1968 – Ford GT40, O Rei de Le Mans

24 Horas de Le Mans 1968
Por motivo de greves na França, a competição saiu pela segunda vez do tradicional mês de junho e ocorreu em julho. A partir desta edição, o circuito passa a medir 13.469 metros.
Henry Ford II deu-se por satisfeito com os dois sucessos nos anos anteriores e não quis arriscar um possível fracasso, preferiu sair por cima, e assim o Ford oficial de fábrica retirou-se do campeonato.
No entanto, John Wyer, que comandou o projeto do GT40 em 1964, segue na luta com o apoio e patrocínio da Gulf Oil. O regulamento para o ano de 1968 mudava a condição dos motores, agora limitados a 5 litros de cilindrada. A Ford retirou sua equipe oficial enquanto a Ferrari saiu do campeonato. Para a fábrica americana restavam como concorrentes os temidos e cada vez mais velozes alemães da Porsche.
Wyer melhora os freios e aprimora os motores de 302 polegadas cúbicas (5 litros), aumentando sua potência para 425 cavalos, o bastante para fazê-lo atingir 350 km/h na reta Mulsanne, de quase sete quilômetros em Le Mans. Esses modelos da Ford foram denominados GT40 Mark II, e um de seus carros, equipado com pneus Firestone, vence a prova de 1968 com os pilotos Pedro Rodriguez e Luciano Bianchi.
A Porsche lança o modelo 908, com 3000cc e 335HP, mesmo tendo um motor mais forte de qualquer outro produzido até então pela fábrica, ele se aproxima dos carros favoritos, mas não consegue lhes dar combate direto. Mesmo assim os alemães vencem em quatro categorias, no esporte-protótipo e classe de 2001 a 2500cm³ com o 907/8 de Dieter Spoerry/Rico Steinemann, na classe de 2501 a 3000cm³ com Rolf Stommelen/Jochen Neerpasch pilotando o 908, e na classe GT com o 911S de Jean-Pierre Gaban/Roger Vanderschrich.
O francês Henri Pescarolo faz uma corrida corajosa ao conduzir seu Matra MS630 sob chuva à noite, sem os limpadores de para-brisas. Também se deve ressaltar o excelente desempenho dos carros Alfa Romeo T33/B2 que obtiveram o 4º, 5º e 6º postos na geral. Ainda participam as Ferraris 250LM 3.3 de equipes particulares. Os GT40 ganharam o campeonato, com vitórias em Brands Hatch, Monza, Bélgica, Watkins Glen e Le Mans. A terceira vitória em terras francesas foi obtida de forma brilhante.  

Classificação geral
1 S 5.0 9 Pedro Rodriguez/Lucien Bianchi - Ford GT40 Mk. II - 331 voltas
2 P 3.0 66 Rico Steinemann/Dieter Spoerry - Porsche 907L - 326 voltas
3 P 3.0 33 Jochen Neerpasch/Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 908 - 325 voltas
4 P 2.0 39 Inazio Giunti/Nanni Galli - Alfa Romeo T33/2 - 322 voltas
5 P 2.0 38 Carlo Facetti/Spartaco Dini - Alfa Romeo T33/2 - 315 voltas
6 P 2.0 40 Mario Casoni/Giampiero Biscaldi - Alfa Romeo T33/2 - 305 voltas
7 S 5.0 21 David Piper/Richard Attwood - Ferrari 250LM - 302 voltas
8 P 3.0 30 André de Cortanze/Jean Vinatier - Alpine A220 - 297 voltas
9 P 2.0 57 Alain LeGuellec/Alain Serpaggi - Alpine A210 - 289 voltas
10 P 1.3 52 Jean-Luc Thérier/Bernard Tramont - Alpine A210 - 288 voltas

1967 - Campeonato Internacional de Fabricantes de protótipos

Daytona 24 Hours - Date: 5.2.1967 (round 1)
1st 23 Lorenzo Bandini/Chris Amon - Ferrari 330 P3/4 Spyder
2nd 24 Mike Parkes/Ludovico Scarfiotti - Ferrari 330 P4 Coupé
3rd 26 Pedro Rodriguez/Jean Guichet - Ferrari 412 P
4th 52 Hans Herrmann/Jo Siffert - Porsche 910
5th 55 Spoerry / Steinemann - Porsche 906 LH
6th 11 Thompson/Jacky Ickx - Ford GT40
7th 1 Bruce McLaren/Lucien Bianchi - Ford Mk II
8th 20 William Wonder/Caldwell - Ford GT40
9th 54 Ryan / Bencker - Porsche 911 S
10th 61 George P. Drolsom/Williamson - Porsche 911

