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1958 Belgian Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	F1
Country	Belgium
Grand Prix	Belgian
Official name	XIX Grand Prix de Belgique
Image	Spa Francorchamps 1939-1978 circuit.png
Date	15 June
Year	1958
Previous_round	1958 Indianapolis 500#World Drivers' Championship
Next_round	1958 French Grand Prix
Location	Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Course	Grand Prix Circuit
Course_mi	8.763
Course_km	14.100
Distance_laps	24
Distance_mi	210.316
Distance_km	338.400
Weather	Hot, dry
Pole_Driver	Mike Hawthorn
Pole_Team	Ferrari
Pole_Time	3:57.1
Pole_Country	UK
Fast_Driver	Mike Hawthorn
Fast_Team	Ferrari
Fast_Time	3:58.3
Fast_Country	UK
First_Driver	Tony Brooks
First_Team	Vanwall
First_Country	UK
Second_Driver	Mike Hawthorn
Second_Team	Ferrari
Second_Country	UK
Third_Driver	Stuart Lewis-Evans
Third_Team	Vanwall
Third_Country	UK
Lapchart

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
16	GBR Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3:57.1
18	ITA Luigi Musso	Ferrari	3:57.5	+0.4
2	GBR Stirling Moss	Vanwall	3:57.6	+0.5
14	GBR Peter Collins	Ferrari	3:57.7	+0.6
4	GBR Tony Brooks	Vanwall	3:59.1	+2.0
20	BEL Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	3:59.3	+2.2
10	USA Harry Schell	BRM	4:04.5	+7.4
22	AUS Jack Brabham	Cooper–Climax	4:05.1	+8.0
30	USA Masten Gregory	Maserati	4:05.4	+8.3
8	FRA Jean Behra	BRM	4:06.2	+9.1
6	GBR Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	4:07.2	+10.1
40	GBR Cliff Allison	Lotus–Climax	4:07.7	+10.6
24	GBR Roy Salvadori	Cooper–Climax	4:15.6	+18.5
36	SWE Jo Bonnier	Maserati	4:15.7	+18.6
42	GBR Graham Hill	Lotus–Climax	4:17.9	+20.8
28	FRA Maurice Trintignant	Maserati	4:21.7	+24.6
32	West Germany Wolfgang Seidel	Maserati	4:21.9	+24.8
38	ESP Paco Godia	Maserati	4:25.4	+28.3
26	ITA Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maserati	4:31.0	+33.9
34	AUS Ken Kavanagh	Maserati	4:45.3	+48.2

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points	1	2	3	4	5
4	UK Tony Brooks	Vanwall	24	1:37:06.3	5	8
16	UK Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	24	+20.7 secs	1	7
6	UK Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	24	+3:00.9	11	4
40	UK Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	24	last = Lang	first = Mike	title = Grand Prix! Vol 1	publisher = Haynes Publishing Group	date = 1981	isbn = 0-85429-276-4	page = 131 }}	12	3
10	United States Harry Schell	BRM	23	+1 Lap	7	2
20	Belgium Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	23	+1 Lap	6
28	France Maurice Trintignant	Maserati	23	+1 Lap	16
24	UK Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	23	+1 Lap	13
36	Sweden Jo Bonnier	Maserati	22	+2 Laps	14
26	Italy Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maserati	22	+2 Laps	19
38	Spain Paco Godia	Maserati	22	Engine	18
22	Australia Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	16	Overheating	8
42	UK Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	12	Engine	15
18	Italy Luigi Musso	Ferrari	5	Accident	2
14	UK Peter Collins	Ferrari	5	Overheating	4
8	France Jean Behra	BRM	5	Oil Pressure	10
32	Germany Wolfgang Seidel	Maserati	4	Halfshaft	17
2	UK Stirling Moss	Vanwall	0	Engine	3
30	United States Masten Gregory	Maserati	0	Engine	9
34	Australia Ken Kavanagh	Maserati		Engine

;Notes

– Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points	Source:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg	10px]]	1	UK Stirling Moss	17
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 4	2	UK Mike Hawthorn	14
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 1	3	Italy Luigi Musso	12
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	4	USA Harry Schell	10
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 2	5	France Maurice Trintignant	8

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points	Source:
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	1	Italy Ferrari	20
[[File:1downarrow red.svg	10px]] 1	2	UK Cooper-Climax	19
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg	10px]]	3	UK Vanwall	16
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg	10px]]	4	UK BRM	10
[[File:1uparrow green.svg	10px]] 1	5	UK Lotus-Climax	3

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

References

Name_of_race = Belgian Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1958 | Previous_race_in_season = 1958 Indianapolis 500 | Next_race_in_season = 1958 French Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1956 Belgian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1960 Belgian Grand Prix | Previous_designated_European_Grand_Prix = 1957 British Grand Prix | Next_designated_European_Grand_Prix = 1959 French Grand Prix}}

References

(9 October 2019). "1958 Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying". [[Motorsport.com.
Lang, Mike. (1981). "Grand Prix! Vol 1". Haynes Publishing Group.
"1958 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com.
"Belgium 1958 - Championship • STATS F1".

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