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

winning constructor

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

1958 FORMULA ONE - Calendar

No.
Date
Grand Prix
Winning Driver
Winning Constructor
1
Jan 19

2
May 18

3
May 26


5
Jun 15

6
Jul 06


8
Aug 03

9
Aug 24

10
Sep 07

11
Oct 19

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



In which year was the Constructor's Championship first introduced in Formula 1?

1950
1955
1958




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