standings 3 1 Scoring system 3 1 1 500cc final standings 3 2 350cc Standings 3 3 250cc Standings 3 4 125cc Standings 3 5 50cc Standings 4 ReferencesSeason summary editWith the departure of Honda from the Grand Prix scene MV Agusta proceeded to dominate the larger classes with Giacomo Agostini winning every race in the 500 and 350 classes 2 The 250 crown went to Phil Read amidst a controversy between Yamaha teammates Read was supposed to take the 125 title while leaving the 250 crown for Bill Ivy After Read captured the 125 title he ignored team orders and went after the 250 title as well 2 Ivy and Read finished the championship tying on points and race results and in this unlikely scenario the FIM decided to give Read the title based on aggregate race times 3 As a result Yamaha would discharge Read and he would never regain a place on the factory team 2 Hans Georg Anscheidt would capture his third consecutive 50cc championship for Suzuki 1968 Grand Prix season calendar editRound Date Grand Prix Circuit 50cc winner 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Sidecars 500cc winner Report 1 21 April nbsp German Grand Prix Nurburgring Sudschleife nbsp Hans Georg Anscheidt nbsp Phil Read nbsp Bill Ivy nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Fath Kalauch Report 2 5 May nbsp Spanish Grand Prix Montjuic circuit nbsp Hans Georg Anscheidt nbsp Salvador Canellas nbsp Phil Read nbsp Giacomo Agostini Report 3 14 June nbsp Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain nbsp Barry Smith nbsp Phil Read nbsp Bill Ivy nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Schauzu Horst Schneider Report 4 29 June nbsp Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen nbsp Paul Lodewijkx nbsp Phil Read nbsp Bill Ivy nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Attenberger Schillinger Report 5 7 July nbsp Belgian Grand Prix Spa Francorchamps nbsp Hans Georg Anscheidt nbsp Phil Read nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Auerbacher Hahn Report 6 14 July nbsp East German Grand Prix Sachsenring nbsp Phil Read nbsp Bill Ivy nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Giacomo Agostini Report 7 21 July nbsp Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Masaryk Circuit nbsp Phil Read nbsp Phil Read nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Giacomo Agostini Report 8 4 August nbsp Finnish Grand Prix Imatra Circuit nbsp Phil Read nbsp Phil Read nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Fath Kalauch Report 9 17 August nbsp Ulster Grand Prix Dundrod Circuit nbsp Bill Ivy nbsp Bill Ivy nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Giacomo Agostini Report 10 15 September nbsp Nations Grand Prix Monza nbsp Bill Ivy nbsp Phil Read nbsp Giacomo Agostini nbsp Giacomo Agostini Cancelled Report 11 N 1 13 October nbsp Hockenheim Grand Prix Hockenheimring nbsp Fath Kalauch Footnotes The sidecar race at the 1968 Nations Grand Prix was cancelled and so a replacement race was held alongside the German national championship at the Hockenheimring in October 1 Standings editScoring system edit Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race Only the best of three were counted on 50cc championships best of five in 125cc championships best of six in 250cc and 500cc championships while in the Sidecars and 350cc the best of four races were counted Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 500cc final standings edit Pos Rider Machine GER nbsp ESP nbsp MAN nbsp HOL nbsp BEL nbsp DDR nbsp CZE nbsp FIN nbsp ULS nbsp NAC nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 48 80 2 nbsp Jack Findlay Matchless Cardani Ret 2 Ret 2 2 3 2 2 5 Ret 34 36 3 nbsp Gyula Marsovszky Matchless Seeley Matchless 