1958 F1 World Championship Season

1957 F1 World Championship

1959 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Mike Hawthorn (1st title, 4th different world champion, 1st British champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Vanwall (1st title)
Races:	11
Winning drivers:	Stirling Moss (4) Tony Brooks (3) Maurice Trintignant (1) Jimmy Bryan (1) Mike Hawthorn (1) Peter Collins (1)
Winning constructors:	Vanwall (6) Cooper (2) Ferrari (2) Epperly (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Jimmy Bryan
First-time winners (constructor):	Cooper

1958 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	19 January	1958 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	18 May	1958 Monaco Grand Prix
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	26 May	1958 Dutch Grand Prix
4	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	1958 Indianapolis 500
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	15 June	1958 Belgian Grand Prix
6	France	Reims	6 July	1958 French Grand Prix
7	Britain	Silverstone	19 July	1958 British Grand Prix
8	Germany	Nurburgring	3 August	1958 German Grand Prix
9	Portugal	Porto	24 August	1958 Portuguese Grand Prix
10	Italy CT	Monza	7 September	1958 Italian Grand Prix
11	Morocco DT	Casablanca	19 October	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	7	2.700s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	5	20.100s
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	2	47.900s
4	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly-Offenhauser	7	27.329s
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	5	20.700s
6	France	Reims	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1	24.600s
7	Britain	Silverstone	Peter Collins	Ferrari	6	24.200s
8	Germany	Nurburgring	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	2	3m 29.700s
9	Portugal	Porto	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	1	5m 12.750s
10	Italy	Monza	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	2	24.200s
11	Morocco	Casablanca	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	2	1m 24.700s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	4	0.600s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	DNF	1.000s
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	DNF	0.900s
4	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Dick Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	27	0.020s
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2	0.400s
6	France	Reims	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1	0.700s
7	Britain	Silverstone	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	DNF	0.400s
8	Germany	Nurburgring	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	DNF	1.000s
9	Portugal	Porto	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	1	0.050s
10	Italy	Monza	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	DNF	0.900s
11	Morocco	Casablanca	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2	0.100s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
4	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly-Offenhauser
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
6	France	Reims	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
7	Britain	Silverstone	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
8	Germany	Nurburgring	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
9	Portugal	Porto	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
10	Italy	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari
11	Morocco	Casablanca	Stirling Moss	Vanwall

1958 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	42 (49)
2	Stirling Moss	Cooper Vanwall	41	-1
3	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	24	-18
4	Roy Salvadori	Cooper	15	-27
5	Peter Collins	Ferrari	14	-28
=	Harry Schell	Maserati BRM	14	-28
7	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper Maserati BRM	12	-30
=	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	12	-30
9	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	11	-31
10	Phil Hill	Ferrari	9	-33
=	Jean Behra	Maserati BRM	9	-33
=	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	9	-33
13	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly	8	-34
14	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	7	-35
15	George Amick	Epperly	6	-36
16	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	4	-38
=	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft	4	-38
18	Jack Brabham	Cooper	3	-39
=	Cliff Allison	Lotus Maserati	3	-39
=	Jo Bonnier	Maserati BRM	3	-39
21	Jim Rathmann	Epperly	2	-40

Points scoring system used:

1st: 8 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
Fastest lap: 1 point

Only the best six results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Vanwall	48
2	Ferrari	40	-8
3	Cooper-Climax	31	-17
4	BRM	18	-30
5	Maserati	6	-42
6	Lotus-Climax	3	-45

Points scoring system used:

1st: 8 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points

Only the best placed car from each constructor per race was eligible to score points.
Only the best six results counted towards the championship.
Indianapolis 500 constructors were not included in the Constructors’ championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	PRT	ITA	MAR	Avg.	Best
1	Mike Hawthorn	2	6	6	1	1	4	1	2	3	1	2.70	1
2	Stirling Moss	7	8	2	3	6	1	3	1	1	2	3.40	1
3	Tony Brooks		1	3	5	5	9	2	5	2	7	4.33	1
4	Juan Manuel Fangio	1				8						4.50	1
5	Olivier Gendebien				6					5	6	5.67	5
6	Peter Collins	3	9	10	4	4	6	4				5.71	3
7	Stuart Lewis-Evans		7	1	11	10	7		3	4	3	5.75	1
8	Carlos Menditeguy	6										6.00	6
9	Luigi Musso	5	10	12	2	2						6.20	2
10	Jean Behra	4	2	4	10	9	8	12	4	8	4	6.50	2
11	Harry Schell	8	12	7	7	3	2	8	7	9	10	7.30	2
12	Phil Hill					13				7	5	8.33	5
13	Maurice Trintignant		5	8	16	7	12	7	9	13	9	9.56	5
14	Roy Salvadori		4	9	13	14	3	6	11	14	14	9.78	3
15	Jack Brabham		3	5	8	12	10		8	15	19	10.00	3
16	Wolfgang von Trips		11			21	11	5	6	6		10.00	5
17	Masten Gregory			14	9					11	13	11.75	9
18	Jo Bonnier		16	15	14	16	13	9	14	10	8	12.78	8
19	Cliff Allison		13	11	12	20	5	11	13	16	16	13.00	5
20	Francisco Godia	9	18		18	11						14.00	9
21	Graham Hill		15	13	15	19	14		12	12	12	14.00	12
22	Carroll Shelby					17	15		10	17		14.75	10
23	Jack Fairman						19				11	15.00	11
24	Giorgio Scarlatti		14	16								15.00	14
25	Ron Flockhart		17								15	16.00	15
26	Ian Burgess						16					16.00	16
27	Carel Godin de Beaufort			17								17.00	17
28	Ivor Bueb						17					17.00	17
29	Gerino Gerini		20			15	18			19	17	17.80	15
30	Troy Ruttman					18						18.00	18
31	Horace Gould	10	27	18								18.33	10
32	Wolfgang Seidel				17						20	18.50	17
33	Hans Herrmann							20		18	18	18.67	18
34	Ken Kavanagh		19									19.00	19
35	Maria Teresa de Filippis		23		19				15	21		19.50	15
36	Alan Stacey						20					20.00	20
37	Bruce Kessler		21									21.00	21
38	Bruce McLaren										21	21.00	21
39	Paul Emery		22									22.00	22
40	Tom Bridger										22	22.00	22
41	Giulio Cabianca		25							20		22.50	20
42	Robert La Caze										23	23.00	23
43	Andre Testut		24									24.00	24
44	Francois Picard										24	24.00	24
45	Andre Guelfi										25	25.00	25
46	Luigi Piotti		26									26.00	26
47	Bernie Ecclestone		28									28.00	28
48	Luigi Taramazzo		29									29.00	29
49	Louis Chiron		30									30.00	30

