1968 BRDC International Trophy

A total of 15 F1 cars were entered for the event, with Tony Lanfranchi due to make his F1 debut.^[2]

Denny Hulme took pole position for Bruce McLaren Motor Racing team, in their McLaren-Cosworth M7A, averaging a speed of 127.635 mph, around the 2.927 mile course. He was joined on the front row by Mike Spence with his BRM P126, together with Bruce McLaren and Pedro Rodríguez in the second works BRM. This race was the last time an F1 event began with a 4-3-4-3 format starting grid. ^[2][1]

The race was held over 52 laps of the Silverstone circuit. Denny Hulme took the winner spoils for works McLaren team, driving their McLaren-Cosworth M7A. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 14:44.8mins., averaging a speed of 124.744 mph. Around 10.9 seconds behind was the second place car, that of his team-mate and team owner, Bruce McLaren. The podium was completed by another Kiwi, Chris Amon, giving New Zealand a podium lock-out. Amon was 5.6 seconds adrift off McLaren in his Ferrari 312. With the second Ferrari in fourth, driven by Jacky Ickx, the first English driver home was Piers Courage in his privately entered BRM P126, albeit one lap down.^[2][1]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Ret.
1	1	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	52	1:14:44.8
2	2	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	52	+ 10.9 s
3	20	Chris Amon	Ferrari	52
4	6	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	52
5	9	Piers Courage	BRM	51	+ 1 Lap
6	16	David Hobbs	BRM	50	+ 2 Laps
7	15	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Repco	49	+ 3 Laps
Ret	7	Mike Spence	BRM	40	Timing Gear
Ret	8	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	36	Fuel pressure
Ret	12	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford	26	Clutch
Ret	11	Frank Gardner	Cooper-BRM	23	Engine
Ret	18	Tony Lanfranchi	Brabham-Climax	20	Oil pressure
Ret	5	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	12	Fuel pipe
Ret	14	Jo Bonnier	McLaren-BRM	4	Distributor
DNS	17	Trevor Taylor	McLaren-Climax

^[1]

• "Formula One World". Retrieved 2008-01-29.
• "Stats F1". Retrieved 2008-01-29.