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 11 3 6 Ret Ret 10 4 nbsp Alberto Pagani Linto Ret Ret 2 Ret 4 9 5 nbsp Robin Fitton Norton 4 2 9 6 nbsp Peter Williams Arter Matchless 3 Ret 4 7 7 5 20 9 9 7 nbsp Derek Woodman Seeley Ret 9 Ret 3 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 8 8 nbsp John Cooper Seeley Norton Ret 3 6 4 Ret Ret 8 9 nbsp Dan Shorey Norton 2 Ret Ret 10 6 Ret Ret 7 10 nbsp Angelo Bergamonti Paton Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 7 11 nbsp Kel Carruthers Norton Westlake Ret 6 5 5 Ret Ret 8 6 6 7 12 nbsp Brian Ball Seeley Matchless Matchless 2 18 6 13 nbsp Renzo Pasolini Benelli 2 6 14 nbsp John Dodds Norton Ret 3 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 5 8 6 15 nbsp Billie Nelson Paton Norton Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 4 7 Ret Ret 5 16 nbsp John Hartle Metisse MV Agusta Ret Ret 9 11 9 Ret 3 4 17 nbsp Barry Randle Norton 3 4 18 nbsp Percy Tait Triumph Ret 4 3 19 nbsp Bill Smith Matchless Paton 4 Ret Ret 3 20 nbsp Nikolai Sevostianov Vostok 4 3 21 nbsp Bohumil Stasa CZ 5 Ret 13 Ret 2 22 nbsp Silvano Bertarelli Paton 5 2 nbsp Bernie Lund Matchless 5 2 24 nbsp Rodney Gould Norton Triumph 6 Ret 8 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 1 25 nbsp Ron Chandler Matchless Seeley Matchless 7 6 9 Ret Ret 10 1 26 nbsp Rex Butcher Norton Matchless Seeley Ret 6 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 27 nbsp Godfrey Nash Norton Ret 6 Ret Ret 1 28 nbsp Derek Lee Gazelle Matchless Ret 7 9 0 29 nbsp Walter Scheimann Norton 12 7 12 12 11 0 30 nbsp Malcolm Uphill Manning Norton Ret 7 Ret 0 31 nbsp John Blanchard Metisse 7 0 32 nbsp Errol Cowan Matchless Norton Metisse 8 Ret 12 10 0 33 nbsp Keith Turner Matchless 15 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 0 34 nbsp Bo Granath Matchless Seeley Ret 14 14 8 Ret Ret 0 35 nbsp Steve Jolly Higley Matchless Ret Ret 8 0 36 nbsp Gordon Keith Monark 8 0 37 nbsp Paul Eickelberg Norton 10 9 13 19 14 0 38 nbsp Pentti Lehtela Matchless 13 14 9 0 39 nbsp Heinrich Rosenbusch Norton 9 0 nbsp Frantisek Srna Jawa 9 0 41 nbsp Theo Louwes Norton 10 12 0 42 nbsp Hannu Kuparinen Matchless 10 0 nbsp William McCosh Matchless 10 0 44 nbsp Gyorgy Kurucz Matchless Metisse 18 15 15 11 0 45 nbsp Armand Nerger Honda 11 0 nbsp Bert Oosterhuis Norton 11 0 nbsp Matti Salonen Yamaha 11 0 nbsp Ron Wilson Norton 11 0 nbsp John Williams Matchless 11 0 50 nbsp Werner Bergold Matchless 12 0 nbsp Paolo Campanelli Matchless 12 0 nbsp Tony Godfrey Norton 12 0 nbsp Wolfgang Stropek Norton 12 0 54 nbsp Karl Hoppe Matchless Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 0 55 nbsp Dieter Dogmann BMW 13 0 nbsp Gianfranco Domeniconi Norton 13 0 nbsp George Fogarty Matchless 13 0 nbsp Osmo Hansen Matchless 13 0 nbsp Jack Lindh Seeley 13 0 60 nbsp Edy Lenz Matchless 14 0 nbsp Charlie Sanby Norton 14 0 nbsp Barry Scully Norton 14 0 63 nbsp Peter Humber Humber Crescent Ret 15 0 64 nbsp Peter Darvill Norton 15 0 65 nbsp Alan Lawton Norton 16 16 0 66 nbsp Ferdinand Kaczor BMW 16 0 67 nbsp Hartmut Allner Matchless 17 0 nbsp Bob McCurry Matchless 17 0 nbsp Jan Strijbis Norton 17 0 70 nbsp Jim Evans Norton 18 0 71 nbsp Ralf Engelhardt Norton 19 Ret 0 72 nbsp Selwyn Griffiths Matchless 19 0 73 nbsp Norman Price Norton 20 0 74 nbsp Harris Healey Norton 21 0 nbsp Ian Munro Matchless 21 0 76 nbsp Peter Gibson Matchless 22 0 77 nbsp George Barnacle Triumph 23 0 78 nbsp Brian Adams Norton 24 0 79 nbsp Adrian Cooper Norton 25 0 80 nbsp Bob Heath BSA 26 0 81 nbsp Gilbert Argo Matchless 27 0 82 nbsp Walter Dawson Norton 28 0 83 nbsp Jim Curry Aermacchi Metisse 29 Ret 0 84 nbsp Jim Ashton Matchless 30 0 85 nbsp John Burgess Norton 31 Ret 0 86 nbsp Graham Robinson Read Titan 32 0 87 