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The Porsche 908 was the first 3-litre racing car from Porsche, introduced in 1968 designed and built to new regulations introduced by the FIA

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1968

25 April 1968 - Monza 1000 km - International Championship for Makes

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
5 Porsche 908 LH 908-004 P3.0 Ludovico Scarfiotti (I)/Gerhard Mitter (D) Porsche System Engineering (D) 11th 3rd 4th 84 laps
4 Porsche 908 LH 908-003 P3.0 Jo Siffert (CH)/Hans Herrmann (D) Porsche System Engineering (D) 19th 4th 2nd 73 laps

19 May 1968 - Nürburgring 1000 km - International Championship for Makes

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
2 Porsche 908 908-008 P3.0 Jo Siffert (CH)/Vic Elford (GB) Porsche (D) 1st 1st 27th 44 laps
1 Porsche 908 908-009 P3.0 Gerhard Mitter (D)/Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) Porsche (D) DNF 3rd Chassis

26 May 1968 - Spa 1000 km - International Championship for Makes

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
5 Porsche 908 908-011 P3.0 Hans Herrmann (D)/Rolf Stommelen (D) Porsche System Engineering (D) 3rd 2nd 5th 69 laps
6 Porsche 908 908-010 P3.0 Vic Elford (GB)/Jochen Neerpasch (D) Porsche System Engineering (D) DNF 4th 36 laps - Accident

14 July 1968 - Watkins Glen 6 Hours - International Championship for Makes

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
2 Porsche 908 908-009 P3.0 Hans Herrmann (D)/Tetsu Ikuzawa (J)/Jo Siffert (CH) Porsche System Engineering, Ltd. (D) 6th 2nd 3rd 257 laps
3 Porsche 908 908-005 P3.0 Scooter Patrick (USA)/Richard Attwood (GB)/Joe Buzzetta (USA) Porsche System Engineering, Ltd. (D) DNF 4th 145 laps - Wheel Bearing
1 Porsche 908 908-012 P3.0 Jo Siffert (CH)/Vic Elford (GB) Porsche System Engineering, Ltd. (D) DNF 1st 109 laps - Wheel Bearing
4 Porsche 908 908-011 P3.0 George Follmer (USA)/Joe Buzzetta (USA) Porsche System Engineering, Ltd. (D) DNF 5th 13 laps - Over Revved

25 August 1968 - Zeltweg 1000 km - International Championship for Makes

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
1 Porsche 908 908-005 P3.0 Jo Siffert (CH) Porsche System Engineering Ltd. (D) 1st 1st 1st 157 laps - #017?
3 Porsche 908 908-009 P3.0 Hans Herrmann (D)/Kurt Ahrens Jr. (D) Porsche System Engineering Ltd. (D) 2nd 2nd 3rd 157 laps - #018?
2 Porsche 908 908-006 P3.0 Vic Elford (GB) Porsche System Engineering Ltd. (D) 8th 4th 2nd 146 laps
4 Porsche 908 908-019 P3.0 Jochen Neerpasch (D)/Rudi Lins (A) Porsche System Engineering Ltd. (D) DNF 9th 115 laps - Throttle/Starter #011?

29 September 1968 - Le Mans 24 Hours - International Championship for Makes

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
33 Porsche 908 908-013 P3.0 Rolf Stommelen (D)/Jochen Neerpasch (D) Porsche System Engineering (D) 3rd 2nd 2nd 325 laps
34 Porsche 908 908-014 P3.0 Joe Buzzetta (USA)/Scooter Patrick (USA) Porsche System Enginnering (D) DNF 7th 115 laps - Alternator
32 Porsche 908 908-016 P3.0 Gerhard Mitter (D)/Vic Elford (GB) Porsche System Enginnering (D) DQ 3rd 111 laps - Change Alternator
31 Porsche 908 908-015 P3.0 Jo Siffert (CH)/Hans Herrmann (D) Porsche System Engineering (D) DNF 1st 59 laps - Clutch



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