1958 Belgian Grand Prix

  1958 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 11 in the 1958 Formula One season
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 mi)
Distance	24 laps, 338.880 km (210.576 mi)
Weather	Hot, dry
Pole position
Driver	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Time	3:57.1
Fastest lap
Driver	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Time	3:58.3
Podium
First	Tony Brooks	Vanwall
Second	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Third	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall
Lap leaders

The 1958 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 15 June 1958 at Spa-Francorchamps. It 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.

The Belgian Grand Prix returned to the calendar after being off the calendar the year previous, 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 driver with Stirling Moss. Brooks finished 20 seconds ahead of fellow Briton Mike Hawthorn driving a Ferrari 246 F1. Brooks' Vanwall team mate 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, Maria Teresa de Filippis driving her privately entered Maserati 250F. She finished tenth and last, two laps behind Brooks' Vanwall.

On the last lap, Tony 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.

Lap leaders: Tony Brooks 21 laps (1, 3, 6–24); Peter Collins 3 laps (2, 4–5).

Classification

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	7
3	6	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	24	+3:00.9	11	4
4	40	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	24	+4:15.5[1]	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	9
Ret	30	Masten Gregory	Maserati	0	Engine	3
DNS	34	Ken Kavanagh	Maserati		Engine
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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

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

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

References