250px|thumb|right|Winner [[Jackie Stewart in a Matra MS10]]
250px|thumb|right|[[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodriguez in a BRM P133]]
thumb|right|[[BMW's Formula Two car and driver Hubert Hahne during practice]]
The 1968 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring on 4 August 1968. It was race 8 of 12 in both the 1968 World Championship of Drivers and the 1968 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was held in extremely wet and foggy conditions, and British driver Jackie Stewart, racing with a broken wrist, won the race by a margin of four minutes in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest victories in the history of Formula One.
Report
Background
After Jo Siffert had surprisingly won the previous race at Brands Hatch, the paddock arrived at the Nürburgring almost unchanged. Equally unchanged was the weather: with rain over the entire weekend, this was to be the fifth wet race in a row. BMW entered a Lola-built Formula Two car driven by Hubert Hahne in order to evaluate their competitiveness in Formula One.
Practice and qualifying
On Saturday, conditions were so poor, with visibility down to mere ten yards, that the organizers scheduled an additional practice session for Sunday morning. Still many drivers slid off the track during the morning session. Eventually, Jacky Ickx took pole positions by a full 10 seconds from second placed Chris Amon, both in a Ferrari. Jackie Stewart in his Matra MS10 was down in sixth place on the grid.
Classification
Qualifying
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Time
! Gap
|-
!1
| 9
| Jacky Ickx
| Ferrari
| 9:04.0
| align="center" |—
|-
!2
| 8
| Chris Amon
| Ferrari
| 9:14.9
| +10.9
|-
!3
| 5
| Jochen Rindt
| Brabham-Repco
| 9:31.9
| +27.9
|-
!4
| 3
| Graham Hill
| Lotus-Ford
| 9:46.0
| +42.0
|-
!5
| 20
| Vic Elford
| Cooper-BRM
| 9:53.0
| +49.0
|-
!6
| 6
| Jackie Stewart
| Matra-Ford
| 9:54.2
| +50.2
|-
!7
| 7
| John Surtees
| Honda
| 9:57.8
| +53.8
|-
!8
| 22
| Piers Courage
| BRM
| 10:00.1
| +56.1
|-
!9
| 16
| Jo Siffert
| Lotus-Ford
| 10:03.4
| +59.4
|-
!10
| 14
| Dan Gurney
| Eagle-Weslake
| 10:13.9
| +1:09.9
|-
!11
| 1
| Denny Hulme
| McLaren-Ford
| 10:16.0
| +1:12.0
|-
!12
| 12
| Jean-Pierre Beltoise
| Matra
| 10:17.3
| +1:13.3
|-
!13
| 21
| Jackie Oliver
| Lotus-Ford
| 10:18.7
| +1:14.7
|-
!14
| 10
| Pedro Rodríguez
| BRM
| 10:19.7
| +1:15.7
|-
!15
| 4
| Jack Brabham
| Brabham-Repco
| 10:23.1
| +1:19.1
|-
!16
| 2
| Bruce McLaren
| McLaren-Ford
| 10:33.0
| +1:29.0
|-
!17
| 17
| Kurt Ahrens Jr.
| Brabham-Repco
| 10:37.3
| +1:33.3
|-
!18
| 18
| Hubert Hahne
| Lola-BMW
| 10:42.9
| +1:38.9
|-
!19
| 19
| Lucien Bianchi
| Cooper-BRM
| 10:46.6
| +1:42.6
|-
!20
| 11
| Richard Attwood
| BRM
| 10:48.2
| +1:44.2
|-
!21
| 23
| Silvio Moser
| Brabham-Repco
|
|
|-
! colspan="6" | Source:
|}
Race
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! Points
|-
! 1
| 6
| Jackie Stewart
| Matra-Ford
| 14
| 2:19:03.2
| 6
| 9
|-
! 2
| 3
| Graham Hill
| Lotus-Ford
| 14
| + 4:03.2
| 4
| 6
|-
! 3
| 5
| Jochen Rindt
| Brabham-Repco
| 14
| + 4:09.4
| 3
| 4
|-
! 4
| 9
| Jacky Ickx
| Ferrari
| 14
| + 5:55.2
| 1
| 3
|-
! 5
| 4
| Jack Brabham
| Brabham-Repco
| 14
| + 6:21.1
| 15
| 2
|-
! 6
| 10
| Pedro Rodríguez
| BRM
| 14
| + 6:25.0
| 14
| 1
|-
! 7
| 1
| Denny Hulme
| McLaren-Ford
| 14
| + 6:31.0
| 11
|
|-
! 8
| 22
| Piers Courage
| BRM
| 14
| + 7:56.4
| 8
|
|-
! 9
| 14
| Dan Gurney
| Eagle-Weslake
| 14
| + 8:13.7
| 10
|
|-
! 10
| 18
| Hubert Hahne
| Lola-BMW
| 14
| + 10:11.4
| 18
|
|-
! 11
| 21
| Jackie Oliver
| Lotus-Ford
| 13
| + 1 Lap
| 13
|
|-
! 12
| 17
| Kurt Ahrens Jr.
| Brabham-Repco
| 13
| + 1 Lap
| 17
|
|-
! 13
| 2
| Bruce McLaren
| McLaren-Ford
| 13
| + 1 Lap
| 16
|
|-
! 14
| 11
| Richard Attwood
| BRM
| 13
| + 1 Lap
| 20
|
|-
!
| 8
| Chris Amon
| Ferrari
| 11
| Accident
| 2
|
|-
!
| 12
| Jean-Pierre Beltoise
| Matra
| 8
| Accident
| 12
|
|-
!
| 16
| Jo Siffert
| Lotus-Ford
| 6
| Ignition
| 9
|
|-
!
| 19
| Lucien Bianchi
| Cooper-BRM
| 6
| Fuel Leak
| 19
|
|-
!
| 7
| John Surtees
| Honda
| 3
| Ignition
| 7
|
|-
!
| 20
| Vic Elford
| Cooper-BRM
| 0
| Accident
| 5
|
|-
!
| 23
| Silvio Moser
| Brabham-Repco
|
| Oil Pump
|
|
|-
!
| 15
| Jo Bonnier
| McLaren-BRM
|
|
|
|
|-
!colspan=8| Sources:
|}
Notes
- This was the 100th race for a Lotus. In those 100 races, the British constructor had won 33 Grands Prix, had achieved 52 podiums, 43 pole positions, 35 fastest laps, 12 Grand Slams and had won 2 Driver's and 2 Constructor's World Championships.
Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 1
| Graham Hill
| style="text-align:left;"| 30
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 2
| Jackie Stewart
| style="text-align:left;"| 26
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 3
| Jacky Ickx
| style="text-align:left;"| 23
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 4
| Denny Hulme
| style="text-align:left;"| 15
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 5
| Pedro Rodríguez
| style="text-align:left;"| 11
|-
!colspan=4|Source:
|}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 1
| Lotus-Ford
| style="text-align:left;"| 44
|-
|align="left"| 10px 2
|align="center"| 2
| Matra-Ford
| style="text-align:left;"| 29
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 3
| Ferrari
| style="text-align:left;"| 28
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 4
| McLaren-Ford
| style="text-align:left;"| 22
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 5
| BRM
| style="text-align:left;"| 18
|-
!colspan=4|Source: