1958 Formula One season

The 1958 Formula One season was the 9th of the championship. The champion was Mike Hawthorn in a close battle.

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

1958 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	IND	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 Menditéguy	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.

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

1958 Formula One Season Media

Mike Hawthorn won the 1958 World Championship of Drivers, driving a Ferrari 246 F1
Stirling Moss, driving for Vanwall finished runner up by a single point behind Hawthorn
Vanwall won the International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers
Ferrari placed second with the Ferrari 246 F1

References

↑ Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

[points-1] Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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