Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwaka wakaona zvitsva zvitatu zvinokosha. Yokutanga yakanga iri kusvika kwevatsigiri vasina kuganhurirwa, iyo FIA yakasarudza kubvumira gore iroro mushure mokubviswa kwekutsigirwa kubva kumakambani ane chokuita nemotokari akadai seBP, Shell neFirestone. Team Gunston, chikwata chemuSouth Africa chema privateer, ndiyo yaive timu yekutanga yeFormula One kupenda mota dzayo nemadhirowa evamiriri vayo pavakapinda muBrabham yakavanzika yaJohn Love, yakapendwa nemavara efodya dzeGunston, mu1968 South African Grand Prix. Mumutambo unotevera pa 1968 Spanish Grand Prix
, Lotus yakava boka rokutanga rokushanda kutevera muenzaniso uyu, naGraham Hill's Lotus 49B yakapinda muRutsvuku, Goridhe uye Mavara machena eImperial Tobacco's Gold Leaf brand. Chitsva chechipiri chaive kuiswa kwemapapiro sezvamboonekwa kare pamotokari dzakasiyana-siyana kusanganisira motokari yemitambo yeChaparral 2F. Colin Chapman akaunza mapapiro epamberi uye spoiler paGraham Hill's Lotus 49B paMonaco Grand Prix ya1968. Brabham naFerrari vakaita zviri nani zvikuru paGrand Prix yeBelgium ya1968 nemapapiro akazara akaiswa pamusoro pemutyairi. Lotus akapindura nechipapiro chakazara chakasungirirwa zvakananga kune kusimudzwa kwekumashure izvo zvaida kugadziriswazve kwekusimudza wishbones uye kutumira shafts. Matra akabva agadzira mapapiro epamberi akakwirira akabatanidzwa kumisikidzwa kwemberi. Izvi zvitsva zvaiwanzoshandiswa panguva yokurovedza sezvo zvaida simba guru kubva kumutyairi. Pakupera kwemwaka wacho zvikwata zvakawanda zvakanga zvichishandisa mapapiro akaoma kunzwisisa. Pakupedzisira, chitsva chechitatu chaiva kuiswa kwechidzitiro chechiso chakazara chevatyairi, naDan Gurney achiva mutyairi wokutanga kupfeka chigamba chakadaro paGermany Grand Prix ya1968. Akanga abetsera kuigadzira nekambani yeBell Helmets uye akanga atoishandisa munhangemutange yeIndy 500 gore iroro. Mumakore mashomanene yakava chisarudzo chechienzi uye gare gare kunyange chokumanikidzirwa pakati pavamhanyi veF1.