1968 Elite Racing League season

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1968 Elite Racing League season
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Drivers Champion	Manufacturers Champion
Denny Hulme	Honda

The 1968 Elite Racing League season was the 9th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.) The Drivers Championship was won by 1967 Formula 1 Champion, Denny Hulme on his debut for the new McLaren team who won it at the final race by 4 points, whilst a surprising constructors championship battle put Honda at the top of the results table for the first time after the chequered flag was waved in Buenos Aries, this would be the first Constructors title not to be won by a European constructor.

Season Review

The United States and Argentine Grand Prix dates swapped back to their traditional places in the calendar.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor
1	Template:GBR British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:GBR Innes Ireland	Template:GBR Innes Ireland	Honda
2	Template:FRA French Grand Prix	Magny-Cours	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:USA Dan Gurney	Template:GBR Alan Wray	Honda
3	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Denny Hulme	Denny Hulme	Template:GBR McLaren-Ford
4	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Bruce McLaren	Denny Hulme	Denny Hulme	Template:GBR McLaren-Ford
5	Dutch Grand Prix	Zandvoort	Jo Bonnier	Template:GBR Alan Wray	Denny Hulme	Template:GBR McLaren-Ford
6	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Denny Hulme	Giancarlo Baghetti	Template:GBR Lotus-Ford
7	Template:USA United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	Jo Bonnier	Jo Bonnier	Jo Bonnier	Ferrari
8	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aries	Jo Bonnier	Template:BEL Jacky Ickx	Template:GBR Innes Ireland	Honda

Teams and Drivers

Ford replaced Climax as the main manufacturer due to Climax ceasing racing car production in 1967.

Australian Manufacturer Repco debuted in the championship after a few years in Formula 1 to construct the Brabham team cars.

McLaren entered 2 cars for the first time in a season.

Team	Constructor	Engine	Tyres	#	Driver	Rounds
Template:GBR Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Repco	Repco 740 3.0 V8	Template:Goodyear	1	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	All
				2	Template:AUT Jochen Rindt	All
Template:GBR British Racing Motors Limited	BRM	BRM P60 2.1 V8	Template:Goodyear	3	Template:GBR Brian Redman	All
				4	Template:FRA Jo Schlesser	All
Template:GBR Cooper Car Company	Cooper-BRM	BRM P60 2.1 V8		5	Template:USA Dan Gurney	All
				6	Pedro Rodriguez	All
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12		7	Jo Bonnier	All
				8	Template:BEL Jacky Ickx	All
Honda Racing	Honda	Honda RA273E 3.0 V12		9	Template:GBR Innes Ireland	All
				10	Template:GBR Alan Wray	All
Template:GBR Team Lotus	Lotus-Ford	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		11	Template:USA Mario Andretti	All
				12	Giancarlo Baghetti	All
Template:GBR Bruce McLaren Racing	McLaren-Ford	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Template:Goodyear	13	Bruce McLaren	All
				14	Denny Hulme	All

Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Denny Hulme	35
2	Template:GBR Alan Wray	31
3	Template:GBR Innes Ireland	20
4	Jo Bonnier	19
5	Template:FRA Jo Schlesser	16
6	Template:AUT Jochen Rindt	14
7	Giancarlo Baghetti	13
8	Pedro Rodriguez	13
9	Template:BEL Jacky Ickx	9
10	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	8
11	Template:USA Dan Gurney	8
12	Template:USA Mario Andretti	6
13	Template:GBR Brian Redman	4
14	Bruce McLaren	4

Constructors Championship

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	51
2	Template:GBR McLaren-Ford	39
3	Ferrari	28
4	Template:GBR Brabham-Climax	22
5	Template:GBR Cooper-Climax	21
6	Template:GBR BRM	20
7	Template:GBR Lotus-Climax	19