nbsp Brian Hunter Matchless 33 0 88 nbsp Chris Neve Matchless 34 0 89 nbsp Dennis Trollope Norton 35 0 90 nbsp Reay Mackay Vincent HRD 36 0 91 nbsp Roy Reid Norton 37 0 nbsp Marty Lunde Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 nbsp Frantisek Stastny Jawa Ret Ret Ret 0 nbsp Vincent Duckett Matchless Ret Ret 0 nbsp Denis Gallagher Matchless Ret Ret 0 nbsp Silvio Grassetti Bianchi Ret Ret 0 nbsp Maurice Hawthorne Norton Ret Ret 0 nbsp Ernst Weiss Seeley Ret Ret 0 nbsp Billy Andersson Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Jean Aureal Aermacchi Ret 0 nbsp Alan Barnett Kirby Metisse Ret 0 nbsp Rupert Bauer BMW Ret 0 nbsp Bob Biscardine Velocette Ret 0 nbsp Karel Bojer CZ Ret 0 nbsp Ray Breingan Norton Ret 0 nbsp Bo Brolin Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Mick Burns BSA Metisse Ret 0 nbsp Hans Otto Butenuth BMW Ret 0 nbsp Heiner Butz Bianchi Ret 0 nbsp Salvador Canellas Bultaco Ret 0 nbsp Doug Cash Norton Ret 0 nbsp Bert Clark Rickman Metisse Ret 0 nbsp Roger Corbett Norton Ret 0 nbsp Conway Chivers Norton Ret 0 nbsp Herbert Denzler Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Tom Dickie Petty Norton Ret 0 nbsp Hugh Evans BSA Ret 0 nbsp Rolf Fenker Norton Ret 0 nbsp Derek Filler Norton Ret 0 nbsp Bill Fulton Norton Ret 0 nbsp Roger Fursman Norton Ret 0 nbsp Manfred Gackle Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Albert Haddock Triton Ret 0 nbsp Mike Hailwood Benelli Ret 0 nbsp Peter Hampe Norton Ret 0 nbsp Mick Hatherill Matchless Metisse Ret 0 nbsp Keith Heckles Norton Ret 0 nbsp Oliver Howe Norton Ret 0 nbsp Griff Jenkins Matchless Ret 0 nbsp John Jones Triumph Ret 0 nbsp Brian Kemp Triumph Ret 0 nbsp Willi Kern Norton Ret 0 nbsp Endel Kiisa Vostok Ret 0 nbsp Stanislav Klatil Jawa Ret 0 nbsp Ray Knight Hughes Triumph Ret 0 nbsp Udo Konchanski BMW Ret 0 nbsp Toivo Lehtinen Norton Ret 0 nbsp Taneli Lepo Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Vasco Loro Norton Ret 0 nbsp Pat Mahoney Oakley Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Emanuele Maugliani Norton Ret 0 nbsp Dennis May Petty Norton Ret 0 nbsp Tony McGurk Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Hans Jurgen Melcher Honda Ret 0 nbsp David Menzies Norton Ret 0 nbsp Gilberto Milani Linto Ret 0 nbsp Ginger Molloy Bultaco Ret 0 nbsp Stephen Murray Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Gart Neveling Norton Ret 0 nbsp Ilari Pekkinen Norton Ret 0 nbsp Giovanni Perrone Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Harry Reynolds Matchless Metisse Ret 0 nbsp Tony Rutter Norton Ret 0 nbsp Brian Sapsford Lyster Norton Ret 0 nbsp Jack Saunders Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Peter Sheppard Norton Ret 0 nbsp Bruno Spaggiari Ducati Ret 0 nbsp Steve Spencer Norton Ret 0 nbsp Malcolm Stanton Norton Ret 0 nbsp John Taylor Kirby Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Rolf Thiemig Norton Ret 0 nbsp Colin Thompson Norton Ret 0 nbsp Franco Trabalzini Norton Ret 0 nbsp Harry Turner Norton Ret 0 nbsp Tom Walker Triumph Ret 0 nbsp Brian Walmsley Norton Ret 0 nbsp John Wetherall Norton Ret 0 nbsp Lewis Young Matchless Ret 0 nbsp Benedetto Zambotti Bianchi Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike GER nbsp ESP nbsp MAN nbsp HOL nbsp BEL nbsp DDR nbsp CZE nbsp FIN nbsp ULS nbsp NAC nbsp Pts Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non points finish Non classified finish NC Purple Retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Withdrew WD Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Did not arrive DNA Excluded EX Bold Pole Italics Fastest Lap 350cc Standings edit Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 nbsp Giacomo Agostini Italy MV Agusta 32 7 2 nbsp Renzo