1958 World Sportscar Championship season

The 1958 World Sportscar Championship season was the sixth season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing.^[1] It featured the 1958 World Sports Car Championship which was contested over a six race series ^[1] which ran from 26 January 26, 1958 to 13 September 1958.

Schedule

Ferrari won the 1958 championship with the 250 Testa Rossa

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	1000km Buenos Aires	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez	26 January
2	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	22 March
3	Targa Florio	Palermo	11 May
4	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	1 June
5	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	21 June 22 June
6	RAC Tourist Trophy	Goodwood Circuit	13 September

Season results

Races

Porsche placed second with the 718 RSK (pictured) and the 550 RS

Aston Martin placed third with the DBR1 (pictured) and the DB3S

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Drivers
1	Buenos Aires	#2 Scuderia Ferrari	Results
		Peter Collins Phil Hill
2	Sebring	#14 Scuderia Ferrari	Results
		Peter Collins Phil Hill
3	Palermo	#106 Scuderia Ferrari	Results
		Luigi Musso Olivier Gendebien
4	Nürburgring	#1 David Brown, Ltd.	Results
		Stirling Moss Jack Brabham
5	La Sarthe	#14 Scuderia Ferrari	Results
		Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien
6	Goodwood	#7 David Brown, Ltd.	Results
		Stirling Moss Tony Brooks

Manufacturers Championship

Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1, excepting the RAC Tourist Trophy, for which points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 for the first 4 positions.^[2] A manufacturer was only awarded points for its best placed car ^[2] and no points were awarded for places occupied by other finishers from the same manufacturer. Only the best 4 results for each manufacturer were counted towards the championship totals.^[3] Discarded points are shown in the following table within brackets.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1 [1]	Ferrari [1]	8	8	8	(6)	8		32
2 [1]	Porsche [1]	4	4	6	(1)	4	(1)	18
3 [1]	Aston Martin [1]				8	6	4	18
4 [1]	Lotus [1]		3					3
5 [1]	O.S.C.A. [1]			2				2

The cars

The following models contributed towards the nett championship points totals of their respective manufacturers.

• Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
• Porsche 718 RSK and Porsche 550 RS
• Aston Martin DBR1 and Aston Martin DB3S
• Lotus Eleven
• Osca MT4

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey Section, Previous FIA Championship Winners, page 122
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
3. ↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 266

External links

• 1958 World Sportscar Championship