Date: 1.4.1967 - Sebring 12 Hours (round 2)
1st 1 Bruce McLaren/Mario Andretti - Ford Mk IV
2nd 2 A. J. Foyt/Lloyd Ruby - Ford Mk IIB
3rd 36 Patrick/Gerard Mitter - Porsche 910
4th 37 Jo Siffert/Hans Herrmann - Porsche 910
5th 19 Nino Vaccarella/Humberto Maglioli - Ford GT40
6th 40 Steinemann / Spoerry - Porsche 906 LH
7th 38 Buzzetta / Gregg - Porsche 906
8th 17 Grossman / McNamara - Ford GT40
9th 46 Kirby / Johnson - Porsche 911 S
10th 8 Yenko / Morgan - Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray

1.000 km. de Monza - Date: 25.4.1967 (round 3)
1st 3 Lorenzo Bandini/Chris Amon - Ferrari 330 P4
2nd 4 Mike Parkes/Ludovico Scarfiotti - Ferrari 330 P4
3rd 15 Jochen Rindt/Gerard Mitter - Porsche 910
4th 7 Nino Vaccarella/Herbert Müller - Ferrari 412 P
5th 16 Hans Herrmann/Jo Siffert - Porsche 910
6th 33 Jo Schlesser/Guy Ligier - Ford GT40
7th 22 Spoerry / Steinemann - Porsche 906 LH
8th 43 Schütz/Joaquim Neerpasch - Porsche 906
9th 5 David Piper/Thompson - Mirage M1 Ford
10th 46 Giulio Bona/Taramazzo - Porsche 906

Date: 1.5.1967 - 1000 Km de Spa Francorchamps (round 4)
1st 6 Jacky Ickx/Thompson - Mirage M1 Ford
2nd 21 Jo Siffert/Hans Herrmann - Porsche 910
3rd 10 Richard Attwood/Lucien Bianchi - Ferrari 412 P
4th 2 Paul Hawkins/Jackie Epstein - Lola T70 Mk.3 GT Chevrolet
5th 9 Mike Parkes/Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 330 P4
6th 4 Peter Sutcliffe/Brian Redman - Ford GT40
7th 22 Robert Koch/Gerard Mitter - Porsche 910
8th 41 Salmon/Jackie Oliver - Ford GT40
9th 30 Trosch / Pilette - Alfa Romeo Giulia
10th 71 Enever / Poole - MGB

Targa Florio - Date: 14.5.1967 (round 5)
1st 228 Paul Hawkins/Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 910/8
2nd 174 Leo Cella/Biscaldi - Porsche 910
3rd 166 Vic Elford/Joaquim Neerpasch - Porsche 910
4th 198 Williams / Venturi - Ferrari Dino 206 P
5th 130 Greder / Giorgi - Ford GT40
6th 218 Jo Siffert/Brian Herrmann - Porsche 910/8
7th 46 Cahier / Killy - Porsche 911 S
8th 14 Alberto Girardini/Filippi - Lancia Fulvia HF
9th 128 Ted Worswick/Bond - Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III
10th 24 Restivo / "The Tortoise" - Fiat 124 Sport Spider

1000-km de Nürburgring - Date: 28.5.1967 (round 6)
1st 17 Schütz / Buzzetta - Porsche 910
2nd 19 Paul Hawkins/Koch - Porsche 910
3rd 18 Joaquim Neerpasch/Vic Elford - Porsche 910
4th 7 Gerard Mitter/Lucien Bianchi - Porsche 910
5th 22 Bussinello/Zeccoli/de Adamich/Galli - Alfa Romeo T33
6th 70 Dechent / Huhn - Porsche 906
7th 61 Greder / Giorgi - Ford GT40
8th 67 Colin Crabbe/Pierpoint - Ford GT40
9th 27 Martland / Moores - Chevron B6 BMW
10th 60 Schlesser / Ligier - Ford GT40

24 Horas de Le Mans - Date: 11.6.1967 (round 7)
1st 1 Dan Gurney/A. J. Foyt - Ford Mk IV
2nd 21 Ludovico Scarfiotti/Mike Parkes - Ferrari 330 P4
3rd 24 Willy Mairesse/"Beurlys" - Ferrari 330 P4
4th 2 Bruce McLaren/Mike Donohue - Ford Mk IV
5th 41 Jo Siffert/hans Herrmann - Porsche 907 LH
6th 38 Rolf Stommelen/Jo Neerpasch - Porsche 910
7th 37 Vic Elford/Pon - Porsche 906
8th 66 Koch/Christian Poirot - Porsche 906
9th 46 Henri Grandsire/Rosinski - Alpine A210 Renault
10th 49 Andre de Cortanze/LeGuellec - Alpine A210 Renault

Trofeo Hockenheim - Date: 9.7.1967 (round 8)
1st 3 Toine Hezemans - Abarth 1300 OT
2nd 2 Ernst Furtmayr - Abarth 1300 OT
3rd 5 Erich Bitter - Abarth 1300 OT
4th 7 Helmut Krause - Abarth 1300 OT
5th 29 "Jean Pier" - Matra Djet 5S
6th 26 Heinrich Baumgartner - Glas 1300 GT
7th 30 Karl-Heinz Panowitz - NSU Spider
8th 25 Karl Herd - Glas 1300 GT
9th 31 Gerd Rustige - NSU Wankel Spyder
10th 33 Rolf Edel - NSU Wankel Spyder

