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1958 Season - Overview



1958 featured 11 GPs for the first time in a season |  Minimum race lengths were reduced to 300 kilometres or two hours from 1958 onwards |  The Constructors' Championship was introduced for the first time in 1958 |  Portugal and Morocco staged GPs for the first time in 1958 |  Maria Teresa de Filippis of Italy became the first woman driver in F1 |  Stirling Moss won 4 out of the 11 1958 Grands Prix |  Briton, Mike Hawthorn with only one victory went on to win the Drivers' title |  Hawthorn retired with the title in 1958 but died in road accident the following year |  Vanwall won the first ever Constructors' crown |  Hawthorn and Vanwall made it a championship double for Great Britain

FACTFILE

No. of teams: 17
No. of Drivers: 86
No. of Races: 11
No. of Race Winners: 6
Most no. of Fastest Laps: Mike Hawthorn - 5 times

winning driver

1

winning constructor

1
Vanwall
Vanwall
   
 
 48
2 Ferrari
40
3 Cooper
31
4 BRM
18
5 Maserati
6
Complete Standings

1958 FORMULA ONE - Calendar

NO
DATE
GRAND PRIX
Winning Driver
Winning Constructor
1
Jan 19
Argentina
 S.Moss
 Cooper




5
Jun 15
Belgium
 T.Brooks
 Vanwall

6
Jul 06
France
 M.Hawthorn
 Ferrari


8
Aug 03
Germany
 T.Brooks
 Vanwall

9
Aug 24
Portugal
 S.Moss
 Vanwall

10
Sep 07
Italy
 T.Brooks
 Vanwall

11
Oct 19
Morocco
 S.Moss
 Vanwall

1958 FORMULA ONE - TEAMS & DRIVERS

BRM
Harry Schell
Jean Behra
Jo Bonnier
Maurice Trintignant
Ron Flockhart
Connaught
Ivor Bueb
Jack Fairman
Cooper
Andre Guelfi
Brian Naylor
Bruce McLaren
Christian Goethals
Dick Gibson
Francois Picard
Ian Burgess
Jack Brabham
Jack Fairman
Maurice Trintignant
Robert La Caze
Roy Salvadori
Stirling Moss
Tom Bridger
Tony Marsh
Wolfgang Seidel
Dunn
Chuck Weyant
Epperly
George Amick
Jim Rathmann
Tony Bettenhausen
Ferrari
Luigi Musso
Mike Hawthorn
Olivier Gendebien
Peter Collins
Phil Hill
Wolfgang von Trips
Kurtis Kraft
Al Keller
Bill Cheesbourg
Billy Garrett
Bob Christie
Bob Veith
Eddie Johnson
Jerry Unser
Johnnie Parsons
Johnny Boyd
Johnny Thomson
Len Sutton
Mike Magill
Pat O'Connor
Paul Goldsmith
Paul Russo
Shorty Templeman
Kuzma
Art Bisch
Dempsey Wilson
Eddie Sachs
Johnnie Tolan
Lesovsky
Jack Turner
Rodger Ward
Lotus
Alan Stacey
Cliff Allison
Graham Hill
Ivor Bueb
Maserati
Carlos Menditeguy
Carroll Shelby
Cliff Allison
Gerino Gerini
Giorgio Scarlatti
Giulio Cabianca
Hans Herrmann
Harry Schell
Horace Gould
Jean Behra
Jo Bonnier
Juan Manuel Fangio
Maria Teresa de Filippis
Masten Gregory
Maurice Trintignant
Paco Godia
Phil Hill
Troy Ruttman
Wolfgang Seidel
Phillips
Don Freeland
Porsche
Carel Godin de Beaufort
Edgar Barth
Salih
Jimmy Bryan
Vanwall
Stirling Moss
Stuart Lewis-Evans
Tony Brooks
Watson
Dick Rathmann
Ed Elisian
Jimmy Reece
Jud Larson
    

TOP PERFORMERS IN 1958

According to stats...

  • 1958 featured 11 GPs for the first time in a season
  • Minimum race lengths were reduced to 300 kilometres or two hours from 1958 onwards
  • The Constructors' Championship was introduced for the first time in 1958
  • Portugal and Morocco staged GPs for the first time in 1958
  • Maria Teresa de Filippis of Italy became the first woman driver in F1
  • Stirling Moss won 4 out of the 11 1958 Grands Prix
  • Briton, Mike Hawthorn with only one victory went on to win the Drivers' title
  • Hawthorn retired with the title in 1958 but died in road accident the following year
  • Vanwall won the first ever Constructors' crown
  • Hawthorn and Vanwall made it a championship double for Great Britain

DRIVER TRIVIA

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Drivers with most retirements in the 1958 season.
Graham Hill
Graham
Hill (7)
Jean Behra
Jean
Behra (7)
Jo Bonnier
Jo
Bonnier (5)
Stirling Moss
Stirling
Moss (5)
Stuart Lewis-Evans
Stuart
Lewis-Evans (5)
Tony Brooks
Tony
Brooks (5)