1958 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1958 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 15 June 1958 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was race 5 of 11 in the 1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 4 of 10 in the 1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the 19th Belgian Grand Prix and it was held over 24 laps of the 14 kilometre circuit for a race distance of 339 kilometres.

1958 Belgian Grand Prix
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Race details
Date 15 June 1958
Official name XIX Grote Prijs Van Belgie
Location Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Course Grand Prix Circuit
Course length 14.12 km (8.774 miles)
Distance 24 laps, 338.880 km (210.576 miles)
Weather Hot, dry
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 3:57.1
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Ferrari
Time 3:58.3
Podium
First Vanwall
Second Ferrari
Third Vanwall
Lap leaders

Summary

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The Belgian Grand Prix returned to the calendar after being off the calendar the previous year, and the 8.7 mile Spa circuit had been slightly modified. The pits had been rebuilt, the pit straight had been widened and straightened and the entire track had been resurfaced. The race distance had been shortened from 36 to 24 laps.

The race was won by British driver Tony Brooks in a Vanwall. It was Brooks first solo Grand Prix victory after his car won the 1957 British Grand Prix in a shared drive with Stirling Moss. Brooks finished 20 seconds ahead of fellow Briton Mike Hawthorn driving a Ferrari 246 F1. Brooks' Vanwall teammate Stuart Lewis-Evans finished third in a career-best finish, the first of just two podium finishes to his short Grand Prix career. The race also marked the first World Championship race start (and finish) by a woman in the form of Maria Teresa de Filippis, who had entered the Monaco Grand Prix earlier in the year but failed to qualify. She finished tenth in her privately-entered Maserati 250F, two laps behind Brooks' Vanwall.

On the last lap, Brooks came out of La Source to end the race, and his gearbox seized as he crossed the line. When Mike Hawthorn was coming out of the same corner to end his race in second, his engine failed as he was coming to the finish line. Stuart Lewis-Evans's suspension collapsed on the way into La Source, and he crawled to the line in third. This race also marked the first points finish for Lotus when Cliff Allison came across the line in fourth.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 16   Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 3:57.1
2 18   Luigi Musso Ferrari 3:57.5 +0.4
3 2   Stirling Moss Vanwall 3:57.6 +0.5
4 14   Peter Collins Ferrari 3:57.7 +0.6
5 4   Tony Brooks Vanwall 3:59.1 +2.0
6 20   Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 3:59.3 +2.2
7 10   Harry Schell BRM 4:04.5 +7.4
8 22   Jack Brabham CooperClimax 4:05.1 +8.0
9 30   Masten Gregory Maserati 4:05.4 +8.3
10 8   Jean Behra BRM 4:06.2 +9.1
11 6   Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 4:07.2 +10.1
12 40   Cliff Allison LotusClimax 4:07.7 +10.6
13 24   Roy Salvadori CooperClimax 4:15.6 +18.5
14 36   Jo Bonnier Maserati 4:15.7 +18.6
15 42   Graham Hill LotusClimax 4:17.9 +20.8
16 28   Maurice Trintignant Maserati 4:21.7 +24.6
17 32   Wolfgang Seidel Maserati 4:21.9 +24.8
18 38   Paco Godia Maserati 4:25.4 +28.3
19 26   Maria Teresa de Filippis Maserati 4:31.0 +33.9
20 34   Ken Kavanagh Maserati 4:45.3 +48.2
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Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4   Tony Brooks Vanwall 24 1:37:06.3 5 8
2 16   Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 24 +20.7 secs 1 71
3 6   Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 24 +3:00.9 11 4
4 40   Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 24 +4:15.5[2] 12 3
5 10   Harry Schell BRM 23 +1 Lap 7 2
6 20   Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 23 +1 Lap 6
7 28   Maurice Trintignant Maserati 23 +1 Lap 16
8 24   Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 23 +1 Lap 13
9 36   Jo Bonnier Maserati 22 +2 Laps 14
10 26   Maria Teresa de Filippis Maserati 22 +2 Laps 19
Ret 38   Paco Godia Maserati 22 Engine 18
Ret 22   Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 16 Overheating 8
Ret 42   Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 12 Engine 15
Ret 18   Luigi Musso Ferrari 5 Accident 2
Ret 14   Peter Collins Ferrari 5 Overheating 4
Ret 8   Jean Behra BRM 5 Oil Pressure 10
Ret 32   Wolfgang Seidel Maserati 4 Halfshaft 17
Ret 2   Stirling Moss Vanwall 0 Engine 3
Ret 30   Masten Gregory Maserati 0 Engine 9
DNS 34   Ken Kavanagh Maserati Engine
Source:[3]
Notes
  • ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Championship standings after the race

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  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "1958 Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. 9 October 2019.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 131. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
  3. ^ "1958 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Belgium 1958 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.


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