Lotus 12, chassis no 353, (pictured above in 2010) was driven by Graham Hill in his Grand Prix debut at Monaco in 1958
The race was won by French driver Maurice Trintignant in the second and final Grand Prix victory of his long career. The win was the second consecutive victory for the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team. Trintignant took the teams newly acquired Cooper T45 to a twenty-second victory over Italian driver Luigi Musso driving a Ferrari 246 F1 with Musso's British teammate Peter Collins (Ferrari 246 F1) was third.
Trintignant's win put the superiority of front-engined cars in doubt. Musso's second place put him into a four-point championship lead over Moss and Trintignant.
Missing from the field was the previous year's winner and reigning World Champion, Juan Manuel Fangio who did not have a full-season drive. Fangio himself was in America, preparing for an ultimately disappointing Indianapolis 500 campaign with the Dayton-Walther team. Future Formula One impresario Bernie Ecclestone entered a Connaught B-Type in his first appearance but he failed to qualify, as did two substitute drivers. Also failing to make the grid were Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first female driver to enter a World Championship Grand Prix, and 58-year-old Louis Chiron in his final appearance at a Grand Prix. The Monaco local had won the Grand Prix 27 years earlier but Chiron and his Maserati 250F did not make it past qualifying.
Tony Brooks took pole position in his Vanwall VW 5 but Behra won the start. He led until his brakes failed in his BRM P25, and Mike Hawthorn swept by in the Ferrari 246 F1. Moss (Vanwall VW 5) had been duelling with him throughout the race until he retired on lap 38, and Hawthorn followed suit on lap 47 with a broken fuel pump. Graham Hill (Lotus 12) retired from fourth place in his first race on lap 69, after briefly leading. Vanwall pair Brooks and Stuart Lewis-Evans retired, leaving Trintignant to lead home the Ferraris by some 20 seconds giving Rob Walker his second race win of the year. Behind the Ferraris of Luigi Musso and Peter Collins was Jack Brabham in the factory Cooper T45, although three laps down and still looking a long way from becoming the next years champion. Schell in his BRM P25 was a further six laps behind Brabham picking up the final points after Wolfgang von Trips had an engine failure in the closing stages in his Ferrari 246 F1. The only other car still circulating was the second Lotus 12 of Cliff Allison, 13 laps behind Trintignant.
Trintignant's win disproved the belief that rear-engined Cooper victory achieved by Stirling Moss in Argentina was a one-off freak circumstance win, and the smaller British cars would be treated more seriously, although ultimately a Cooper would not win again until 1959. The Rob Walker Racing Teams pair of early 1958 victories would remain the best ever performance by a privateer team until the rise of Tyrrell Racing in the late 1960s.
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Coordinates 43 44 4 74 N 7 25 16 8 E 43 7346500 N 7 421333 E 43 7346500 7 421333 The 1958 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 May 1958 at Monaco It was race 2 of 11 in the 1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 2 of 10 in the 1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers The race was the 16th Monaco Grand Prix and was held over 100 laps of the three kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 314 kilometres 1958 Monaco Grand Prix Previous raceNext race Race detailsDate18 May 1958Official nameXVI Grand Prix AutomobileLocationCircuit de MonacoCourseStreet CircuitCourse length3 145 km 1 954 miles Distance100 laps 314 5 km 195 4 miles Pole positionDriverTony BrooksVanwallTime1 39 8Fastest lapDriverMike HawthornFerrariTime1 40 6PodiumFirstMaurice TrintignantCooper ClimaxSecondLuigi MussoFerrariThirdPeter CollinsFerrariLap leaders Lotus 12 chassis no 353 pictured above in 2010 was driven by Graham Hill in his Grand Prix debut at Monaco in 1958 The race was won by French driver Maurice Trintignant in the second and final Grand Prix victory of his long career The win was the second consecutive victory for the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team Trintignant took the teams newly acquired Cooper T45 to a twenty second victory over Italian driver Luigi Musso driving a Ferrari 246 F1 with Musso s British teammate Peter Collins Ferrari 246 F1 was third Trintignant s win put the superiority of front engined cars in doubt Musso s second place put him into a four point championship lead over Moss and Trintignant Contents 1 Race report 2 Classification 2 1 Qualifying 2 2 Race 3 Championship standings after the race 4 ReferencesRace report EditVanwall and BRM returned after their Argentine absence and so Stirling Moss Jean Behra and Harry Schell all went back to their regular drives In Moss s place at the Rob Walker Racing Team with the new 2000 cc engined Cooper T45 was French driver Maurice Trintignant The race winning Cooper T43 could not even qualify for the small 16 car Monaco grid Ron Flockhart was first reserve for the race Missing from the field was the previous year s winner and reigning World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio who did not have a full season drive Fangio himself was in America preparing for an ultimately disappointing Indianapolis 500 campaign with the Dayton Walther team Future Formula One impresario Bernie Ecclestone entered a Connaught B Type in his first appearance but he failed to qualify as did two substitute drivers