1958 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	9th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Mike Hawthorn (only title, 4th different world champion, 1st British champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Vanwall (only title)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Juan Manuel Fangio
Reigning constructors’ champion:	n/a
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
Other seasons:

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	06 July	1958 French Grand Prix
7	Britain	Silverstone	19 July	1958 British Grand Prix
8	Germany	Nurburgring	03 August	1958 German Grand Prix
9	Portugal	Porto	24 August	1958 Portuguese Grand Prix
10	Italy CT	Monza	07 September	1958 Italian Grand Prix
11	Morocco DT	Casablanca	19 October	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
BRM (works team)	Jean Behra	2-3, 5-11
	Jo Bonnier	10-11
	Ron Flockhart	11
	Harry Schell	2-3, 5-11
	Maurice Trintignant	6
Connaught (privateers)	Ivor Bueb	7
	Bernie Ecclestone	2
	Paul Emery	2
	Jack Fairman	7
	Bruce Kessler	2
Cooper (works team)	Jack Brabham	2-3, 5-7, 9-10
	Ian Burgess	7
	Jack Fairman	11
	Roy Salvadori	2-3, 5-11
Cooper (privateers)	Ron Flockhart	2
	Stirling Moss	1
	Maurice Trintignant	2-3, 7-11
Ferrari (works team)	Peter Collins	1-3, 5-8
	Olivier Gendebien	5, 10-11
	Mike Hawthorn	1-3, 5-11
	Phil Hill	10-11
	Luigi Musso	1-3, 5-6
	Wolfgang von Trips	2, 6-10
Kurtis Kraft (privateer)	Juan Manuel Fangio	4
Lotus (works team)	Cliff Allison	2-3, 5-8, 10-11
	Graham Hill	2-3, 5-7, 9-11
	Alan Stacey	7
Maserati (privateers)	Cliff Allison	9
	Jean Behra	1
	Jo Bonnier	2-3, 5-9
	Giulio Cabianca	10
	Louis Chiron	2
	Maria Teresa de Filippis	2, 5, 9-10
	Juan Manuel Fangio	1, 6
	Gerino Gerini	2, 6-7, 10-11
	Francisco Godia	1-2, 5-6
	Horace Gould	1-3
	Masten Gregory	3, 5, 10-11
	Hans Herrmann	8, 10-11
	Phil Hill	6
	Ken Kavanagh	2, 5
	Carlos Menditeguy	1
	Troy Ruttman	6
	Giorgio Scarlatti	2-3
	Harry Schell	1
	Wolfgang Seidel	5, 11
	Carroll Shelby	6-7, 9-10
	Luigi Taramazzo	2
	Andre Testut	2
	Maurice Trintignant	5
OSCA (works team)	Giulio Cabianca	2
OSCA (works team)	Luigi Piotti	2
Porsche (privateer)	Carel Godin de Beaufort	3
Vanwall (works team)	Tony Brooks	2-3, 5-11
	Stuart Lewis-Evans	2-3, 5-7, 9-11
	Stirling Moss	2-3, 5-11

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

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/constructor

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/constructor

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

Qualifying results

See: 1958 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (8), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), fastest lap (1)

A point was awarded for setting the fastest lap. In the event of more than one driver setting the fastest lap points were shared. 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.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

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			DNQ		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
No.	Driver	ARG	MCO	NLD	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	PRT	ITA	MAR	Points

Notes

F2 drivers were ineligible to score points.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1958. Reigning world champion Juan Manuel Fangio, who finished 14th, is also shown.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (8), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2)

Constructors only received points for its highest placed car. 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.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	ARG	MCO	NLD	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	PRT	ITA	MAR	Points
1	Vanwall		R	1		1	2	4	1	1	1	1	48 (57)
2	Ferrari	2	2	5		2	1	1	4	2	2	2	40 (57)
3	Cooper-Climax	1	1	4		8	6	3	2	7	5	7	31
4	BRM		5	2		5	R	5	R	4	R	4	18
5	Maserati	4	R	10		7	4	9	R	R	4	6	6
6	Lotus-Climax		6	6		4	R	R	10	R	6	10	3
7	Porsche			11
8	Connaught-Alta		DNQ					R
9	OSCA		DNQ
No.	Constructor	ARG	MCO	NLD	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	PRT	ITA	MAR	Points

Notes

Maserati did not receive any points for their fourth place finish at the Italian Grand Prix as points were no longer awarded for shared drives as of the start of the 1958 season.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1958.

Season statistics

See: 1958 F1 World Championship Season Statistics