Trofeo Mugello - Date: 23.7.1967 (round 9)
1st 1 Schütz/Gerard Mitter - Porsche 910
2nd 2 Jo Neerpasch/Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 910
3rd 30 Gjis van Lennep/Vic Elford - Porsche 911 R
4th 4 Schlesser/Guy Ligier - Ford Mk IIB
5th 63 Leo Cella/Biscaldi - Porsche 906
6th 65 Facetti / Nicodemi - Porsche 906
7th 154 "Hoga" / Moser - Alfa Romeo GTA
8th 148 Benelli / Virgilio - Alfa Romeo GTA
9th 27 Sandro Munari - Lancia Fulvia HF
10th 64 "Khandaru" / Dalla Torre - Porsche 906 ]

Date: 30.7.1967 - 6 Horas de Brands Hatch (round 10)
1st 1 Mike Spence/Phil Hill - Chaparral 2F Chevrolet
2nd 6 Chris Amon/Jackie Stewart - Ferrari 330 P4 Spyder
3rd 11 Jo Siffert/Bruce McLaren - Porsche 910
4th 12 Hans Herrmann/Jo Neerpasch - Porsche 907 LH
5th 7 Ludovico Scarfiotti/Johnny Sutcliffe - Ferrari 330 P4 Spyder
6th 8 Paul Hawkins/Jonnathan Williams - Ferrari 330 P4 Spyder
7th 9 Richard Attwood/David Piper - Ferrari 412 P
8th 72 A. G. Dean/Pon - Porsche 906
9th 29 Ken Miles/Jackie Oliver - Lotus 47 Ford
10th 55 Dibley / Pierpoint - Ferrari 250 LM

Coppa Città di Enna - Date: 6.8.1967 (round 11)
1st 80 Nino Vaccarella - Ford GT40
2nd 62 Dieter Spoerry - Porsche 906 LH
3rd 66 Carlo Facetti - Porsche 906
4th 60 Luigi Taramazzo - Porsche 906
5th 26 Alfio Gambero - Abarth 1300
6th 22 "Nicor" - Abarth 1300
7th 82 "Ben Hur" - Ferrari 275 GTB/4
8th 38 Carmelo Giugno - Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
9th 14 Jem Marsh Marcos - Mini GT 49
10th 40 Pietro Lo Piccolo - Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ

Date: 20.8.1967 - 500 km de Zeltweg (round 12)
1st 5 Paul Hawkins - Ford GT40
2nd 17 Bradley/Richard Attwood - Porsche 906
3rd 3 Nino Vaccarella/Humberto Maglioli - Ford GT40
4th 6 David Piper/Skailes - Ferrari 250 LM
5th 8 Edward Nelson - Ford GT40
6th 19 Steinemann / Spoerry - Porsche 906 LH
7th 25 Johannes Ortner - Abarth 1300
8th 24 Erich Bitter - Abarth 1300
9th 28 Jöst / Dechent - Abarth 1300
10th 10 Jochen Rindt/Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 906

Date: 27.8.1967 - Course de Côte d'Ollon-Villars (round 13)
1st 196 Gerhard Mitter - Porsche 910
2nd 197 Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 910
3rd 199 Dieter Quester - Lola T110 BMW
4th 198 Peter Schetty - Abarth 2000 SP
5th 210 Herbert Müller - Ferrari 412 P
6th 160 Rudi Lins - Porsche 906
7th 159 Sepp Greger - Porsche 906
8th 164 Alex Soler-Roig - Porsche 906
9th 162 Hans Kühnis - Porsche 906
10th 209 André Wicky - Porsche 910

500 km de Nürburgring - Date: 3.9.1967 (round 14)
1st 2 Roger Delageneste - Alpine A210 Renault
2nd 42 Ernst Furtmayr - Abarth 1300
3rd 44 Johannes Ortner - Abarth 1300
4th 5 Teddy Pilette - Alfa Romeo Giulia
5th 43 Erich Bitter - Abarth 1300
6th 77 Herbert Schultze - Alfa Romeo GTA
7th 73 Serge Trosch - Alfa Romeo GTA
8th 79 Dieter Fröhlich - Alfa Romeo GTA
9th 22 John Moore - Ginetta G12 Ford
10th 78 Dieter Gleich - Alfa Romeo GTA

Marcas	D	S	M	SF	TF	N	LM	TH	TM	BH	CE	Z	OV	N	Total
Porsche	10	12	12	15	20	20	8	0	20	12	15	15	20	0	179
Ford	6	20	6	6	8	4	20	0	10	0	20	20	0	0	120
Ferrari	20	0	20	12	12	0	15	0	0	15	4	10	8	0	116
Abarth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	8	4	10	15	57
Alfa Romeo	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	10	27
Mirage	0	0	2	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
Lola	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	22
Alpine	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	22
Chaparral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	20
Matra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Glas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Lancia	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
NSU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Austin Healey	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Chevron	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Lotus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ginetta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Corvette	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
MGB	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Fiat	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1