Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te whakamātautau, i kitea e Graham Hill he māmā te whakahaere i te Lotus 49 me te urupare, engari he uaua te mana o te pūkaha Ford ki te whakahaere i te tuatahi. Ko te V8 ka puta ohorere te mana i āta whakaarotia e Hill. I muri i tana rerenga tuatahi i roto i te motokā, ka mea ia i roto i te kāhua witty noa, 'Kua whiwhi te reira i te tahi mau pokepoke! Ehara i te taputapu tawhito kino. ' Heoi, i wikitoria a Jim Clark i tana whakataetae tuatahi i Zandvoort me te ngawari ka wikitoria ano e toru nga wikitoria i roto i te waa, engari ko te koretake o te timatanga me te DFV i whakamutu i ana tumanakohanga toa. I raru i tana whakataetae tuatahi mo te Hill, ana i raru te pihi i te Belgian Grand Prix, i tu i te 8.76 maero (14.73 kiromita) Spa-Francorchamps. I hinga a Clark me Hill i ona take pono i te French Grand Prix, i tu ki Le Mans Bugatti Circuit (he ara iti ake e whakamahi ana i tetahi waahanga noa iho o te ara i whakamahia mo te Le Mans 24 Hours), ka ngaro ki a Jack Brabham. Ka mutu te wahie o Clark i Monza i te Italian Grand Prix
He aha? Ko nga hapa miihini i ngaro i a Lotus te toa i tera tau, engari i whakaarohia ko te 1968 he tau pai ake i muri i te whakaoti a Cosworth me Lotus i a raatau hoahoa, he maarama te huarahi whakamua.