1958 Belgian Grand Prix

1958 Belgian Grand Prix
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	Mike Hawthorn;
Time	3:57.1
Fastest lap
Driver	Mike Hawthorn
Time	3:58.3
Podium
First	Tony Brooks;
Second	Mike Hawthorn;
Third	Stuart Lewis-Evans;
	Lap leaders ;

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.

Summary

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

Qualifying

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	Cooper–Climax	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	Lotus–Climax	4:07.7	+10.6
13	24	Roy Salvadori	Cooper–Climax	4:15.6	+18.5
14	36	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	4:15.7	+18.6
15	42	Graham Hill	Lotus–Climax	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
Source:^[1]

Race

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

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Stirling Moss	17
4	2	Mike Hawthorn	14
1	3	Luigi Musso	12
1	4	Harry Schell	10
2	5	Maurice Trintignant	8
Source:^[4]

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
1	1	Ferrari	20
1	2	Cooper-Climax	19
	3	Vanwall	16
	4	BRM	10
1	5	Lotus-Climax	3
Source:^[4]

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

References

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

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