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	NLD	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	PRT	ITA	MAR	Points
1	Mike Hawthorn	3	R	5		2	1	2	R	2	2	2	42 (49)
2	Stirling Moss	1	R	1		R	2	R	R	1	R	1	41
3	Tony Brooks		R	R		1	R/R	7	1	R	1	R	24
4	Roy Salvadori		R	4		8	11	3	2	9	5	7	15
5	Peter Collins	R	3	R		R	5	1	R				14
=	Harry Schell	6	5	2		5	R	5	R	6	R	5	14
7	Maurice Trintignant		1	9		7	R	8	3	8	R	R	12
=	Luigi Musso	2	2	7		R	R						12
9	Stuart Lewis-Evans		R	R		3	R	4		3	R	R	11
10	Phil Hill						7		9		3	3	9
=	Jean Behra	5	R	3		R	R	R	R	4	R	R	9
=	Wolfgang von Trips		R				3	R	4	5	R		9
13	Jimmy Bryan				1								8
14	Juan Manuel Fangio	4					4						7
15	George Amick				2								6
16	Johnny Boyd				3								4
=	Tony Bettenhausen				4								4
18	Jack Brabham		4	8		R	6	6	R	7	R	11	3
=	Cliff Allison		6	6		4	R	R	10	R	7	10	3
=	Jo Bonnier		R	10		9	8	R	R	R	R	4	3
21	Jim Rathmann				5								2
	Masten Gregory			R		R					4	6
	Graham Hill		R	R		R	R	R	R	R	6	16
	Olivier Gendebien					6					R	R
	Jimmy Reece				6
	Don Freeland				7
	Carlos Menditeguy	7
	Maria Teresa de Filippis		DNQ			10				R	R
	Francisco Godia	8	DNQ			R	R
	Jack Fairman							R				8
	Jud Larson				8
	Carroll Shelby						R	9		R	4/R
	Hans Herrmann								R		R	9
	Gerino Gerini		DNQ				9	R			R	12
	Giulio Cabianca		DNQ								R
	Horace Gould	9	DNQ	DNS
	Eddie Johnson				9
	Troy Ruttman						10
	Bill Cheesbourg				10
	Carel Godin de Beaufort			11					R
	Al Keller				11
	Giorgio Scarlatti		R	R
	Ian Burgess							R	7
	Johnnie Parsons				12
	Ivor Bueb							R	11
	Johnnie Tolan				13
	Bob Christie				14^R
	Dempsey Wilson				15^R
	AJ Foyt				16^R
	Paul Russo				18^R
	Shorty Templeman				19^R
	Rodger Ward				20^R
	Billy Garrett				21^R
	Eddie Sachs				22^R
	Johnny Thomson				23^R
	Chuck Weyant				24^R
	Jack Turner				25^R
	Bob Veith				26^R
	Dick Rathmann				27^R
	Ed Elisian				28^R
	Pat O’Connor				29^R
	Paul Goldsmith				30^R
	Jerry Unser				31^R
	Len Sutton				32^R
	Art Bisch				33^R
	Wolfgang Seidel					R			R			R
	Ron Flockhart		DNQ									R
	Alan Stacey							R
	Mike Magill				17^DSQ
	Ken Kavanagh		DNQ			DNS
	Bruce Kessler		DNQ
	Paul Emery		DNQ
	Andre Testut		DNQ
	Luigi Piotti		DNQ
	Bernie Ecclestone		DNQ
	Luigi Taramazzo		DNQ
	Louis Chiron		DNQ
	Bruce McLaren (F2)								5			13
	Edgar Barth (F2)								6
	Tony Marsh (F2)								8
	Robert La Caze (F2)											14
	Andre Guelfi (F2)											15
	Christian Goethals (F2)								R
	Dick Gibson (F2)								R
	Brian Naylor (F2)								R
	Francois Picard (F2)											R
	Tom Bridger (F2)											R

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1958 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1958 F1 World Championship Season Statistics