Also failing to make the grid were Maria Teresa de Filippis the first female driver to enter a World Championship Grand Prix and 58 year old Louis Chiron in his final appearance at a Grand Prix The Monaco local had won the Grand Prix 27 years earlier but Chiron and his Maserati 250F did not make it past qualifying Tony Brooks took pole position in his Vanwall VW 5 but Behra won the start He led until his brakes failed in his BRM P25 and Mike Hawthorn swept by in the Ferrari 246 F1 Moss Vanwall VW 5 had been duelling with him throughout the race until he retired on lap 38 and Hawthorn followed suit on lap 47 with a broken fuel pump Graham Hill Lotus 12 retired from fourth place in his first race on lap 69 after briefly leading Vanwall pair Brooks and Stuart Lewis Evans retired leaving Trintignant to lead home the Ferraris by some 20 seconds giving Rob Walker his second race win of the year Behind the Ferraris of Luigi Musso and Peter Collins was Jack Brabham in the factory Cooper T45 although three laps down and still looking a long way from becoming the next years champion Schell in his BRM P25 was a further six laps behind Brabham picking up the final points after Wolfgang von Trips had an engine failure in the closing stages in his Ferrari 246 F1 The only other car still circulating was the second Lotus 12 of Cliff Allison 13 laps behind Trintignant Trintignant s win disproved the belief that rear engined Cooper victory achieved by Stirling Moss in Argentina was a one off freak circumstance win and the smaller British cars would be treated more seriously although ultimately a Cooper would not win again until 1959 The Rob Walker Racing Teams pair of early 1958 victories would remain the best ever performance by a privateer team until the rise of Tyrrell Racing in the late 1960s Classification EditQualifying Edit Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 30 Tony Brooks Vanwall 1 39 82 6 Jean Behra BRM 1 40 8 1 03 16 Jack Brabham Cooper Climax 1 41 0 1 24 18 Roy Salvadori Cooper Climax 1 41 0 1 25 20 Maurice Trintignant Cooper Climax 1 41 1 1 36 38 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 1 41 5 1 77 32 Stuart Lewis Evans Vanwall 1 41 8 2 08 28 Stirling Moss Vanwall 1 42 3 2 59 36 Peter Collins Ferrari 1 42 4 2 610 34 Luigi Musso Ferrari 1 42 6 2 811 8 Harry Schell BRM 1 43 8 4 012 40 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 1 44 3 4 513 24 Cliff Allison Lotus Climax 1 44 6 4 814 46 Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 1 44 7 4 915 26 Graham Hill Lotus Climax 1 45 0 5 216 58 Jo Bonnier Maserati 1 45 0 5 217 22 Ron Flockhart Cooper Climax 1 45 9 6 118 50 Ken Kavanagh Maserati 1 49 0 9 219 48 Gerino Gerini Maserati 1 49 8 10 020 12 Bruce Kessler Connaught Alta 1 50 5 10 721 14 Paul Emery Connaught Alta 1 50 8 11 022 44 Maria Teresa de Filippis Maserati 1 50 8 11 023 56 Andre Testut Maserati 1 51 4 11 624 52 Giulio Cabianca O S C A 1 52 0 12 225 54 Luigi Piotti O S C A 1 52 4 12 626 42 Horace Gould Maserati 1 54 0 14 2NC 12 Bernie Ecclestone Connaught Alta No timeNC 50 Luigi Taramazzo Maserati No timeNC 56 Louis Chiron Maserati No timeNC 4 Paco Godia Maserati No timeSource 1 Race Edit Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 20 Maurice Trintignant Cooper Climax 100 2 52 27 9 5 82 34 Luigi Musso Ferrari 100 20 2 secs 10 63 36 Peter Collins Ferrari 100 38 8 secs 9 44 16 Jack Brabham Cooper Climax 97 3 Laps 3 35 8 Harry Schell BRM 91 9 Laps 12 26 24 Cliff Allison Lotus Climax 87 13 Laps 13Ret 40 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 91 Engine 11Ret 58 Jo Bonnier Maserati 71 Accident 16Ret 26 Graham Hill Lotus Climax 69 Halfshaft 15Ret 18 Roy Salvadori Cooper Climax 56 Gearbox 4Ret 38 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 47 Fuel pump 6 11Ret 28 Stirling Moss Vanwall 38 Engine 8Ret 6 Jean Behra BRM 29 Brakes 2Ret 46 Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 28 Engine 14Ret 30 Tony Brooks Vanwall 22 Engine 1Ret 32 Stuart Lewis Evans Vanwall 11 Overheating 7DNQ 22 Ron Flockhart Cooper ClimaxDNQ 50 Ken Kavanagh MaseratiDNQ 48 Gerino Gerini MaseratiDNQ 12 Bruce Kessler Connaught AltaDNQ 14 Paul Emery Connaught AltaDNQ 44 Maria Teresa de Filippis MaseratiDNQ 56 Andre Testut MaseratiDNQ 52 Giulio Cabianca OscaDNQ 54 Luigi Piotti OscaDNQ 42 Horace Gould MaseratiDNQ 10 Ron Flockhart BRMDNQ 12 Bernie Ecclestone Connaught AltaDNQ 50 Luigi Taramazzo MaseratiDNQ 56 Louis Chiron MaseratiDNQ 4 Paco Godia MaseratiSource 2 3 Notes 1 1 point for fastest lapChampionship standings after the race EditDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points 1 1 Luigi Musso 12 1 2 Stirling Moss 8 8 3 Maurice Trintignant 8 1 4 Mike Hawthorn 5 5 5 Peter Collins 4Source 4 Constructors Championship standingsPos Constructor Points 1 Cooper Climax 16 2 Ferrari 12 3 Maserati 3 4 BRM 2Source 4 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings References Edit 1958 Monaco Grand Prix Qualifying Motorsport Stats 26 September 2019 1958 Monaco Grand Prix formula1 com Archived from the original on 31 October 2014 Retrieved 16 August 2015 1958 Monaco Grand Prix formula1 com Retrieved 9 November 2018 a b Monaco 1958 Championship STATS F1 www statsf1 com Retrieved 19 March 2019 Previous race 1958 Argentine Grand Prix FIA Formula One World Championship 1958 season Next race 1958 Dutch Grand PrixPrevious race 1957 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix Next race 1959 Monaco Grand Prix Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1958 Monaco Grand Prix amp oldid 1153043594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
