F1 pole positions
Polesitters
| # | Grand Prix | Circuit | Driver | Constructor | Race | Pole margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 4 | 0.600s |
| 2 | Monaco | Monte Carlo | (GBR) Tony Brooks | Vanwall | DNF | 1.000s |
| 3 | Netherlands | Zandvoort | (GBR) Stuart Lewis-Evans | Vanwall | DNF | 0.900s |
| 4 | Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis | (USA) Dick Rathmann | Watson-Offenhauser | 27 | 0.020s |
| 5 | Belgium | Spa-Francorchamps | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 2 | 0.400s |
| 6 | France | Reims | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 1 | 0.700s |
| 7 | Britain | Silverstone | (GBR) Stirling Moss | Vanwall | DNF | 0.400s |
| 8 | Germany | Nurburgring | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | DNF | 1.000s |
| 9 | Portugal | Porto | (GBR) Stirling Moss | Vanwall | 1 | 0.050s |
| 10 | Italy | Monza | (GBR) Stirling Moss | Vanwall | DNF | 0.900s |
| 11 | Morocco | Casablanca | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 2 | 0.100s |
- First pole position (drivers)
- Tony Brooks
- Mike Hawthorn
- Dick Rathmann
- Last pole position (drivers)
- Juan Manuel Fangio
- Mike Hawthorn
- Stuart Lewis-Evans
- Dick Rathmann
- First pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their first pole position in 1958
- Last pole position (constructors)
- Maserati
- Vanwall
- Watson
- Last pole position by a…
- Argentine driver until 1972
- First pole position since…
- 1956 for Ferrari and Watson