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Español1958 FORMULA ONE SEASON
The '1958 Formula One season' was the 9th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on January 19, 1958, and ended on October 19 after eleventh races. It was one of the most important and tragic seasons in Formula One's history.
| Contents |
| Season summary |
| Season review |
| 1958 Constructors Championship final standings |
| 1958 Drivers Championship final standings |
| Non-Championship race results |
| Notes |
Season summary
Although the engine formula remained the same, minimum race lengths were reduced to 300 kilometres or two hours, and the use of commercial petrol became compulsory, in place of specialized alcohol-based racing fuels. The world championship for constructors was introduced for the first time and went to Vanwall, but Ferrari's Mike Hawthorn won the driver's championship from Stirling Moss with five second places, despite the latter having won four of the ten grand prix to Hawthorn's one. Fangio, the dominant driver of the 1950s and one of the greatest of all time, competed in only two races, retiring after the French Grand Prix. Rear-engined Cooper-Climaxes, entered by the private owner Rob Walker, shocked the establishment by winning two early-season races: Moss, driving for Walker in Argentina because Vanwall had not entered, beat the Ferraris by superior race craft, and Trintignant outlasted the opposition at Monaco. Hawthorn retired with the championship, but died in a road accident in early 1959. Luigi Musso died in the French Grand Prix, Peter Collins a month later in the German Grand Prix and Stuart Lewis-Evans in the last event of the season. Maria Teresa de Filippis became the first woman to drive in a world championship event.
Season review
1958 Constructors Championship final standings
| Place | Constructor | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanwall | 48 (57) |
| 2 | Ferrari | 40 (55) |
| 3 | Cooper-Climax | 31 |
| 4 | BRM | 18 |
| 5 | Maserati | 6 |
| 6 | Lotus-Climax | 3 |
| 7 | Connaught | 0 |
| 8 | OSCA | 0 |
| 9 | Porsche | 0 |
1958 Drivers Championship final standings
Non-Championship race results
Other Formula One races also held in 1958, which did not count towards the World Championship.
| Race Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Constructor | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XII Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | February 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | Report |
| VI Glover Trophy | Goodwood | April 7 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | Report |
| VIII Gran Premio di Siracusa | Syracuse | April 13 | Luigi Musso | Ferrari | Report |
| XIII BARC Aintree 200 | Aintree | April 19 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax | Report |
| X BRDC International Trophy | Silverstone | May 3 | Peter Collins | Ferrari | Report |
| VI Grand Prix de Caen | Caen | July 20 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax | Report |
Notes
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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