Pasolini Italy Benelli 18 0 3 nbsp Kel Carruthers Australia Aermacchi 17 0 4 nbsp Heinz Rosner East Germany MZ 12 0 nbsp Ginger Molloy New Zealand Bultaco 12 0 6 nbsp Derek Woodman United Kingdom Aermacchi 9 0 7 nbsp Frantisek Stastny Czechoslovakia Jawa 8 0 8 nbsp Bohumil Stasa Czechoslovakia CZ 7 0 9 nbsp Bill Smith United Kingdom Honda 4 0 nbsp Gilberto Milani Italy Aermacchi 4 0 nbsp Brian Steenson United Kingdom Aermacchi 4 0 nbsp Silvio Grassetti Italy Benelli 4 0 13 nbsp Billie Nelson United Kingdom Norton 3 0 14 nbsp Dan Shorey United Kingdom Norton 2 0 nbsp John Cooper United Kingdom Seeley 2 0 nbsp Karl Hoppe West Germany Aermacchi 2 0 nbsp Bruno Spaggiari Italy Ducati 2 0 18 nbsp Jack Findlay Australia Aermacchi 1 0 nbsp Dave Simmonds United Kingdom Kawasaki 1 0 250cc Standings edit Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 nbsp Phil Read United Kingdom Yamaha 46 5 2 nbsp Bill Ivy United Kingdom Yamaha 46 5 3 nbsp Heinz Rosner East Germany MZ 32 0 4 nbsp Rodney Gould United Kingdom Yamaha 21 0 5 nbsp Ginger Molloy New Zealand Bultaco 19 0 6 nbsp Renzo Pasolini Italy Benelli 10 0 7 nbsp Santiago Herrero Spain Ossa 8 0 8 nbsp Kent Andersson Sweden Yamaha 6 0 9 nbsp Malcolm Uphill United Kingdom Suzuki 5 0 nbsp Laszlo Szabo Hungary MZ 5 0 nbsp Jack Findlay Australia Bultaco 5 0 12 nbsp Carlos Giro Vila Spain Ossa 3 0 nbsp Gordon Keith Rhodesia Yamaha 3 0 14 nbsp Carlos Rocamora Spain Bultaco 2 0 nbsp Gilberto Milani Italy Aermacchi 2 0 16 nbsp Paul Eickelberg West Germany Aermacchi 1 0 nbsp Bill Smith United Kingdom Yamaha 1 0 nbsp Gyula Marsovsky Switzerland Bultaco 1 0 nbsp Rex Butcher United Kingdom Suzuki 1 0 125cc Standings edit Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 nbsp Phil Read United Kingdom Yamaha 40 6 2 nbsp Bill Ivy United Kingdom Yamaha 34 2 3 nbsp Ginger Molloy New Zealand Bultaco 15 0 4 nbsp Heinz Rosner East Germany MZ 12 0 5 nbsp Salvador Canellas Spain Bultaco 11 1 6 nbsp Laszlo Szabo Hungary MZ 11 0 nbsp Dieter Braun West Germany MZ Neckermann 11 0 8 nbsp Hans Georg Anscheidt West Germany Suzuki 10 0 9 nbsp Gunter Bartusch East Germany MZ 8 0 10 nbsp Kel Carruthers Australia Honda 6 0 11 nbsp Tommy Robb United Kingdom Bultaco 5 0 12 nbsp Siegfried Mohringer West Germany MZ Neckermann 4 0 nbsp Jan Huberts Netherlands MZ 4 0 14 nbsp Walter Scheimann West Germany Honda 3 0 nbsp Friedhelm Kohlar East Germany MZ 3 0 nbsp Dave Simmonds United Kingdom Kawasaki 3 0 17 nbsp Kent Andersson Sweden MZ 2 0 nbsp Gordon Keith Rhodesia Montesa 2 0 nbsp Hartmut Bischoff East Germany MZ 2 0 nbsp Lothar John West Germany MZ 2 0 nbsp Jurgen Lenk East Germany MZ 2 0 nbsp Thomas Heuschkel East Germany MZ 2 0 23 nbsp Pedro Alvarez Spain Bultaco 1 0 nbsp Steve Murray United Kingdom Honda 1 0 nbsp Giuseppe Visenzi Italy Montesa 1 0 nbsp Janos Reisz Hungary MZ 1 0 50cc Standings edit Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 nbsp Hans Georg Anscheidt West Germany Suzuki 30 3 2 nbsp Paul Lodewijkx Netherlands Jamathi 17 1 3 nbsp Barry Smith Australia Derbi 15 1 4 nbsp Angel Nieto Spain Derbi 10 0 5 nbsp Rudolf Kunz West Germany Kreidler 6 0 nbsp Chris Walpole United Kingdom Honda 6 0 nbsp Rudolf Schmalzle West Germany Kreidler 6 0 8 nbsp Leslie Griffiths United Kingdom Honda 4 0 nbsp Aalt Toersen Netherlands Kreidler 4 0 10 nbsp Ludwig Fassbender West Germany Kreidler 3 0 nbsp Brian Lock United Kingdom Honda 3 0 nbsp Jan de Vries Netherlands Kreidler 3 0 13 nbsp Cees van Dongen Netherlands Kreidler 2 0 nbsp Carlos Giro Vila Spain Derbi 2 0 nbsp Jim Pink United Kingdom Honda 2 0 nbsp Jos Schurgers Netherlands Kreidler 2 0 nbsp Martin Mijwaart Netherlands Jamathi 2 0 18 nbsp Janco Florjan Stefe 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