The 1958 Formula One season included the 9th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 19, 1958, and ended on October 19 after eleven races. It was one of the most important and tragic seasons in Formula One's history.

[edit] Season summary

Although the engine formula remained the same, minimum race lengths were reduced to 300 kilometres or two hours, and the use of commercial petrol became compulsory, in place of specialized alcohol-based racing fuels. The world championship for constructors was introduced for the first time and went to Vanwall, but Ferrari's Mike Hawthorn won the driver's championship from Stirling Moss with five second places, despite the latter having won four of the ten grand prix to Hawthorn's one. Fangio, the dominant driver of the 1950s and one of the greatest of all time, competed in only two races, retiring after the French Grand Prix. Rear-engined Cooper-Climaxes, entered by the private owner Rob Walker, shocked the establishment by winning two early-season races: Moss, driving for Walker in Argentina because Vanwall had not entered, beat the Ferraris by superior race craft, and Trintignant outlasted the opposition at Monaco. Hawthorn retired with the championship, but died in a road accident in early 1959. Luigi Musso died in the French Grand Prix, Peter Collins a month later in the German Grand Prix and Stuart Lewis-Evans in the last event of the season. Maria Teresa de Filippis became the first woman to drive in a world championship event.

[edit] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 19	Oscar Gálvez	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 18	Monaco	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	Report
3	Dutch Grand Prix	May 26	Zandvoort	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
4	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly-Offenhauser	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	June 15	Spa-Francorchamps	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	Report
6	French Grand Prix	July 6	Reims	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Report
7	British Grand Prix	July 19	Silverstone	Peter Collins	Ferrari	Report
8	German Grand Prix	August 3	Nürburgring	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	Report
9	Portuguese Grand Prix	August 24	Boavista	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
10	Italian Grand Prix	September 7	Monza	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	Report
11	Moroccan Grand Prix	October 19	Ain-Diab	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report

[edit] 1958 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Points[1]
1	Vanwall	48 (57)
2	Ferrari	40 (55)
3	Cooper-Climax	31
4	BRM	18
5	Maserati	6
6	Lotus-Climax	3
7	Connaught	0
8	OSCA	0
9	Porsche	0

[edit] 1958 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos. Driver ARG MON NED 500 BEL FRA GBR GER POR ITA MOR Pts.[1] 1 Mike Hawthorn 3 Ret* 5 2* 1* 2* Ret 2* 2 2 42 (49) 2 Stirling Moss 1 Ret 1* Ret 2 Ret Ret* 1 Ret 1* 41 3 Tony Brooks Ret Ret Ret† 1 Ret 7 1 Ret 1 Ret 24 4 Roy Salvadori Ret 4 8 11 3 2 9 5 7 15 5 Peter Collins Ret 3 Ret Ret 5 1 Ret 14 6 Harry Schell 6 5 2 5 Ret 5 Ret 6 Ret 5 14 7 Maurice Trintignant 1 9 7 Ret 8 3 8 Ret Ret 12 8 Luigi Musso 2 2 7 Ret Ret 12 9 Stuart Lewis-Evans Ret Ret Ret† 3 Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 11 10 Phil Hill 7 9 3 3 9 11 Jean Behra 5 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 9 12 Wolfgang von Trips Ret 3 Ret 4 5 Ret 9 13 Jimmy Bryan 1 8 14 Juan Manuel Fangio 4* 4 7 15 George Amick 2 6 16 Johnny Boyd 3 4 17 Tony Bettenhausen 4* 4 18 Jack Brabham 4 8 Ret 6 6 Ret 7 Ret 11 3 19 Cliff Allison 6 6 4 Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 10 3 20 Masten Gregory Ret Ret 4 6 3 21 Joakim Bonnier Ret 10 9 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 3 22 Jim Rathmann 5 2 23 Bruce McLaren 5 13 0 24 Graham Hill Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6* 16 0 25 Olivier Gendebien 6 Ret Ret 0 26 Jimmy Reece 6 0 27 Don Freeland 7 0 28 Carlos Menditeguy 7 0 29 Maria Teresa de Filippis DNQ 10 Ret Ret 0 30 Paco Godia 8 DNQ Ret Ret 0 31 Jack Fairman Ret 8 0 32 Jud Larson 8 0 33 Carroll Shelby Ret 9 Ret Ret 0 34 Hans Herrmann Ret Ret 9 0 35 Gerino Gerini DNQ 9 Ret Ret 12 0 36 Giulio Cabianca DNQ Ret 0 37 Horace Gould 9 DNQ 0 38 Eddie Johnson 9 0 39 Troy Ruttman 10 0 40 Bill Cheesbourg 10 0 41 Carel Godin de Beaufort 11 Ret 0 42 Al Keller 11 0 43 Giorgio Scarlatti Ret Ret 0 44 Ian Burgess Ret 7 0 45 Johnnie Parsons 12 0 46 Ivor Bueb Ret 11 0 47 Johnnie Tolan 13 0 48 Bob Christie Ret 0 49 Robert La Caze 14 0 50 Wolfgang Seidel Ret Ret Ret 0 51 Dempsey Wilson Ret 0 52 Andre Guelfi 15 0 — Ron Flockhart DNQ Ret 0 — A. J. Foyt Ret 0 — Paul Russo Ret 0 — Shorty Templeman Ret 0 — Rodger Ward Ret 0 — Billy Garrett Ret 0 — Eddie Sachs Ret 0 — Johnny Thomson Ret 0 — Chuck Weyant Ret 0 — Jack Turner Ret 0 — Bob Veith Ret 0 — Dick Rathmann Ret 0 — Ed Elisian Ret 0 — Pat O'Connor Ret 0 — Paul Goldsmith Ret 0 — Jerry Unser Ret 0 — Len Sutton Ret 0 — Art Bisch Ret 0 — Alan Stacey Ret 0 — Christian Goethals Ret 0 — Dick Gibson Ret 0 — Brian Naylor Ret 0 — Francois Picard Ret 0 — Tom Bridger Ret 0 — Mike Magill DSQ 0 — Ken Kavanagh DNQ 0 — Bruce Kessler DNQ 0 — Paul Emery DNQ 0 — Andre Testut DNQ 0 — Luigi Piotti DNQ 0 — Bernie Ecclestone DNQ 0 — Luigi Taramazzo DNQ 0 — Louis Chiron DNQ 0 Pos. Driver ARG MON NED 500 BEL FRA GBR GER POR ITA MOR Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

• * Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
• † Position shared between more drivers of the same car

[edit] Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races also held in 1958, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
VI Glover Trophy	Goodwood	April 7	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Report
VIII Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	April 13	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	Report
XIII BARC Aintree 200	Aintree	April 19	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	Report
X BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 3	Peter Collins	Ferrari	Report
VI Grand Prix de Caen	Caen	July 20	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	Report

[edit] Notes